Gunmen suspected to be Fulani bandits, on Wednesday night, shot a newly-wedded man and kidnapped his wife to unknown destination in a Nasarawa community. An eyewitness, who spoke to Vanguard, said that the assailants invaded the home of the newly-wedded couple at about 11 p.m. They shot the man and abducted the wife. The incident took place at Akaleku village …

A couple on Wednesday escaped death after a container fell on their Lexus Jeep at the Toyota bus stop on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. In a statement on Thursday, the Director of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Margaret Adeseye, stated that the incident occurred in the evening. According to her, the agency received a distress call at about 6:35 …

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a couple, Lukman Isiaka, 42, and his wife, Abosede Olanipekun, 23, for allegedly stealing children across Ondo and Osun states. The police have recovered 10 of the stolen children, but some distraught parents who thronged the command’s headquarters lamented that their children were still missing. The couple reportedly used various methods to abduct …

A Bauchi State resident, Muhammad Ibrahim, has cancelled his wedding ceremony after medical tests revealed he is not genetically compatible with his fiancée, Fatima Abdulqadir. In a Facebook post shared on 21 November 2024, Ibrahim announced the decision to call off the wedding, which was scheduled for 29 November 2024. He explained that both he and his fiancée were AS …

Airport users were on Saturday astonished as a couple, Olamide Agboola and Abiodun Alli, took their wedding vows at the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal II (MMA2). The terminal is operated by Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Ltd. (BASL). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the barricaded section of the departure area, for the wedding, accommodated only about 50 guests. Mr …

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man and his wife for allegedly stealing their neighbour’s two-year-old son. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Ramhan Nansel said this on Thursday in Lafia while briefing newsmen. Nansel said that the father of the victim, Adamu Abdullahi of Orange Market, Mararaba, Karu Local Government Area, reported to the Police on …

Residents of Kori-Oja and Bisodun villages, as well as neighbouring communities in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State are living in fear over increasing cases of kidnapping in their area. Some of the residents expressed fear, lamenting that reported cases of kidnapping made it difficult for people to go about their daily business. A community leader in the …

A couple, Taiwo and Salawa Ajalorun, and six others have been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly selling human parts. The suspects, who allegedly killed three persons before they were arrested, reportedly sold human legs for N30,000, and a heart for N50,000 to their buyers, who used them for money rituals. In a statement on …