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Sergeant told me to shoot to scare him off: Constable in Nateniël Julies case

A female officer implicated in the fatal shooting of a 16-year-old Eldorado Park teenager threw a bombshell in the Protea magistrate’s court on Tuesday when she alleged she was given an instruction to shoot the boy as way of “scaring him off”. In affidavit read in court, Const Caylene Whiteboy …

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Jacob Zuma is being targeted by judge Zondo, claim his supporters

Former president Jacob Zuma’s supporters in Gauteng believe their man is being unfairly targeted by the state capture inquiry’s chairperson, deputy chief justice Raymond Zondo. This after Zondo on Monday said he will no longer negotiate appearance dates with Zuma, who has been avoiding appearing before the inquiry. Zuma was billed …

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[VIDEO]: Armed robber set ablaze by mob for robbing supermarket

An angry mob in Nigeria’s Calabar of Cross River State has arrested and lynched two teenage armed robbers for robbing a supermarket. Reports say that the two boys tried to rob a Supermarket named Sunnytex at around 9.00 pm on Monday night but unfortunately failed and were arrested by the …

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20-Year-Old Poly Student Killed By Her Boyfriend For Ritual

It’s sunset at dawn for 20-year-old Toluwalase Kembi, a polytechnic student awaiting industrial training. A visit to her friend sadly led to her death allegedly by boyfriend who claimed he was paid to carry out the act. The 33-year-old suspect, Owolabi Yusuf, also known as alfa, is now cooling his …

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VIDEO: Lightning strike 15 cows to death

15 cows were on Saturday evening, struck to death by lightning at Ikogosi in Ekiti West Local Government Area of Ekiti State.   It was gathered that the cattle were killed at the Ikogosi Warm Spring site, a popular  tourism and recreational centre where warm and cold streams meet along Ipole-Ekiti.   …

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[PHOTOS]: Level 300 student killed by generator explosion

A 300 Level student of the University of Calabar, Umo Aniekpeno, was reportedly burnt to death by a generator explosion in Calabar, Cross River State capital.   It was gathered that the student of the Department of Human Anatomy, Faculty of Basics Medical Sciences, died after the generator exploded at her …

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Man gets a 20-year sentence for beating girlfriend to death

The Mpumalanga Division of the High Court on Monday sentenced a man to 20 years imprisonment for the murder of his girlfriend. Abdul Samson Malambe, 36, pleaded guilty and was convicted of the murder of Zanele Jeanet Mnisi. “On 18 January 2017, Mnisi went to visit Malambe at his parental …

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Nigeria To Castrate Rapists

Governor of Kaduna in Northern Nigeria, Nasir El-rufai has signed the law on surgical castration for male rapists and bilateral salpingectomy for females convicted of child rape in the state. Included in the Kaduna State Penal Code (Amendment) Law 2020 is a death penalty or a life sentence for perpetrators. …

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3 killed after car crashes into tree, splits in two

Three men were killed and two others left injured on Monday morning when a light motor vehicle crashed into a tree. The incident occurred on Letaba Road in Brackendowns, Alberton, said ER24’s Russel Meiring. “Paramedics arrived on the scene at 9.20am to find a light motor vehicle split in two. …

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Nigeria bandits free 40 hostages

Armed bandits have freed 40 people they had abducted from a village in north-western Nigeria’s Zamfara state on Saturday, police have said. The gunmen freed the villagers following the intervention of security agencies and a separate group of bandits who were involved in peace talks with the state government, police …

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