CRIME
Popular Tiktoker Robbed, Shot In Lagos
Ojesanmi Afeez, better known online as Salo, is a TikToker who was allegedly shot and robbed in Lagos State's Lekki neighborhood. This was made known in the late hours of Thursday by another TikToker, Tunde Perry, who often joins him in his live streams on the app. According to Perry, the content creator is currently fighting for his life at Perez...
Nigerian Customs Set To Improve Border Security With Advanced Technology
ACG of Customs for the Southwest Zone Saidu Yusuf says the NCS is planning to use technology to fight smuggling and improve border security. Yusuf made the announcement during an appraisal visit to the Ogun Area II Command in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Thursday. He stated the NCS’s commitment to deploying technology to improve border control and patrol operations, noting that...
Gunmen Abduct Journalists On Transit For Super Eagles Match
A few sports journalists were abducted while traveling through Anambra State to cover a football game in Akwa, Ibom State, on their way to Uyo. The Super Eagles will take on Libya in an African Nations Cup qualifier in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Friday. A source told DAILY POST that the journalists, who were about 11 in number, were travelling...
Clerics Accepting Tithes From Criminal Sources Guilty Of Crimes — Presbyterian Pastor
The Minister in charge of Presbyterian Church of Nigeria (PCN), Solid Rock Parish Umuahia, Abia State, Rt. Rev. Peter Nwoke has cautioned his colleagues in the pulpit against accepting tithes and offerings obtained through crookery and fraudulent means, saying receiving such is tantamount to committing a crime, ABN TV reports. He spoke on the sidelines of Sunday worship where he...
Nigerian Navy Shuts Down Unauthorized Refineries In Rivers
An unauthorized refining site has been found and shut down in Rivers State, according to the Nigerian Navy's Operation Delta Sanity troops. Operation Delta Sanity has discovered one cooking tank, one storage tank, and one dug-out pit laden with an unspecified amount of stolen crude oil in Bolo general area, Rivers State. In a statement on its social media page, the...
Benue: Army Rescues Kidnapped Corps Member
The Nigerian Army's 401 Special Forces Brigade and Sector One have teamed up to rescue a kidnapped Corps member and others in Tse-Annaka. The corps member was identified as a 29-year-old law graduate, Samuel Muekara. Other rescued victims who were kidnapped at different dates and times within the same location include Anaelechi Bob, 32; Ayuba Luka, 28, Ibrahim Umar, 30, Rabiu...
Man Stabs Wife To Death In Lagos, Set Body On Fire Three Months After Wedding
A 30-year-old man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife and setting her body on fire in their apartment at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe community, Ikorodu area of Lagos. The newlywed couple was engaged in a disagreement that degenerated into a fight at about 1 p.m., on Friday. The man was said to have accused his six-month pregnant...
Police Confirm Arrest Of Three Persons Over Beheading Of Abia Couple
Abia state police command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the beheading of an aged couple who were reportedly found dead in their apartment at Etiti-ulo in Bende LG of Abia State. Spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Maureen Chinaka disclosed this in a statement on Friday. ABN TV had earlier reported that condemnation trailed the...
Beheading Of Abia Couple Barbaric, Horrific, Says Deputy Speaker Kalu, Calls For Investigation
Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has condemned in strongest terms the horrific and senseless killing of Mr. Jacob Udo and his wife, Mrs. Comfort Udo, a couple who until their demise resided in Isiala Autonomous Community in the metropolis of Bende Local Government of Abia State. Late Udo and his wife, originally hailed...
Sen. Kalu Saddened, Says Killing Of Abia Couple Barbaric, Unacceptable, Calls For Probe
Chairman, Senate Committee on Privatization, Dr. Orji Kalu has condemned in strong terms the gruesome killing of a couple , Mr Jacob and Mrs Comfort Udo by unknown assailants in Etiti Ulo, Bende Local Government Area of Abia state. The former Governor who described the act as barbaric, evil and totally unacceptable, urged security agencies to commence a robust investigation...
