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FCT Police Arrest Wanted Informant and Banditry Supplier, Uncover Cache of Weapons and Apprehend Multiple Suspects
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has made significant strides in combating crime with the recent arrest of a notorious informant and logistics supplier to a kidnapping and banditry …
Ike Ekweremadu Sentenced to Prison
Former Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Ike Ekweremadu, and his wife, Beatrice, have been sentenced to prison for their involvement in an organ trafficking plot. The United Kingdom court sentenced…
COVID-19 lockdown: Lagos residents cry out as armed robbers take over (VIDEO)
Residents of Lagos State have cried out over the spate of robbery attacks going on in most parts of the State.In recent days, several video clips of armed robbers invading streets and homes have emer…
Two Sentenced To Death By Hanging For Killing Osun State University Student
Two persons have been sentenced to death by hanging by Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun for killing a 400-Level student of Osun State University, Ipetu-Ijesa campus.The convicts are Elijah Oye…
Gunmen abduct Enyimba, Abia Comet players in Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Sunday evening abducted two football players plying their trade with clubs in the eastern part of the country. The two footballers, Dayo Ojo and Benjamin Iluyomad…
Coronavirus hits 42 countries, Kills 33 in Africa - WHO
The World Health Organisation, WHO, Regional Office for Africa in Brazzaville, Congo, has disclosed that there are now 1,117 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in 42 countries across Africa.Th…
Banker docked over alleged theft of dead customers' N3.6m
A 36-year-old banker, Joseph Promise, yesterday appeared before Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos ,over alleged theft of N3.6 million in a dead woman’s accounts. Promise is standing trial on a three…
Alleged N33bn fraud: EFCC makes damning revelations against Mompha
The trial of Ismaila Mustapha aka Mompha, continued on Wednesday. Justice A. Mohammed Liman sat over proceeding at a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State.Prosecution witness told the cour…
Two killed in Bayelsa over cult related activities
Two persons have been reportedly killed on Tuesday night during a clash of supremacy between two rival cults in Kpansia area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. It waS gathered that the two person…
Three suspected bank robbers arrested in Cross River
Three suspected bank robbers have been arrested in Calabar, Cross River State capital. The suspects: Peter Nwabueze, age 42. Ifeanyin Ebama, 29 years and Izuma Okechukwu, 45 years were arrested after…
Late Emiola Adesina’s Daughters Kidnapped, N100 Million Ransom Demanded
FOLLOWING the kidnap of two daughters of Chief Emiola Adesina, Director of Sports in the Old Western Region and proprietor of Subuola Nursery and Primary School in Ibadan on Monday, several armed pol…
Court remands woman in prison over alleged defilement of 2 year old girl in Edo
Edo State Chief Magistrate’s Court in charge of Juvenile and Family Matters, has remanded a 43-old Nanny, Esther Ehikioya, in prison over alleged defilement of a two-year-old girl.The suspect, …
Suspected Internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) arrested in Imo
The Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters at different locations within Owerri, Capital of Imo State. It was learn…
34 undergradutes, Others arrested during cult meeting
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 34 cultists at their hideout in Gwako, Gwagwalada Area Council in Abuja.DSP Anjuguri Manzah, Police Public Relations Officer, said the suspec…
Banker docked over alleged $200,000 theft
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) ,yesterday arraigned a 36-year-old banker, Oluwaseye Adu, before Lagos State High Court, Ikeja on one count-charge of stealing.The EFCC alleged t…
French priest gets 5-year jail term for sex assault on boys scouts
A Catholic priest was given a five-year jail term Monday for sexually abusing boy scouts in his care several decades ago, a case that roiled the French Church over claims he was shielded from p…
Police declare man wanted for defiling 10-year-old girl in Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command has declared a married man, Ifeanyi Ukwuani, wanted for the alleged defilement of a 10-year old girl in Egede, Udi Local Government Area of the state. Ukwuani was said …
Police searching for killers of herdsmen in Kogi
The Police Command in Kogi says it has launched a manhunt for some youths that allegedly killed two Fulani herdsmen in Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of the state.The command’s spokesman, DSP Wi…
Gunmen attack travelers on Birn-Gwari kaduna highway, kidnap students
Suspected armed bandits, weekend, attacked travellers on the Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highway killing, kidnapping and injuring travellers. According to reports, The attacks simultaneously took place on Sa…
Police in Zamfara rescue kidnapped Nigerien citizen
Zamfara State police command says it has rescued a Nigerien citizen that was kidnapped by bandits from Niger Republic and brought to Nigeria.The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed She…