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29-year-old man kills mother in Cross River
29-year-old man kills mother in Cross River
A 29-year-old man, Mathias Amunde Ugwe, who k!lled his mother, Mrs Justina Amunde, in Ohong community, Obudu Local Government Area of Cross River State, has been arrested.
Newstrends reported that the victim’s body was recovered from a well on December 28, 2025.
It was gathered that a combined team of the IPO, SA Security to Obudu Local Government Chairman, Chairman of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Obudu Chapter, and men of the Nigerian Police Force, Batriko in Eastern Boki Local Government Area, arrested the suspect.
A publisher, Elijah Ugani, who confirmed the arrest in a Facebook post on Friday, January 10, 2025, said that an anonymous source hinted that the victim was m8rdered and her hair shaved for rituals.
The security operatives also apprehended the ritualist who instructed the suspect to shave his mother’s hair and bring it to him.
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According to reports, Mrs Amunde attended the Christmas vigil on the 24th of December 2024 and came back very late. She then locked all the doors in the house without any knowledge that her own son had connived with his friend and hid themselves in the store, waiting to commit the crime.
“A few hours into the night, the house help who stays with late Mrs Justina Amunde, went to the kitchen to get drinking water, found out that the k!ller Mathias and his friend were hiding in the store,” a source said.
“The house help then raised the alarm and the victim came to the rescue of the girl. Unfortunately for her, her own son, Mathias, started hitting her with a heavy hammer, after dispossessing her of cash.
“When he noticed that his mother was no longer breathing, his friend assisted him to carry the corpse and dumped it inside a well in the compound.
“Having deposited her corpse in the well, they ran out of the house with the house help to Boki Local Government Area and threatened her not to disclose the incident to anyone.
“But the house help escaped to Utanga, Obanliku Local Government Area to meet her parents on the 27th of December, 2024. The girl then narrated her ordeal to her parents, who later contacted us. We then found the corpse in the well on the 28th December, 2024”
It was also gathered that the suspect has a fractured leg as a result of an accident he had a few years ago.
29-year-old man kills mother in Cross River
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Ex-convict granted state pardon re-arrested for stealing TV in Osun
Ex-convict granted state pardon re-arrested for stealing TV in Osun
One of the convicts recently granted clemency by Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State, Omisakin Sunday has been remanded in correctional custody for allegedly stealing plasma television valued N600,000.
The Governor had late last year granted clemency to 53 convicts of various offences including Omisakin Sunday who was granted outright pardon.
However, the Sunday was brought before Magistrate Adeyeba Adekanmi of Osogbo Magistrate Court on two counts of burglary and stealing plasma television belonging to one Damilare Shittu at Iludun area of Osogbo, punishable under sections 411(1)(2) and 390(9) of the state criminal code.
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Sunday pleaded not guilty to the charges but the Prosecutor, Inspector Kayode Adeoye opposed his bail on the ground that the suspect was serving jail term before he was granted clemency by the Governor.
He added that his first activity after he was pardoned is to break into a house and steal therein, hence, urged the court to decline bail.
Ruling on the bail application, Magistrate Adeyeba refused to admit the suspect to bail and remanded him in correctional custody till February for hearing on the matter.
Ex-convict granted state pardon re-arrested for stealing TV in Osun
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Cybercrimes: Immigration arrests 90 foreigners in Rivers
Cybercrimes: Immigration arrests 90 foreigners in Rivers
Rivers State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has arrested 90 illegal immigrants for alleged cybercrimes perpetrated at different levels to swindle innocent Nigerians.
The suspects were arrested in collaboration with other security agencies at their hideout in Rivers State following credible intelligence.
According to the Rivers State Comptroller of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Y.I Abdulmajeed, a total of 94 persons were arrested. Their profiling revealed that 85 of them are Cameroonians, five are Chadians and four are Nigerians. Of the 94 people, 74 are males and 20 females.
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It was also gathered that all the 90 foreigners gained access to the country through unauthorised entry points and none presented residence cards or any form of travelling documents after interrogation.
Two other Nigerians from Rivers State, who provided accommodation, were also arrested.
Abdulmajeed also revealed that the Comptroller General of Immigration Service, Kemi Nandap, ordered that the needful be done to repatriate the foreigners back to their various countries of origin.
Cybercrimes: Immigration arrests 90 foreigners in Rivers
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Over 5000 Nigerian women stranded in Iraq – FG
Over 5000 Nigerian women stranded in Iraq – FG
Over 5000 Nigerian women are currently stranded in Iraq, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said.
Chairman of the Commission, Hon. (Mrs.) Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated that the women travelled to Iraq as caregivers only to be stranded in the country.
Over 5000 Nigerian women are currently stranded in Iraq, the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has said.
Chairman of the Commission, Hon. (Mrs.) Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated that the women travelled to Iraq as caregivers only to be stranded in the country.
Many Nigerians especially women have been stranded abroad after travelling through irregular means with promises of jobs.
Dabiri-Erewa told the participants selected from the Six South-West states that there are huge opportunities in Nigeria instead of migrating in the name of seeking greener pastures.
The Chairman disclosed that a husband sent his wife to Iraq to be a caregiver but the woman died mysteriously and the Nigerian Mission is helping to bring back the corpse.
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She said, “As I speak with you today there are about 5,000 women stranded in Iraq. I just dealt with a case last week. A husband sent his wife to Iraq to be a caregiver. She’s dead.
“Can you imagine! Now how do you bring the body back? That’s what is worrying the husband. He doesn’t know where to start. So, we had to intervene. The mission had been able to intervene, they would do an autopsy to see how she died because she just died mysteriously being a caregiver.”
She explained that while there are challenges in Nigeria just like other countries in the world, there are huge opportunities for investment.
“And this is why we are having this workshop,” she said, adding it would be replicated in the other five geopolitical zones of Nigeria to train and educate the participants on the untapped opportunities in Nigeria for diasporan investment.
Group Managing Director of G-Consulting, Dr. Godfrey Ajayi Sunday stated that through the workshop, the firm would be mobilising over $100m in funding to support participants who want to engage in one business or the other in partnership with those in the Diaspora.
He said there are various investment opportunities in real estate, and agriculture, among others for Nigerians to tap into, adding the idea is to sell the opportunities to those in the diaspora to put in their money.
Other facilitators also encouraged the participants to jettison the idea of irregular migration and see how they can tap into available opportunities in Nigeria.
Over 5000 Nigerian women stranded in Iraq – FG
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