Author: Jane Okoro

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A dad, Reece Kelly has been charged for the murder of his four-month-old son after inflicting “catastrophic” injuries to his brain, spine and ribs, a jury heard. Kelly is said to have brutally took the life of his baby, Dallas after “forcefully shaking” him and causing trauma usually associated with car crashes or multi-storey falls, the jury heard. Carlisle Crown Court in the UK was told how the 31-year-old father, of Workington, Cumbria, called the Police on 15 October, 2021, and reported his son had stopped breathing. The baby was rushed to a hospital, where…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Gunmen have abducted Usman Sahabi, the Chief of Staff of Adamawa House of Assembly Speaker, Bathiya Wesley. According to reports, Sahabi was abducted at about 1 a.m earlier today from his house in Wurro-Chekke, a community in Yola South Local Government Area of the State. “Five gunmen stormed his house at 1:00 am this morning and forcefully had their way into his room where they whisked him away at gunpoint,” one of the sources told The Nation. Sahabi, a staff member of the Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), reported for the radio house from the Assembly…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)-Some young girls rescued from a brothel have alleged that they were compelled to sleep with at least 10 men every day by their managers. The girls who were about 29 in number, including two underaged, said the motive was for them to make money for the owner of the brothel. Officials of the State Ministry of Women Affairs along side men of the State Police Command rescued the girls at Oba, Idemili North Local Government Area of the State. “We are given 500 every morning for feeding and after that, we are compelled to sleep…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Court Sitting in Limpopo, South Africa has sentenced a 40-year-old man, Moganedi Sello Koos to life imprisonment for raping his girlfriend’s 16-year-old daughter. Koos was sentenced on Tuesday, 31 October, 2023, after he was convicted on charges of rape and robbery with aggravating circumstances. Limpopo provincial Police spokesperson, Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the rape incident happened at around 4am on 16 April, 2017, at Magatle village. The court heard that the teenage girl was alone at home, and her mother had visited the cemetery for a…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A joint team of the Nigerian Army and vigilantes have rescued four victims of kidnappers abducted by bandits at Bangi Hill in the Suru Local Government Area of Kebbi State. This disclosure was in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi earlier today, by Yahaya Sarki, the Special Adviser to Governor Nasir Idris on Media and Publicity. He said the security operatives rescued the kidnap victims in a joint operation on Wednesday. “At about 4:00pm on 1 November, 2023, gallant troops of 1 Battalion Dukku Barrack, Birnin Kebbi in conjunction with vigilantes conducted a fighting patrol…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Jigawa State Government says it has spent N500 million on provisions of improved latrines in schools, hospitals, markets and motor parks across the State. The Commissioner for Water Resources, Alhaji Ibrahim Hannungiwa, made the disclosure on Wednesday to journalists in Dutse. He said the Government had adopted proactive measures to ensure sustainability of its leading position as an Open Defecation Free state. According to Hannungiwa, the State is geared towards surpassing the nation’s ODF target by 2025. Hannungiwa said the feat was achieved by putting a lot of effort through executions of viable policies…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Two persons suspected to be armed robbers have been reportedly burnt to death in Onitsha, Anambra State. In a video making rounds on social media, bystanders were seen screaming as some people poured more fuel on the two men, who were struggling and writhing in pains as the fire burnt them. Some bystanders at the scene were seen crying while fuel was poured on the men, but others hit the suspected thieves with heavy sticks to stop them from escaping from the fire. Reacting to the development, the Anambra Police Command condemned the jungle justice,…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released all 69 students of the Obafemi Awolowo University arrested during a midnight raid on the school’s hostels. According to earlier report, 69 students were arrested by the anti-corruption body when its personnel invaded some hostels in Oduduwa Estate close to the school campus in Ile Ife, Osun State in the early hours of Wednesday. The multiple arrests sparked a protest at the Ibadan zonal command of the EFCC office in Oyo State, which conducted the raid. It was gathered that on Wednesday evening, 45 of the…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A father of seven identified as Pius Udo Ben, a father of seven in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, has been sentenced to death for kidnapping a four year old boy who has not been found till date. 59-year-old Ben, was standing trial before the State High Court sitting in Abak with one Emmanuel Dickson Assam, a 62 year-old carpenter, charged for aiding him to escape, contrary to Section 12 subsection B of Akwa Ibom State Internal Security and Enforcement Law, 2009. The details of the case showed that the four-year old…

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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A branch of the Church of Pentecost, serving the Ghanaian community in South Africa, has been invaded by armed robbers during a Sunday service. The incident occurred while a pastor was delivering his sermon, abruptly interrupted by two armed men dressed in dark clothing and large hats obscuring their faces. In a viral video on the X platform, the robbers brandished guns, instilling fear among the congregants, and proceeded to rob them of their phones and other belongings. The pastor and the worshippers were left shaken as the thieves fled the church after their…

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