CRIME
Four To Die By Hanging In Osun Over Abduction, Murder
An Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo on Monday sentenced four men to death by hanging for offences bordering on armed robbery and murder of one Victor Akinbile, said to be a relative of the immediate past Osun State Deputy Governor, Mr. Benedict Alabi. The convicts, Hammed Rafiu, 37; Rasidi Waidi, 39; Kayode Sunday, 29; and Owolabi Bashiru, 54;...
DSS Reportedly Takes Over CBN Governor’s Office
The operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, have taken over the office of Godwin Emefiele, Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, at the headquarters of the apex bank. The embattled CBN governor has been having a running battle with DSS over alleged terrorism financing. DSS had earlier sought a court order to arrest Emefiele who has been...
Seven NSCDC Officials Killed At Kaduna Mining Sight Laid To Rest Amidst Tears
The remains of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) ambushed and killed by bandits have been laid to rest in Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Director Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Sunday in Abuja. Odumosu recalled that the operatives were slain in Birnin Gwari community on Jan. 9, while on...
Arm Forces Remembrance Day: Nigeria Can’t Witness Coup Again — CDS
The Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, yesterday dismissed the thought of any possibility of the military taking over power in Nigeria, saying democracy has come to stay in the country. He also assured that the Armed Forces would work solidly behind the Nigerian Police Force, which is the lead security agency to ensure safe, free and fair general...
Edo Train kidnap: Twelve More Abducted Travelers Rescued, Abductors Hold Two Railway Workers
Twelve passengers who were abducted on January 7, 2023, at the Edo State train station at Igueben have been freed. In a statement on Sunday, Police Commissioner Mohammed Dankwara described the operation. Armed men attacked as the passengers waited to board a train towards Warri in Delta State. According to the police commissioner, combined security forces assaulted the Igboha woodland on the...
Buhari Arrives National Arcade, Lays Wreath For Armed Forces Remembrance Day
In Abuja on Sunday, President Muhammadu Buhari presided over the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day. He leaves office on May 29, 2023. The event serves as the culmination of events that got underway on November 16, 2022, when Buhari unveiled the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Emblem and Appeal Fund at the presidential villa in Abuja. At the time, he had...
Man Beats Mother To death In Delta
According to reports, a young teenager in Kwale Community, Delta State, has beaten his mother to death. The incident happened close to Tana Security Company, Umusam Ogbe, and Kwale. It was discovered that the Lagos native, the family's lone surviving son, assisted in overseeing the home sale when a fight broke out between him and his mother. He killed her by...
Lagos Lovers Arrested For Physical Assault On Woman’s Children
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a couple for allegedly battering their two children aged five and two. The woman identified as Busola Oyediran and her lover, Akebiara Emmanuel, were arrested on Friday following reports by concerned neighbours. The neighbours had alerted the police over the constant physical abuse of the minors by their biological mother and...
Unknown Gunmen Attack Ikenga’s Home, Kill Uncle, 2 Others (Photos, Video)
Some unknown gunmen have reportedly killed the uncle (name yet to be known) of the spokesperson for the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, Ikenga Ugochinyere. According to Ugochinyere in a seemingly distressed tweet on Twitter Saturday afternoon, the unknown persons are also setting a house ablaze, suspected to be his residence. “We need help in Akokwa Ideato North Local Government...
How Suspected Internet Fraudster Tricked American Citizen To Nigeria, Defrauded Her
Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, a suspected internet fraudster, has been nabbed for allegedly luring Vonapolouis Moss, an American citizen, to Nigeria. According to the Kwara state police command, Oluwatofunmi allegedly defrauded the American citizen of $1,000. The suspected internet fraudster was paraded on Friday at the Kwara police headquarters in Ilorin, the state capital. In a statement, Ajayi Okasanmi, police spokesperson of the state,...
