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Birmingham knife attacker arrested, faces murder charge (1)

Birmingham Knife Attacker Arrested, Faces Murder Charge

Police in the UK city of Birmingham have arrested a 27-year-old man in connection with the horrific knife rampage in the city centre on Sunday.

His arrest early today, three miles from the scene of rampage, followed the release of the CCTV footage about the attacks in four parts of the city.

He now faces a charge of murder and seven counts of attempted murder. .

His knife attacks in four parts of the city left a 23-year-old man dead, while a woman, 32, and another …

Early Morning Fatal Stabbings In Birmingham City Centre (1)

Early Morning Fatal Stabbings In Birmingham City Centre

Police in the English city of Birmingham declared a “major incident” after reports that a number of people were injured in stabbings early on Sunday.

“We can confirm that at approximately 12:30am today we were called to reports of a stabbing in Birmingham city centre,” West Midlands Police said in a statement.

“A number of other stabbings were reported in the area shortly after.

“We are aware of a number of injured people, but at the moment we are not in a position to say how many or how serious.”…

Delta Vigilantes Torture 26-year-old Man To Death

Delta Vigilantes Torture 26-Year-Old Man To Death

A 26-year-old man has been allegedly tortured to death by members of the Irri Community Vigilante Group in the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.

NAN gathered that the victim was tortured to death on Friday over the disappearance of N70,000 belonging to his uncle, who is a member of the vigilante outfit.

A source in the community told our correspondent on condition of anonymity that the victim, who hailed from the Emede community, visited his uncle in Irri.

The source stated, “In the course of his stay, he was accused of stealing N70,000 kept in the …

Kidnappers Storm Kaduna School, Abduct Only Female Students

Bayelsa Councillor, Karma Agagowei, Murdered

Karma Agagowei, Councilor representing Ward 6 Sagbama Council Area of Bayelsa State, has died from gunshots he sustained while returning from a party congress in Yenagoa.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Agagowei was attacked by gunmen along Opolo while returning from a People’s Democractic Party (PDP) ward congress on Saturday night.
 The deceased was taken to two different hospitals, Gloryland Hospital and Federal Medical Centre, Yenogoa, but was allegedly denied treatment for lack of a police report.
He died shortly afterwards.
Another person, who was with
Egypt Arrests New Suspect In Gang Rape Case

Egypt Arrests New Suspect In Gang Rape Case

Egyptian authorities have arrested a new suspect involved in the alleged gang rape of a women in 2014, the public prosecution said on Sunday.

The latest targeting of alleged sexual predator comes amid the resurgence of a #MeToo movement which seeks to hold sexual predators in the deeply conservative country accountable for their actions.

The alleged rape took place six years ago after an elitist party at a luxury Cairo hotel. Details of the incident only emerged online in July.

For weeks, names and pictures of suspects, who appear to hail from …

Nigerian Mathias Ometu arrested by Texas police while jogging

Nigerian, Ometu Wrongly Arrested And Choked By Texas Police

A Nigerian-American Mattias Ometu has been forcefully arrested by police in San Antonio, Texas while jogging. And they almost choked him to death.

His offence was that he was “jogging while black”, and he happened, in their warped imagination, to fit the image of another blackman said to be involved in a nearby domestic violence incident.

The suspect the police were looking for was Darren Anthony Smith, who does not in any way resemble Ometu, except that both are black.

Ometu, 33, spent two days in the …

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Farmer Arrested For Alleged Murder Of Herdsman In Oyo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Oyo State has arrested a 27-year-old farmer for allegedly killing one  Shuaib Adamu, a herdsman.

The herdsman was said to have allowed his cattle to graze on the suspect’s farm at Elega Village, Ikoyi, in  Ogbomoso area of Oyo State.

The arrest of the suspect was made public in a statement issued in Ibadan on Saturday by the Corps’ Public Relations Officer, Oluwole Olusegun,

The statement quoted the NSCDC Commandant in Oyo State, Iskilu Akinsanya, as saying that the suspect, …

South Africa Arrests Two Police Officers For Teen’s Murder

South Africa Arrests Two Police Officers For Teen’s Murder

Two South African police officers have been arrested for murder following the gunning down earlier this week of a disabled teenager in a Johannesburg suburb, a police watchdog has said.

Nathaniel Julius, a 16-year-old with Down syndrome, was shot dead on Wednesday night in Eldorado Park, a township ravaged by drugs and crime.

His family said he was out to buy biscuits from a shop when he was shot by police on patrol.

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The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) said that “after careful consideration of the evidence at hand” …

ICPC Quizzes NDDC Officials Over Alleged Corruption

ICPC Quizzes NDDC Officials Over Alleged Corruption

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) said it recently quizzed top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over various allegations of corruption.

Mrs Azuka Ogugua, Spokesperson of the Commission, said this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.

Ogugua said the allegations included the diversion of funds, procurement fraud and misappropriation of the agency’s COVID-19 funds.

Read Also: Bala Mohammed Responds As ICPC Seizes His Abuja Property

According to her, this came after months of intelligence gathering, following the receipt of petitions from Nigerians on the alleged illegalities and contracts fraud by some officials …

Kidnappers Kill 65-Year-Old Man To Death After ₦1.2m Ransom

Kaduna: Gunmen Kill 2 In Failed Kidnap Attempt

Two members of a surrounding community in Juji, Chikun-LGA of Kaduna State lost their lives as suspected kidnappers invaded the community at the late hour on Friday night.

The raid in the community, which was said to have started at exactly 11.15pm, kept the residents of the area in fear.

DAILY POST gathered from the youth leader of the community, Comrade Hosea Bawa that the dead victims came in from Baban Saura community to assist in keeping off the hoodlums.

According to him, “They attacked our community yesterday …

Omozuwa: Police Parade Suspected Killers Of UNIBEN Student

Omozuwa: Police Parade Suspected Killers Of UNIBEN Student

Three months after the brutal rape and murder of Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level student of the University of Benin, the Edo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded six suspects in connection with the crime.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how the victim, Vera Omozuwa, a 100-level Microbiology student of UNIBEN, was beaten inside a hall in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Ikpoba Hill, Benin City on May 13, where she went to study.

She died on May 31, 18 days after, at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

She was 23 years old.

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Tarrant New Zealand Mass Killer Sentenced To Life In Jail

Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the New Zealand mass killer, who attacked worshippers at two Christchurch mosques last year, has been sentenced to life imprisonment, the High Court announced on Thursday.

The sentence came after three days of the final hearing of the case.

The 29-year-old Australian gunman killed 51 people and injured 40 others on March 15, 2019.

He was convicted on 51 murder charges, 40 attempted murder charges and one terrorism charge.

A total of 91 victims and family members expressed grief, mental and physical injuries, and anger at the hearing in the High Court in Christchurch starting on Monday.…