CRIME
50-Year-Old Man Sets Self On Fire In Father’s House, Building Razed Down In Ondo
A fifty-years-old man, Ojo Ogundeji, allegedly committed suicide, yesterday, after setting himself ablaze in his father’s house in Ondo West Local Council of the state. The deceased, who lived in Lagos, was said to have returned to his hometown for the Yuletide. Ogundeji had deliberately locked himself in a room within his father’s house, situated along the Odojomu axis of the...
Civil Servant Bags 7 Years Jail Term In Niger For Receiving N11m Kickback From Contractor
A serving Deputy Director of the Niger State Ministry of Land Transportation, Umar Farouk, has been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment by the Niger State High Court in Minna. Justice Abdullahi Mikail pronounced the sentence after convicting Farouk of unethical practices, relating to receiving kickback from a contractor to the tune of N11m. The convict was arraigned before the court by...
How Lagos DPO Slumped, Died In Office After Complaining Of Headache
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Seme Police Division in Lagos State, SP Mojeed Salami, slumped and died in his office on Tuesday. Though the actual cause of death was not known, a police source who spoke to our correspondent Friday said the DPO had earlier complained of a minor headache and had gone to a hospital. He said the DPO...
Zamfara Health Workers Protest Non-Payment Of Salary
The health union in Yariman Bakura Specialist Hospital, Gusau, Zamfara State capital has embarked on a peaceful protest over non-payment of workers’ salaries. DAILY POST gathered that the union had earlier issued a one-week ultimatum to the Zamfara State Government to clear their members’ salary arrears and correct the half salaries being paid to some of them. The union stated that...
Not 31, But 20 Persons Abducted From Edo Train Attack — State Government
Edo State government, yesterday, said 20 people were kidnapped contrary to earlier reports of 31 people being kidnapped, in the Ekehen, Igueben Local Government area railway station attack, last Saturday. It was also revealed that seven of those kidnapped have been rescued. Briefing newsmen on updates from the Igueben incident, the Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, told journalists in...
Police Arrest 3 Over Cultism In Rivers
Operatives of the Rivers State Police command have arrested 3 suspected members of a cult group terrorizing communities in Ogoniland. A locally made pistol was also recovered from the suspects. The command’s Public Relations officer, Grace Iringe Koko in a statement on Wednesday said men of the anti-cultism unit of the command carried out the operation after a tip-off from the...
Police Intercept 325 Live Ammunition, Arrest Two Suspects In Zamfara
The Police Command in Zamfara has announced the arrest of two persons conveying 325 live ammunition along the Gusau-Wanke-Dansadau road in the state. The Command Public Relation Officer, Mohammed Shehu said in a statement in Gusau on Tuesday that the suspects were arrested on Jan. 8, at about 23:00 hrs by a police tactical team. He said that the suspects, Emmanuel...
Police Arrest 17-Year-Old Boy, Others Whose Work Is To Impregnate Ladies In Rivers Baby Factory
The Rivers State Police Command on Tuesday said its operatives arrested a 17-year-old boy, Noble Uzuchi, and Chigozie Ogbonna, 29, for allegedly working for a baby factory. Also arrested were two female suspects, Favour Bright, 30; and Peace Alikoi, 40, the alleged leader of the syndicate. The four suspects reportedly operated in Obio/Akpor and Ikwerre local government areas of the state. Also,...
NDLEA Confirms Shooting Of Officials In Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confirmed that armed men shot at its officials at Awolowo Road, Ikoyi area of Lagos State. In a phone call with our correspondent, the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated that the incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, while the operatives were trying to intercept a truck carrying cannabis. He noted that though...
Man Arrested In Kano For Stabbing Stepmother To Death With Screwdriver, Strangling Daughter
A 20-year-old man identified as Gaddafi Sagir has been arrested by the police for killing his pregnant stepmother, Rabi’atu Sagir, 25, and her daughter, Munawwara Sagir, in Kano State. The incident occurred at Fadama, Rijiyar Zaki Quarters, in Ungogo Local Government Area of the state on Saturday, January 7, 2023. The spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa Haruna, who confirmed...
