Kogi State Police Command has arrested a middle aged man for killing his friend Kehinde Ajayi and burying the corpse in his own house in Lokoja, Kogi state capital. The ugly incident occurred in Felele community, Lokoja where the late Kehinde resided with his family. It was reliably gathered that the middle-age man killed his friend, Kehinde Ajayi on Sunday, …
Police in Anambra State have recovered a Mercedes Benz 4matic SUV dumped by criminals during operation in Amaokpala, Orumba North Local Government Area. Anambra State Police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a press release, said a live AK-47 bullet, two masks were also discovered in the car. It is believed that the SUV was dumped by …
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the latest figures for disappeared persons across Africa is 64,000 cases, with Nigeria recording over 25,000 missing people. Yann Bonzon, head of the delegation for the Red Cross in Nigeria, disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists to commemorate the International Day of the Disappeared, observed every August 30. The …
Young men and women of Ebbaken community in Boje, Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State, have reportedly lynched two windows, Mrs Martina Osom and Mrs Rose Akom, for allegedly practicing witchcraft. The incident, which occured at the weekend, is currently causing chaos in the community as some residents condemned the act. An eyewitness told Vanguard that the victims, …
By: Michael Adesina Spanish newspaper El Pais has reported that there was a terrifying attack in the home of Barcelona striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on Monday morning. According to the report the Gabonese was physically assaulted during an armed robbery. At least four men are reported to have entered the garden of Aubameyang’s home in the Castelldefels area of the Catalan …
Arikuyeri, an official of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) in Lagos, has been murdered. Real name Sulaimon Onaolapo, the deceased was the NURTW chairman in Mile 12. In a trending video, Arikuyeri is seen on the ground as some young men repeatedly hit his body and smash his head. He had been chased to the spot after …
The Management of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has suspended a lecturer, Dr Olaniran Balogun, who was declared wanted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The ICPC had, a few days ago, declared Balogun, who was the Head of the Department of Religious Studies at TASUED, wanted for allegedly …
The Edo State Police Command has arrested 30 suspects connected to cult killings. In a statement on Friday by the Deputy Spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, the command swung into action after reported killings in different parts of the state. Iwegbu stated that, irked by killings by rival cult groups in some parts of the state in the last 72 hours, the …
On Wednesday evening, a commercial driver, simply identified as Bello, was killed by terrorists during an ambush along the Katsina/Jibia highway in Katsina State. Babangida Kachile, 56, and Halimat Shuaibu, 50, were kidnapped by the attackers. According to a source, the victims were on their way home when they were ambushed by terrorists at Kadobe village. According to the source, …
Operatives of the Edo Police Command have killed a suspected kidnapper and arrested three cult suspects in different operations in the state. ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, Deputy Public Relations Officer of the command stated this on Thursday in a statement issued in Benin. Iwegbu said in its continuous efforts to stem the tide of heinous crimes and criminality in the state, …
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team, IRT, have arrested 11 undergraduates of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma over alleged criminal conspiracy, cultism and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms. The Force Public Relations, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said the suspects were arrested in July at different locations in Epkoma following …
A lawyer, Igwe Ifeoma, has been arraigned before Chief Magistrate P.E Nwaka sitting at the Magistrate’s Court, Yaba, Lagos State, on Wednesday, on charges bordering on child trafficking, assault of an 11-year-old girl, Esther Onwa. Ifeoma is facing six counts of conspiracy to traffic a child, child trafficking, inhuman treatment, unlawful assault, and inflicting bodily injuries. The charges read in …
The Economics and Financial Crime Commission on Wednesday arraigned a manager with Cubana Group, Lucky Uchechukwu Ndukwe, for an offence bordering on conspiracy to launder and money laundering. Ndukwe, known better as Cubana Prime Minister, was arraigned alongside one Precious Omonkhoa Ofure before Justice Justice O.A. Fadipe of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, by the Lagos …
In Akwa Ibom, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) apprehended one suspect and impounded two vehicles transporting 1,500 litres of suspected adulterated Automotive Gas Oil. Mr Suleiman Marafa, the state Commandant of the Corps, stated this during a media briefing in Uyo on Wednesday. According to Marafa, the suspect, 36, was apprehended by NSCDC operatives in Akwa Ibom …
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Yobe State Command, said its operatives have arrested an underaged syndicate who specialized in ‘pickpocket’ on market days in Damaturu. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASC Bala Garba, disclosed this in a press statement made available to newsmen in Damaturu. “An organized syndicate of pickpockets involving underaged boys was busted by the …
Elisha Tari, a 25-year-old man, has revealed why he stoned his two children to death in his home. Elisha was arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for stoning two of his children, ages 3 and 5, to death. On Monday, while being paraded, the suspect admitted to having a psychological problem and having been tied in chains in the …
Bello Turji, a notorious bandit leader, has launched an offensive against terrorists in Zamfara in order to restore the state’s peace and stability. Sen. Hassan Nasiha, Deputy Governor of Zamfara, made the announcement at a security conference hosted by the Students Union of Medina University in Gusau. Turji, who took advantage of the governor’s amnesty, is now waging an offensive …
Six supporters of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, have lost their lives in Lafia on Sunday when a bus conveying them to a rally of the presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwankwaso, lost control. The ill-fated bus was in Mr Kwankwaso’s motorcade. Several occupants of the vehicle who sustained injury were taken to a hospital for treatment. Mr Kwankwaso, who was …
Unknown daredevil gunmen have kidnapped four Reverend Sisters of the Catholic Church along the Okigwe-Umulolo axis of Okigwe-Enugu Expressway in Imo State on Sunday. Recall that the highway, which links Imo State to Abia and Enugu States, was the same route the Prelate of the Methodist Church, Most Rev Samuel Uche, and other clerics of the Methodist Church were kidnapped …
Bandits are said to have stormed Dutsinma town, the headquarters of Katsina State’s Dutsinma Local Government Area, and kidnapped six people, mostly relatives of gubernatorial aspirant Umar Tata. According to some sources, the victims were wedding guests at a house near the popular politician’s home, who ran for governor in the recent APC primaries. A reliable source told our correspondent …
