CRIME
Undergraduate Arrested By Police For Faking Own Death
Imo State University student Jesse Chidebere, 17, has been arrested by the Imo Police Command for pretending to be kidnapped and killed. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday. Okoye noted that the hoax caused significant distress to...
Abductors Of Edo Catholic Priest Demand N200 Million Ransom
Abductors of Rev. Oyode, the Rector of the Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Edo State, are asking a ransom of N200m to free Oyode. The Director of Communications of the Catholic Diocese of Auchi, Rev. Fr. Peter Egielewa, confirmed the ransom demand in a terse text message to journalists in Benin City, saying, “It is true.” A source who asked not...
Insecurity: 19 Northern Governors Meet With CDS, Traditional Rulers In Kaduna
The Governors of the 19 Northern States on Monday met with traditional rulers from the region in Kaduna State to discuss critical issues affecting the region. The meeting was part of the Northern States Governors’ Forum’s efforts to engage with key stakeholders and address pressing concerns, especially the lingering insecurity, poverty, out-of-school children and other socio-economic challenges ravaging the region. The...
Ogun Teacher Kills Pupil After Pounding Him 162 Strokes Of Cane
A student of the Obada Idi-Emi High School in the Imeko Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State, identified simply as Ariyo, has died after a teacher allegedly beat him with 162 strokes of the cane for breaking a dustbin. An activist identified as Adetoun shared the incident on Instagram on Friday. According to Adetoun, the teacher had reportedly brought a...
UK Donates Counter-IED Equipment To Nigerian Military
The UK Government on Friday donated advanced counter-Improvised Explosives Devices to Operation Hadin Kai Theatre Command Joint Task Force in Maiduguri. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the donation of the equipment marks another milestone in the strategic partnership between the UK and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Counter-IED equipment is created primarily for military and law enforcement. They are used...
Banditry: Get Me Bello Turji, Defence Minister Orders Troops
The Minister of Defence, Mohammad Badaru, has ordered troops of Operation Fansar Yamma to arrest the notorious bandits’ leader, Bello Turji. The Minister gave the order while addressing the troops at the One Brigade Headquarters in Gusau, Zamfara State. He added that President Bola Tinubu has the following the activities of the troops in the past few months and has seen...
Lagos Teacher Arrested For Defilement Of Minor, Abortions
Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 42-year-old teacher, Gbolahan Osinusi, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a student for five years right from when she was 12 years old. The teacher was also accused of forcing the girl to perform a series of abortions after he impregnated her. The nurse, who allegedly performed the abortion, identified as...
Bobrisky Transferred To FCID Alagbon, After Failed Attempt To Flee Nigeria
Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, otherwise known as Bobrisky, is currently in detention at the Force Criminal Investigation Department Annex, Alagbon, Lagos State, where he spent the night in a cell at the police facility. A source, who confirmed the development to our correspondent, said further directives were being awaited regarding Okuneye’s case, adding that he was taken to the FCID...
Group Uncovers Plot to Rubbish Ex-Abia Governor Senator Theodore Orji
A group Equity & Justice Initiative (EJI) has uncovered a grand plot by some disgruntled individuals and groups to tarnish the image of the former governor of Abia State, Senator Theodore Orji using the anti-graft agencies. In a Statement endorsed by its Secretary, Dr Abel Akudo, and made available to Journalists in Umuahia on Sunday, the group raised alarm over...
Enugu State Demolishes Kidnappers’ Hideout
Enugu State government has yet again reduced to rubble, a kidnappers’ den at Nike in Enugu East Local Government Area of the state. The state government said the action is in furtherance of its relentless war against kidnapping and criminality in Enugu State. According to a statement by the media aide to Governor Peter Mbah, Dan Mwomeh, the twin semi-detached bungalows...
