CRIME
One Shot Dead As Rival Cult Groups Clash In Rivers
A man popularly known as Asari has been shot dead during a recent clash among rival cult groups in the Diobu axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Asari, who was in his twenties was shot dead at about 7:55 pm along Ekwe/Ikwerre road, Mile 3 Diobu in the metropolis. According to PUNCH, eyewitnesses said ‘Asari’ was standing with some persons when about five...
NSCDC Parades Suspected Internet Fraudster In Ekiti
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Ekiti State Command has paraded one Fakuade Ayodeji for alleged involvement in internet fraud. According to a release signed by the command spokesperson, Tolulope Afolabi, Fakuade Ayodeji, who was arrested in Akure, was said to have purchased an iPhone XR at a phone shop near Osekita in Ado Ekiti with a fake...
Ogun Man Arrested For Domestic Violence Says His Wife Wears Trousers To Bed, Starves Him Of Sex
An artisan, Michael Agosu, who is currently being investigated by policemen attached to Ogijo Police Station, Ogun State Command, for domestic violence, has revealed that he beats his wife because she denies him sex. According to father of four, who was arrested on Thursday for beating his wife Kafiat Salami, to stupor at their Escoba area in Ogjijo, Ogun State,...
Ogun Man Who Locked Up His Children For Months, Starved Them To Death Arrested
Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, aka Amotekun Corps, have arrested a 45-year-old man, Gbenga Ogunfadeke for allegedly chaining and locking his two children in a solitary confinement which led to their death. The state Commander of Amotekun, David Akinremi confirmed the arrest of the suspect in a statement made available to journalists in Abeokuta on Wednesday. According to him,...
Scavenger Jailed Over Burglary, Theft In Abuja
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 23-year-old scavenger, Sulieman Aliyu to six months in prison for breaking into a public toilet and stealing a generator. Aliyu of Madalla junction, Niger State, pleaded guilty to housebreaking and theft and begged for leniency. The Judge, Saminu Suleiman, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of...
Man Who Set Whole Building On Fire Says He Wanted To Destroy Property In Girlfriend’s Room For Abandoning Him
A commercial bike rider, Yusuf Hassan, whose relationship with a single mother of one, Busayo Falola, turned sour, leading him to an alleged attempt to set her ablaze, has said that he only wanted to destroy her property out of bitterness over her calling it quits with him. However, not only did Yusuf set ablaze the lady’s property and those...
How Kidnapper Buried 3-Year-Old Victim Alive After Collecting Ransom From Parents In Katsina
A 30-year-old man, Abubakar Abdulaziz, of Sabuwar Santa, the Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State is now in police custody after he allegedly kidnapped and buried a three-year-old boy alive. Abdulaziz was said to have buried the abducted boy alive despite collecting N150,000 out of the N800,000 ransom he demanded from his father. The spokesman for the Katsina State Police...
Church Founder Who Raped Two Members Remanded In Kirikiri Prison
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday remanded a clergyman, Daniel Oluwafeyiropo, for allegedly raping two of his church members (names withheld). Justice Ramon Oshodi remanded the founder of “I Reign Christian Ministry” in Kirikiri Correctional Centre pending the fulfilment of his bail conditions. Oshodi admitted the defendant to N20 million bail with two sureties in like sum. He...
Ogun Woman Who Sold Baby For N600,000 To Settle Debt Arrested
A 33-year-old woman, Olaide Adekunle, has been arrested by men of Ogun State Police Command for selling her 18 months old baby for N600,000 to yet-to-be-identified buyer. The suspect, according to a statement by the command’s spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, was arrested following a complain lodged at Sango divisional headquarters by the woman’s husband, one Nureni Rasaq. Oyeyemi said Rasaq reported that...
Weeping As Bandits Kill 29 Persons In Fresh Attack In Kaduna
No fewer than 29 people have been killed in a fresh attack by bandits on Runji Village in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The attack which occurred at about 10 pm on Saturday night comes barely three days after bandits killed eight people at the Atak’Njei community also in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Commissioner...
