Custom intercepts petrol tanker conveying rice in Kaduna
The Nigeria Customs Service, Zone “B” Federal Operations Unit, has impounded a petrol tanker, a J5 bus and a truck filled with smuggled rice on the Kaduna-Zaria axis. Usman Dakingari,…
Father sleeps with daughter for money rituals
A 34-year-old father has been sentenced to four years in prison for sleeping with his teenage daughter in a bid to “end poverty in his family.” The victim, 14, who…
Two men claims to be actress’ dead son’s father
Two men are claiming to be the father of Patrick Peter, son of Tanzanian actress, Rose Alphonce, who died on Tuesday at a Nairobi hospital. Alphonce popularly known as Muna…
19 killed, 11 injured in cattle raids in in South Sudan
At least 19 people have been killed and 11 injured in cattle raids in South Sudan’s Eastern Lakes State, an official said on Thursday. “Among the dead were 10 youths,…
Court remands farmer for allegedly cutting off herdsman’s hand
An Ilorin Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded in prison a farmer, Kabiru Garuba, for allegedly cutting off the left hand of one Mohammed Haliru, a herdsman. Chief Magistrate Kudirat Yahaya,…
