Yobe state governor Mai Mala Buni confirmed the brutal killing of an Islamic cleric, Shiekh Goni Aisami, on Sunday. Aisami, who lives in Gashua, Bade local government area of Yobe state, was shot dead last Saturday in Karasuwa local government area by unidentified gunmen on his way from Kano state. This is despite the fact that the Executive Chairman of …
The Rivers State Police Command apprehended a man simply identified as Chima for allegedly attacking his wife with a machete over his right to bring his lover into their matrimonial home. According to eyewitnesses, Wakaego, who is now in a coma, challenged her husband for bringing his lover into their matrimonial home in Omerelu community, Ikwerre Local Government Area of …
On Monday evening, an unidentified man was electrocuted while attempting to vandalise an electricity transformer in Osogbo. According to community sources, the man died when power was suddenly restored to the transformer while he was attempting to steal an electrical cable. The transformer is said to be in Kolade Estate, Onward area, Ogo-Oluwa, Osogbo. According to reports, the man’s body …
Following the conviction of the notorious kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, and two others to seven years in prison by the Federal High Court in Abuja, led by Justice Binta Nyako, the Initiative for Better Societal Enlightenment (IBSE) has commended DCP Abba Kyari for his tenacity in ensuring the arrest of the kidnap kingpin. Wadume was convicted …
The statement added that Paul was apprehended after discovering that the seven cartons he presented for export contained parcels of the dangerous drug wrapped with foil paper and concealed in the heads of hundreds of smoked catfish. According to the statement, the next day, Saturday 6th August, another consignment containing 1.45kg cannabis concealed inside granulated melon and crayfish and packed …
Kogi Police command has arrested a father suspected of kidnapping and killing his 15-year-old daughter in Kogi. Police Spokesman in the state, SP William Ovye-Aya, who confirmed the incident on Friday in Lokoja, said a friend to the girl’s father was also arrested. He added one other suspect has been declared wanted. According to the police Spokesman the suspects work …
A 27-year-old houseboy has been arrested by the police in Mai’ari Arewa village, Pali District of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State for allegedly strangling his boss’ daughter after he impregnated her. It was gathered that the suspect, Munkaila Ado was said to have impregnated the 13-year-old girl and having connived with her mother, took her to Gombe State …
More information has emerged about the murder of Ikechukwu Onuma, an Onitsha-based Anambra man who was killed on Tuesday night by his wife’s lesbian partner. According to reports, Onuma, a staff member at the College of Health in Onitsha, was stabbed to death by his wife’s lesbian lover when he came home and found them making out. According to a …
On Tuesday, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja convicted and sentenced a Pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, and his accomplice. Adedoyin Oyekanmi was sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of a seven-year-old boy in the state’s Ikorodu region. The verdict was delivered by Justice Taiwo after the condemned convicts pleaded guilty to the charge …
Following the killings that occurred over the weekend as a result of violence during a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ward meeting in Ede town, Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has directed the Osun State Police Command to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident. The Governor also condemned the killing of two members of the same family, Abideen Olalekan and …
Rasheed Okoilu, a notorious serial killer, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force’s Osun State Command. Okoilu, whose birth name is Rasheed Hamed, is said to have been on the command’s wanted list for his involvement in life-threatening activities in the state. Okoilu was apprehended in the early hours of August 7, 2022. His arrest was confirmed in a …
On Sunday night, bandits attacked and killed three people in Bali town, Taraba State’s headquarters of Bali Local Government Area. Several others were reportedly abducted. Several sources in Bali told our correspondent over the phone that the attackers, who were riding motorcycles, attacked and killed a Taraba Marshall personnel at a checkpoint near General Hospital before proceeding to individual houses …
Unidentified gunmen killed five people and kidnapped three others in Kogi State’s Ajaokuta Local Government Area. According to reports, two police officers, an Indian expatriate, a driver, and one other person were killed. According to sources, the incident occurred Friday night around 7:30 p.m. as the victims were returning from the West African Ceramics in Ajaokuta. “It’s another bad day …
High Chief Mukaila Bello, the traditional head of Iku quarters in Ikare Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North-East Local Government Area in Ondo State, and three other indigenes of the town have been kidnapped by unidentified gunmen suspected of being kidnappers. The victims were kidnapped on Thursday night along the Ago Panu axis on the Owo-Ikare highway, according to reports. …
Orukpe Monday, an Inspector with the Lagos State Police Command, died as a result of torture allegedly inflicted by soldiers who attacked him and his colleagues in Lagos State’s Trade Fair area. Another Inspector, Igbafe Ojo, who was allegedly tortured by the same soldiers, is being treated at a military hospital in the Ojo Military Cantonment, where doctors are battling …
During a gun battle with security operatives in Anambra State, ten gunmen were killed and seven others were arrested. It was combined team of the military, police, and other security agencies stormed the hoodlums’ hideout in the early hours of Friday, sparking a gun battle. A few security personnel were also injured in the process, according to reports. Security personnel …
On Friday afternoon, Spanal, a notorious thug in Osun, was killed in Oke-Ijetu, Ilesa-garage area of Osogbo. Spanal was a close ally of Kazeem Oyewale, the Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) branch in Osogbo (Asiri Eniba). Spanal was killed along with his 7-year-old daughter Fatia. According to reports, Spanal was murdered a few hours after …
Shola Henry, a cryptocurrency trader who was charged with seven counts by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has been found guilty. According to reports, the anti-graft agency filed an amended seven-count charge against the defendant for stealing and obtaining money from his clients under false pretences. Reading Henry’s charges before an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Wednesday, August …
Police in Gombe State have arrested 23 suspected thugs known as ‘Kalare,’ who terrorise people at night and steal valuables. Mahid Mu’azu Abubakar, the state Police Command’s spokesperson, revealed this yesterday while briefing journalists on the Command’s recent operations. The suspects were apprehended in the early hours of yesterday, around 1 a.m., by police tactical teams from the Gombe Divisional …
Five suspected armed robbers were killed in a gun battle with police officers from the “B” Division in Warri, Delta State. According to reports, the suspects who sustained serious gunshot wounds died before reaching the hospital. The police also recovered two (2) locally made cut-to-size single barrel guns, three (03) rounds of expended cartridges, three rounds of live cartridges, and …
