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EFCC Arrest Suspect With Mini Coffin Along Side Other Yahoo Boys In Ibadan
The EFCC is unrelenting in it's quest to reduce the level of cyber crime in the country as it has made another break through in the fight against internet fraud after it announced that the comm…
Four Nigerians arrested in Cambodia for alleged fraud
Four Nigerian men were on Tuesday arrested in Cambodia for alleged online fraud. According to reports, the suspects were also arrested for kidnapping. It was gathered that they were caught during a s…
Man kills woman in Ijebu-Ode over minor dispute
The police in Ogun State said they have arrested Ejike Okata, 27, for allegedly hacking his neighbour, Adeyiba Oladipupo, to death. It was gathered that Okata had confessed to killing the 50-year-old…
Celestial pastor, 2 others arrested over murder in Lagos
A Pastor with the Celestial Church of Christ in Lagos has been arrested in connection with the disappearance of Olatunfe Anthony Oluwafemi, last seen with the suspect in a Lagos beach. Also in the po…
Police arrest 60 year old man over alleged defilment of 3 year old girl
A three-year-old girl, Ihsan Ashiru Tsafe, was allegedly defiled by a sixty- year-old man, Bala Harana Oranjigada within a span of thirty minutes on the night of February 26th in Tsafe twon of Zamfar…
N1.23b Fraud : I'm Too Old To Travel - Ex-INEC Chair, Professor Iwu
A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof Maurice Iwu has asked the Federal High Court in Lagos to transfer his N1.23b fraud case to Abuja. Iwu told Justice Nico…
Man sentenced to 14 years imprisonment for attempted rape of daughter
A 55-year-old man, Bashiru Adeyanju, has been sentenced to fourteen years imprisonment, without an option of fine, by an Ado-Ekiti High court for attempting to rape his seventeen-year old daughter. T…
Police arrest 3 teachers for alleged rape of students in Ekiti
The police in Ekiti State have arrested three secondary school teachers for allegedly having carnal knowledge of female students who were deemed to be minors. The three suspects, who are currently be…
Prophet in court for allegedly sodomising teenage boys
A prophet of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Seyi Adelana, was on Tuesday arraigned at an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly sodomising two teenage boys.Adelana, …
Serving police officer arrested for leading kidnap ring in cross river
A serving police officer in Cross River State has been arrested for allegedly being behind many rampant kidnapping cases in the state. It was gathered that the suspect was alleged to be the ringleade…
Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for impregnating 14-year old daughter
An Accra Circuit Court has sentenced a 42-year-old father, Daniel Kwame Baah, to 20 years imprisonment for impregnating his daughter The convict was tried before the court with two counts of defileme…
FCMB reports man to EFCC after $54,000 deposit
The Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed March 27, 2020 for judgment on a motion on notice filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission , seeking the permanent forfeiture of the sum of $54,…
Police arrest man who allegedly raped 6 teen boys
The Police Command in Anambra State has arrested a 38-year-old man suspected to be a serial rapist. Police Public Relations Officer, Haruna Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday in Awka, gave his identi…
Cult members arrested over battle of supremacy
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested members of ‘Aiye’ and ‘Eiye’ confraternity who engaged themselves in a battle for supremacy over the weekend at Iso Isu area of Ijora Bad…
Man abducted while trying to pay ransom for his kidnapped brother
A brother of an Igbo businessman, Chief Desmond Oko, kidnapped on Tuesday night, has equally been abducted in Calabar, Cross River State capital. Chief Oko’s brother was abducted on Saturday when he …
Unknown gunmen kill policemen, Injure one at Ondo checkpoint
Two policemen have lost their lives following an attack at a checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. The Police Command in the state confirmed the killing of the po…
3 teenagers in court for raping 12-year-old girl in Lagos
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos, has ordered three teenagers, who allegedly defiled a 12-year-old girl, to be remanded in correctional custody. On Thursday, the police charged Segun Gbad…
NYSC : Deployment scam lands man in jail after duping intending corpers
Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court on Thursday, sentenced one Wakili Yusuf Oladapo to three years imprisonment for scamming two prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), …
Angry youths raze mansion of kidnap kingpin, Okechukwu Uche in Imo
A mansion belonging to a suspected kidnap kingpin, Okechukwu Uche, in Owaelu Uratta Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo state, has been demolished by irate youths of the community.Uche, who is …
Church Where Teenagers Are Recruited For Prostitution Exposed
Police operatives from Osun State Command have uncovered a Cherubim and Seraphim Church, which a female Pastor uses to recruit teenagers for prostitution. According to reports, The incident happened …