Tag: Teenager
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Teenager stabs 28-year-old ‘runs girl’ to death in Ogun over 10k ‘service’ charge
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Jamiu Malomo for the murder of a 28-year-old lady Azeezat Akande. In a press statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspect was lodged at Adatan divisional headquarters by the chairman, Ilupeju community, Oke Aregba Abeokuta. He said they woke up…
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Police deny killing teenager at Ojota rally, say no live bullet fired
The Lagos State Police Command has denied stray bullet from its operatives killed a teenage beverage seller at Ojota on Saturday. The attention of journalists and passersby were drawn to the body of a teenage girl with blood-stained clothes and a hole on her chest, suggesting a possible hit by a bullet during the Oodua…
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How I was abducted, raped by man pretending to heal my sick father, teenager tells court
A teenager (name withheld) on Tuesday narrated before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, how she was allegedly kidnapped and raped by a traditional healer who was to treat her father. The 17-year-old testified as the first prosecution witness at the trial of one Prince Tom for defilement and kidnapping. The teenager who…
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Teenager shot dead in clash with rice smugglers in Badagry
An SS3 student was shot dead during a clash between security operatives of the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) and suspected rice smugglers at Irosu village near Badagry on Saturday. Alade Oba, 18, was hit by stray bullet and died on the spot during the clash with JBPT comprising Customs, Army and Immigration. The JBPT,…
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Teenager kills eight persons in US mass shooting
A 19-year-old has shot and killed eight people, injuring several others at a FedEx Corp. facility in Indianapolis, United States. The incident happened on Thursday night, in which the gunman also shot himself dead, the city’s police said. The Indianapolis incident is the third shooting of this scale in recent weeks. The shooting suspect has…
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Teenager kills father for accusing him of stealing mobile phone
A Benue teenager, ThankGod Joseph has committed patricide after the father accused him of stealing his phone. The killing happened on 14 September at Ikwokwu-Ito, in Obi Local Government.. According to a complaint filed at the police station, ThankGod hit his father, Igiri following the phone theft accusation. “Igiri fell down and died on the…
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JUST IN: Army dismisses, jails corporal for defiling teenager
Corporal Aliyu Yakubu of the Nigerian Army, has been dismissed and simultaneously sentenced to five years imprisonment for assaulting and defiling a 13-year-old girl. Yakubu was sentenced on Wednesday by the seven Division of General Court Martial of Operation Lafiya Dole. According to a report by Channel’s TV, Yakubu was found guilty based on the…
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In Abuja, policemen chasing suspected kidnappers shoot teenager performing ablution
A teenager, Sadiq Abubakar-Ibrahim, has undergone surgery at the National Hospital, Abuja after he was shot by policemen attached to the Special Tactical Squad. About a dozen detectives of the Nigerian Police Force reportedly invaded the Abuja residence of former Sole Administrator of the National Iron Mining Company, Itakpe, Engr Abubakar Yaro Ibrahim and extra-judicially…
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Court stops teenager’s forced marriage to cleric as ninth wife
A 16-year old Secondary school student (names withheld) has been reunited with her parents after an Akure Family court stopped her forced marriage to an Islamic Cleric identified as Alhaji Yusuf Lateef. The court presided over by Justice Aderemi Adegoroye ordered the return of the girl to her family for proper care and education, and…
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Teenager diagnosed with coronavirus gives birth
19-year-old, who tested positive for coronavirus, safely delivered a baby girl in Cameroon. The teenager had initially complained about breathing problems and was kept at the Central Hospital of Yaoundé after her result showed she had coronavirus. Dr. Sone Charles, one of the doctors at the hospital, said the girl went into premature labor on…