Youngster, Oluwatobi Badmus, Was Teargased To Death—Ondo Police Officer

A police officer with the Ondo State command of the Nigeria Police “B Division” in Akure has detailed to SaharaReporters how his fellow officers tortured 20-year-old Mohammed Oluwatobi Badmus to death. The youngster’s journey to a gruesome death began when a self-styled Christian prophet accused him of stealing a smart phone.

Mr. Badmus died last week at Hopeland Hospital, a private medical facility in Akure, the Ondo State capital. Our source accused his fellow police officers, led by Corporal Adesola Awodeyi, of torturing the deceased to death.

Boko Haram: Nigeria raises N60 billion to assist terror victims

The fund is expected to be used for the rehabilitation of victims of terror attacks across the nation.

The federal government on Thursday realised over N60 billion as individuals and groups donated to the Victims of Terror Support Fund launched in Abuja.

Council of State seeks support to end insurgency by December

Abuja — The National Council of State, yesterday, resolved that every support would be extended to the President and the nation’s security services to ensure that the activity of the Boko Haram sect is brought to an end by December.

Addressing State House correspondents after the meeting of the council in Abuja, yesterday, Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State, said the Boko Haram sect does not represent Islam or any religion for that matter and must be defeated.

Confusion as residents find baby’s placenta with Alfa

The discovery of a baby placenta in the residence of a man, identified simply as Alfa Gani, is causing confusion in the Laduba community, Ogidi area of Ilorin, Kwara State.

Our correspondent gathered on Thursday that the discovery was made when some volunteers went round the Laduba community to appeal for financial contributions from residents for the repair of a faulty transformer in the area.

Vitesse 1-3 Chelsea: Fabregas scores as Blues stroll to convincing win

Mohamed Salah and Nemanja Matic also found the net in the comfortable victory, though the Eredivisie side found time to pull a goal back in the dying minutes

Another female suicide bomber strikes in Kano

Another female suicide bomber targeting Polytechnic students has struck again in Kano, the spokesperson of the Police in the state, Magaji Majiya, has told PREMIUM TIMES. Two persons were killed in the incident and at least seven others were injured, the police said. “

A female tenager blew herself up at about 2:30 p.m. and she was targeting the students of Kano State Polytechnic,”

Impeachment: I’ll appear before probe panel —Al-Makura

LAFIA — Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State, yesterday, said he would appear before the impeachment panel set up by the state House of Assembly, even as he described the panel as illegal.

The embattled governor had earlier condemned the House for embarking on what he described as “unconstitutional and grossly illegal” impeachment process aimed at ousting him from office.

He said he would appear before the panel to clear himself of the allegations levelled against him.