Crime
Court Remands Man, For R@ping 3-Year – Old Girl In Ondo
A Family Court sitting at Oke-Eda, in Akure, Ondo State has ordered the remand of a 32-year-old man, Daniel Udoh at Olokuta Correctional Centre over s3xual abuse and exploitation of a 3-year-old girl. Udoh, who resides at No.5, Alayere Community, Oda Road area of Akure was charged on one count for sexual abuse. Prosecuting police […]
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Former Delta Community Leader Arrested For Ha@king His Lover To De@th
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a fleeing former vice chairman of Okolor Inland community, Udu Local Government Area of the state, Austin Ejovwo, who allegedly m¥rdered his lover, Felicia Akpomeria. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who confirmed the incident, said the suspect was arrested at a hideout in Ologbo community, Edo […]
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Crime:Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Setting Suspected Witch On Fire$3.15
A 30-year-old man, Hamza Umar, has been arrested by the police in Bauchi State after he poured kerosene on a girl and set her ablaze over allegations of witchcraft. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer in Bauchi, SP Ahmed Wakil. The police said the suspect committed the crime […]
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Crime:Gunmen kidnap Oba, wife in Kogi
Yet-to-be-identified gunmen abduct traditional ruler, Oba Shedrack Durojaiye, and his Wife in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi. They were taken along Makutu-Idofin road at about 5 p.m on Monday. Mr Abdulrasak Asiru, Yagba East Local Government Council Chairman, confirmed the incident, describing it as “very shocking” and “sad”. Asiru said that he was […]
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Militant Attack Kills 37 At Ugandan School
Officials said dormitories were locked and set alight and students cut down with knives in a grisly late-night assault on Lhubiriha Secondary School in Mpondwe. The military said it was pursuing the attackers from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) after they raided a school late Friday near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo. […]
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Crime:We Killed Father, Rap@d Two Daughters – Suspects
Afour-man criminal gang has narrated how it killed one Makanjuola Ogedengbe and rap@d his 14-year-old and 10-year-old daughters in Ibadan. One of the suspects, Abolade Morenikeji, they robbed the deceased at his home in Apaataku/Onireke, Akobo Ibadan, saying their gang leader, Sodiq shot him while struggling with them. According to him: “Though I’m not the […]
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Okada rider arrested for allegedly r@ping eight-month pregnant woman in Benue
Police officers in Benue state have arrested a 40-year-old motorcyclist identified as Akpo Igwe, for allegedly r@ping an eight-month-old pregnant woman at Irabi Council Ward of Obi Local Government Area of the state last Wednesday, June 7. Police sources say the victim was on her way back home from the market when she flagged down […]
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Young Boy Who Stabbed Commercial Motorcyclist Arrested In Osun While Fasting And Praying For Forgiveness’
Osun State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old suspected robber, Ayomide, for attempted m¥rder of a commercial motorcyclist. Speaking with Saturday Tribune, the suspect who st@bbed the victim in the neck in order to steal his motorcycle, disclosed that he had begun a seven-day fasting and prayer to seek God’s forgiveness when he was arrested. […]
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Bandits Kill 25 Farmers, Abduct Scores In Niger
The attack which happened on Saturday comes a day after 13 members of vigilante were killed and many villagers were abducted in Kusharki village. Bandits have killed 15 farmers and abducted scores of people including women and girls from various communities in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. Channels Television reports that the attack […]
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Man caught single-handedly stealing community transformer
A man has been apprehended by locals after he single-handedly stole a neighborhood transformer overnight. According to reports, the daring burglar took the transformer while the neighborhood’s residents slept at night but was apprehended by some members of the vigilantes. Residents attacked the guy and beat him ruthlessly until he developed puffy eyes in response […]
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EFCC arrests twins, 26 others for Internet fraud in Calabar
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has arrested two identical twins, Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter, and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Uyo Zonal Command, Cross River state. The antigraft agency revealed this in a post on its Twitter page on Thursday, June 8.The suspects were arrested on Tuesday, June 6, […]
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Man Arrested In Lagos For Attacking Pastor With Machete Over Fake Prophesy
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, identified as Akpannu, for allegedly attacking a pastor with a machete for allegedly giving him a fake prophecy. It was gathered that the accused stabbed the pastor of one of the new generation churches identified as Prophet Anayochukwu, in May 2023. The incident was said […]
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DJ Remanded For Disturbing Islamiyya
Kano State Sharia court sitting in Dambare in Ungogo LGA has remanded a DJ, Ali Dan-Asabe, for disrupting studies and other activities in an Islamiyya school in the state. The police dragged Dan-Asabe before the court following a complaint from the school’s management that his activities were disrupting pupils with loud music while they were […]
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Minor Arrested For Rap_ng Family Friends 9-Years- Old Daughter In Jigawa
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Jigawa State Command has arrested an 18-year-old boy, Ibrahim Umar, for allegedly r@ping a nine-year-old girl Zango Quarters, in Kafin Hausa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the Corps in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, June 5, […]
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Bandits Attack Sokoto Villages, Kill 37 Over Refusal To Pay ‘Levies’
About 37 people have reportedly been k!lled and many others injured in attacks on three communities in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State over their alleged refusal to pay the ‘levies’ imposed by the terrorists. Sources in one of the communities said the terrorists also dispersed sympathisers who came to perform burial rites for […]
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Breaking: OYO POLICE COMMAND DECLARES LAMIDI MAKAILA ‘AUXILIARY’ WANTED
Oyo State Police Command has declared the immediate chairman of Park Manager System (PMS) disciplinary committee Lamidi Mukaila also known as Auxiliary with cases of attempted murder, causing grevious Harm, Arms Dealing , Murder, Armed Robbery within Oyo state and Kidnapping at Oke-ogun and Ibarapa axis of the State. The General Public particularly good citizens […]
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“My late husband was planning to relocate our family abroad” – Wife of slain OAU MBA student, Timothy Adegoke.
According to the mother of three, her husband had intended to move her and their children overseas while he remained in Nigeria. Bolatito Adegoke, the wife of the slain Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile-Ife MBA student, Timothy Adegoke, has revealed that he had plans to relocate their family abroad before his tragic death. Bolatito made […]
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Lagos Police Command Dismisses Sergeant Ekpo Shimuyere Over 98,000 Naira Extortion
The Lagos State Police Command has on Wednesday 31 May, 2023 announced the dismissal of one Sergeant Ekpo Shimuyere from the Sogunle Division for extorting a sum of Ninty- Eight thousand Naira (N98,000) from a young man. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, Lagos State Command Public Relations Officer, disclosed that Shimuyere was dismissed and disrobed by the […]
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Hotel Receptionist Bags Two-Year Jail Term Over OAU Student’s Murder
The Osun State Chief Judge, Adepele Ojo, made the pronouncement on Wednesday. The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced Miss Adedeji Adesola, the receptionist that received late Timothy Adegoke when he lodged in the Hilton Hotel, Ile-Ife in the evening of November 6, 2021, to two years imprisonment for altering the receipt […]
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Breaking: ONE KILLED, ‘AUXILIARY’ AT LARGE, 78 PMS MEMBERS ARRESTED, DURING GUN DUEL WITH POLICE
Oyo State Police Command under the gallant leadership of Commissioner of Police, CP. Adebowale Williams, In its efforts to nip in the bud another clash that could have resulted to loss of lives and properties in Ibadan metropolis, paraded no fewer than 78 believed to be Park Management System (PMS) members for unlawful possession of […]
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