Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced a retiree from the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, Charles Aiyeyi, to one year imprisonment. Charles Aiyeyi was convicted for charges bordering on conspiracy to pervert the course of Continue Reading
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Nigeria Police, Osun State Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged killing of one Ezekiel Ajewole by some illegal miners on his farm at Iberekodo Village, Ward Two, in Atakumosa West Local Government Area of the state. Radio Nigeria gathered that those arrested are now being interrogated by the State Criminal Investigations […]Continue Reading
The Federal Government has filed 23-count charges against Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late popular gospel artist, Osinachi, who died on April 8 after he allegedly assaulted her. He was charged under sections 104 and 379 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015, by the Attorney-General of the Federation. The defendant was charged with culpable […]Continue Reading
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has said that the former Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, was safe in custody as there was no threat to his life. The Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO) Mr Francis Enobore said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. According to him, the fake news peddler further stated […]Continue Reading
The Catholic Church in Nigeria has berated the persistent incidents of kidnap in the country. The Church posited that the kidnap of priests was a reflection of the degenerated state of the country’s system. The Director, Social Communication Commission, Reverend Anthony Omodunbi who represented the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Osogbo, Osun State, Most […]Continue Reading
Anambra State Government has imposed a curfew on eight local government areas to take effect on Friday, 27th May. Governor Chukwuma Soludo, who announced the directive in a statewide broadcast, said the curfew, which begins from 6pm to 6am, will remain till further notice. According to the Governor, the curfew affects motorcycles, tricycles and shuttle […]Continue Reading
Federal government says it will step up sensitisation on the whistle blower for effective participation of all Nigerians. Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Dr Zainab Ahmed stated this at the fourth zonal conference on whistle blower policy in Nigeria for the North East zone in Maiduguri. Represented by the Director Presidential Initiative of […]Continue Reading
A fourteen year old male student of Salvation Army Secondary School, Osogbo was this morning killed by a moving car in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. The incident happened beside Ebunoluwa School along the Dele Yessir corridor of the Onababaona expressway, Osogbo. The boy, named David Oyagbile was hit by the car and thrown off the […]Continue Reading
Bandits, in the early hours of Wednesday, attacked Mai Kanbu Catholic Church Parish in Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State and kidnapped the Parish Priest and three other persons from the parish. According to a reliable source, the assailants who were in large number sneaked into the parish quietly before they began to shoot […]Continue Reading
Some personnel of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have stormed the Abuja residence of the former Imo State Governor and All Progressives Congress presidential aspirant, Rochas Okorocha. Details of their mission were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report, but one of the former governor’s aides confirmed this to our correspondent. […]Continue Reading
Justice Abiola Soladoye of an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court yesterday sentenced a dismissed policeman, Mohammed Alidu, to life imprisonment for defiling a nine-year-old schoolgirl. Delivering judgment in the matter, Justice Soladoye held that the prosecution has proved the offence of child defilement against the convict beyond reasonable Continue Reading
A trader and his gate-man have been arrested by police operatives in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State for allegedly killing a 4-year-old boy for rituals. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiodun Wasiu, in Minna confirmed that the two suspects were arrested in connection with the incident and investigations had commenced. Abiodun Continue Reading
An ex-convict, Okechukwu Francis Amaechi, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Port Harcourt International Airport for importing cocaine. The agency in a statement issued on Sunday said Okechukwu finished serving a drug trafficking prison sentence in Brazil in March 2022. Okechukwu was caught with 4.56kg crack concealed in lawnmower […]Continue Reading
Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun Corps, at the weekend said it has arrested more than 4,000 suspected criminals across the 18 local government areas of the state in the last five months. The agency said the suspects involved in various criminal activities, ranging from kidnapping, armed robbery, human trafficking, illegal possession […]Continue Reading
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has condemned the murder of the lawmaker representing Aguata II Constituency at the state House of Assembly, Okechukwu Okoye. Okoye and his aide, Cyril Chiegboka, were kidnapped while returning from a function last Sunday. In a statement on Saturday night, the governor’s media aide, Christian Aburime, described as “heartless” Continue Reading
A messy paternity row has broken out between a man and a herbalist who confessed to having impregnated the man’s wife said to be his customer in Owode-Obafemi Local Government Area of Ogun State. The distraught husband, Sikiru Olaleye does not now only have to grapple with the fact that his wife and the herbalist […]Continue Reading
A member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Dr Okechukwu Okoye, who was earlier kidnapped, has been beheaded. The lawmaker, popularly known as “Okey Di Okay” was kidnapped late last Sunday. Until his unfortunate kidnap and death, Okoye was representing the Aguata North constituency, the same community as the governor of the state, Professor […]Continue Reading
Ogun State Police command has arrested a 25 year old class teacher at a nursery and primary school in Ago Iwoye for allegedly having unlawful carnal knowledge of a 13 year old girl. The suspect, Ayobami Oluwatobiloba Runsewe, was arrested after the victim’s mother reported the incident at Ago Iwoye divisional headquarters.The victim’s mother alleged […]Continue Reading
Troops of 34 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in conjunction with operatives of the Department of State Service on Friday 20 May 2022, dislodged a training camp of the proscribed Indigeneous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) at Okporo in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State. Director Army […]Continue Reading
Former Speaker, House of Representatives, Mrs Patricia Etteh, detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on suspicious and shady financial involvement with Phil Jin Projects Limited, has been released by the Commission. She was released on Friday, May 20, 2022 upon fulfilling bail conditions offered her by investigators working on her matter. According Continue Reading
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 36-year-old man, Kingsley Essien, for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution and selling her two-year-old son for N600,000. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Thursday, said the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at the […]Continue Reading
Minister of Finance Budget and National Planning Mrs Zainab Ahmed has suspended the embattled Accountant General of the Federation Ahmed Idris. The suspension letter marked HMFBNP/AGF/SUSPENSION/5/2022 and dated 18th May, 2022 said the suspension became necessary “to allow for proper and unhindered investigation in to the serious allegations in line with Public Service Continue Reading
The long arm of the law has caught up with a suspected murderer of a 25 years old Barakat at Jibola Afonja in Oyo town, Tiamiyu Abass. The suspected murderer was paraded alongside thirty other suspected criminals who were arrested for various offences by the Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Mrs Ngozi Onadeko. Confessing, Abass […]Continue Reading
Police Command in Anambra State has arrested two suspected kidnappers, rescued their victim and recovered their operational vehicle in Ogbunka, Orumba South Local Government Area of the state. The victim, identified as Ijideofor Attama, from Enugu State, was kidnapped on Saturday about 10 pm along the Nnewi road while driving in his Rava 4 Jeep. […]Continue Reading
The Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency (OYACA) has called for the support of traditional rulers in order to win the ongoing war against corruption. The Chairman, Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency, (OYACA), Hon. Justice Eni Esan (rtd.) said this today during a courtesy visit to the Olubadan of Ibadanland, His Imperial Majesty, Oba Lekan Balogun at his […]Continue Reading