Author: Jane Okoro

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A Nigerian woman has taken to social media to recount how her ex-fiancé set her house and shop ablaze for calling off their engagement. The woman, with the handle @Chi Chi, made the revelation on the X platform, alongside a picture, stating that she met the said ex-fiancé, Jeff in 2015, at a time when she had a car and was building her own house. The post read, “This picture was in 2018, I was running my own bar/restaurant, had my own car, and started building my own house (was roofing it at the time…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A 70-year-old man identified as Anthony Mgbenwa Okpara, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old deaf and dumb girl to death in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State. The victim, simply identified as Uche, is said to have died after she was defiled by the suspect at Aborjieze village in Umuagu-Inyi Autonomous Community in the said LGA of the State. “The girl’s body is in the mortuary as we speak, and we want this matter to be determined in law of competent jurisdiction to serve as a deterrent to other perpetrators,” A…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The number of casualties in the road traffic accident involving some students of the Ladoke Akintola University, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, has risen from three to six. It was gathered that three other students, who were survivors, had died in the hospital. Three occupants, the driver, a female and a male student were earlier reported to have burnt to death after their bus lost control and somersaulted. READ ALSO: SAD! LAUTECH Final Year Students Die In Road Accident While Returning From Excursion The Osun Ambulance Service, O’Ambulance, had rescued six other occupants after responding to the distress…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- One Mr Godstime Ekanem has been arrested for allegedly breaking into the room of one Mrs Jelila Oyinbo in the Mowe-Ofada area of Ogun State and attempting to rape her. The case is said to have been reported to the Police by a resident of MTN Estate in the said area of the State. According to her, he had been sexually harassing her despite warning him severally that she was a married woman. It was said that Ekanem had remained adamant and continued with his sexual advances to her. READ ALSO: Police Nab 43-Yr-Old Man…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A 14-year-old high school student in a southern Spanish town has been arrested after stabbing three teachers and two pupils with a knife. The boy (name withheld), allegedly stabbed the five victims repeatedly shortly after classes started at the school in Jerez de la Frontera, Police spokesman, Adrian Dominguez, told journalists at the scene. According to reports, the National Police received a call earlier today, alerting them that an armed individual was attacking people. The student allegedly entered the classroom “angry” and sat in the back, then grabbed two”knives” from his backpack, to attack classmates…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- In the recent 2024 World University Ranking by Times Higher Education’s rating (T.H.E), all Nigerian Universities except University of Ilorin, (Unilorin), and Federal University of Technology (FUTA), dropped in their ranking globally compared to 2023. Below are the lists of the 2023 and 2024 ranking respectively: 2023 RANKING 436th- University of Ibadan. 449th-University of Lagos. 642nd- Covenant University. 1017th- Bayero University. 1055th- Federal Univ of Tech, Akure. 1231st- University of Benin. 1309th- University of Ilorin. 1376th- University of Nigeria, Nsukka. 1381st- Obafemi Awolowo University. 1576th- Federal Uni of Agric, Abeokuta. 1646th- Ladoke Akintola University of…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An unknown couple in New York city, have been caught on camera having sex behind a car in public. In a video that has surfaced online, the couple in New York, were seen having sex by the side of a car in an open space. This disclosure was made in a post by @LawrenceOkoroPG, alongside the video via the microblading platform, X. READ ALSO: Teacher Charged With Raping, Sexually Abusing 14-Yr-Old Student “Asian man knacking a Black lady at the car park under daylight in New York. “Sending your kids abroad without proper upbringing is…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Some 500-level Accounting students of Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have lost their lives in a fatal accident while returning from an excursion to Erin-Ijesa Waterfall in Osun State. The bus conveying the students on Wednesday caught fire; the cause of the accident was unknown at the time of filing this report. READ ALSO: LASU Mourns As 65-Year-Old Prof Dies In Fatal Road Accident Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Lekan Fadeyi, who confirmed the accident to journalists, said lives were lost in the accident but could not confirm the numbers as…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A middle-aged man identified as Ifeanyi Ezenwankwo, has been arrested for allegedly inflicting body injuries on his wife, and burying a newborn baby in a shallow grave in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to reports, the suspect buried the newborn baby to conceal his illicit acts with a 16-year-old girl whom he impregnated and bore the child for him afterwards. The wife, Ekwutosi, claimed she was inflicted with the injuries after she raised the alarm when she came back home and met her husband burying the newborn baby. READ ALSO: CRUDE! Man…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Ebonyi State Governorship election petition tribunal sitting in Abuja, has affirmed Governor Francis Nwifuru’s victory in the State’s 18 March election. The tribunal, on Wednesday, dismissed the petitions of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and its candidate, Bernard Odoh and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Ifeanyi Chukwuma Odii. The tribunal struck out all the petitions against Mr Nwifuru and ruled in his favour as the duly elected Governor. READ ALSO: Mbah Hails Tribunal’s Decision, Says Victory For Democracy, Unity Of Enugu There have, however, been mixed reactions to the court’s…