Author: Jane Okoro

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJ) – A Kaduna High Court judge, Justice Dairus Khobo, has sentenced a 19-year-old teenager, Peterson Enoch, to 12 months imprisonment over offences bordering on internet fraud. The convict, a resident of Millennium City, Kaduna, was dragged before the court by the State Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). In his judgment, Khobo found the defendant guilty of the charge preferred against him. READ ALSO: Court Jails 15 Internet Fraudsters In Benin The judge sentenced Enoch to 12 months in a correctional centre, with an option of a fine of N100,000. He…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A yet-to-be-identified woman and her two children, have been rescued by operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) after an auto crash in Lekki-Ajah Expressway. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the spokesperson of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Adebayo Taofeek, stating that the accident occurred earlier today, as a result of overspeeding on the expressway. However, the intervention of LASTMA personnel alongside the husband of one of the victims led to the rescue of the victims who were rushed to a nearby hospital in Lekki-Ajah, Taofeek said. READ ALSO:…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A victim of a demolition exercise carried out by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Government in a Lagos community, Oworonshoki has reportedly given birth in a canoe due to lack of health facilities in the area. It was gathered that the woman was on her way to a hospital in a nearby community for quick medical assistance when she had the baby. “A demolition victim gave birth to her child inside the canoe due to lack of healthcare facilities around Oworonshoki community,” a source from the community told SaharaReporters earlier today. READ ALSO: Lagos Community Protests Demolition,…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Lagos State Police Command has revealed that Four Government hospitals have rejected a critically injured accident victim in Lagos State. Spokesperson for the State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on Wednesday via his X account, stating that the critically injured victim was found by some Police officers on early morning patrol. The PPRO further disclosed that the fourth hospital asked for a million naira deposit before commencing treatment. READ ALSO: Lagos PPRO Hundeyin Dragged For Saying A Lady Assaulted By Policemen “Went Home Happy” He wrote, “Officers on early morning patrol found a man…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The management of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, has denied claims that one of its house officers, Dr. Michael Umoh, died after a 72-hour call. This was disclosed in a statement issued by the LUTH management team in Lagos earlier today. Voiceofnaija.ng recalls that Umoh, LUTH’s medical doctor, was alleged to have died after performing a 72-hour marathon surgery at the neurosurgery unit. Following the incident, the Association of Resident Doctors, in a protest letter titled ‘An Appeal By The House Officers Of LUTH’, addressed to the chief medical director, expressed their deep grief…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – The Zamfara Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists have called on security agencies to conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Hamisu Danjibga, a Voice of Nigeria (VON) correspondent. A statement signed by the Council Secretary, Ibrahim Ahmad on Wednesday, reads, “The union regrets to announce the death of Hamisu Danjibga of Voice of Nigeria whose body was found in a soakaway behind his house three days after missing. READ ALSO: Benin Republic Arrest Nigerian Journalist, Label Him ‘Jihadist’ “The discovery of his corpse was a result of an unpleasant odour smelt by…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 28-year-old truck conductor, Abdurazak Ibrahim, for alleged sexual assault on a 15-year- old girl in Edo State. The incident is said to have occurred on 13 September at Uromi in Esan South East Local Council of the State. Parading the suspect, the command’s spokesperson, Chidi Nwabuzor, said the father of the victim, Tony Ekata, reported to the Police that Ibrahim sexually assaulted his daughter. Nwabuzor said the suspect, who is a truck motor boy, called the victim while she was hawking groundnuts along Ivue-Irrua…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – A 26-year-old woman, Blessing Karami who was declared missing in Abuja, has been found dead. According to earlier reports, Blessing, who was a student of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), was declared missing after leaving her place of work and boarding a vehicle from Area 3 junction in Abuja to Lugbe, where she stays but never got home. The deceased’s elder brother, Genesis Moses Karami, who travelled from Kaduna to Abuja to lead the search said her decomposing body was found in the bush in the Karmo district of the Federal Capital…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- 69 gay suspects arrested for attending an alleged gay wedding at a hotel in Uvwie Local Government Area, Delta State, have been released on bail. The suspects’ counsel, Ochuko Ohimor, revealed made the disclosure to News Agency Of Nigeria (NAN), in Warri, adding that the bail conditions required them to provide N500,000 in addition to two sureties each. Ohimor further explained that the sureties must be residents within the Effurun court’s jurisdiction and must sign an undertaking at the court, where the suspects were initially arraigned on 4 September. READ ALSO: Over 100 Suspects Arrested…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Nigeria Police Force have dismissed a Police officer who shot dead one Alafuro Peterside, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. 42-year-old Peterside, was shot dead last month by a Police officer in the presence of his wife and children at a beer parlour in Elekohia, Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of the State. The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Nwonyi Emeka, revealed the development while parading criminal suspects at the command’s headquarters at Moscow Road, Port Harcourt. READ ALSO: Imo Police Dismiss 8 Officers, 20 Others Face Orderly Room Trial For Extortion CP Emeka…