CRIME
Ogun Authorizes Recruitment Of 500 Amotekun Officers
In a move to strengthen security across the state, Governor Dapo Abiodun has approved the recruitment of 500 additional operatives into the Ogun State Security Network, also known as the ‘Amotekun Corps’. According to a statement by the Corps Commander, Amotekun Networks, Brig Gen Alade Adedigba (retd), the recruitment drive, set to begin on Monday, March 10, 2025, comes just...
Supreme Court Upholds Death Sentence Of Farmer Who Killed Fulani Attacker In Self-Defense
In a controversial ruling, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the death sentence of Sunday Jackson, a farmer who was convicted of killing a Fulani herdsman in an act of self-defense. The decision, delivered today, comes ten years after Jackson was first imprisoned, sparking outrage over what legal experts describe as a clear miscarriage of justice. Jackson, a farmer, was...
Pastor Uche Jailed 10 Years For Defiling 4-Year-Old Girl In Abia
A Magistrate Court in Umuahia North Magisterial District has sentenced Pastor Uche Arua Kalu, 40, to 10 years imprisonment without an option of fine for defiling a 4-year-old girl in Amaogudu Abiriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State. The judgment was delivered on Friday, March 7, 2025, by His Worship Onuoha U.C. (Miss) after the defendant pleaded guilty to...
Rivers Crisis: Police Vow To Crush Militants Threatening Oil Production
The Niger Delta Rescue Movement has threatened to attack oil installations in response to the ongoing political crisis and the alleged withholding of the state’s federal allocation. The group also issued a warning to non-indigenes in the state, urging them to leave for their safety, as they claimed hostilities were imminent. In response, the Rivers State Police Command vowed to crack...
Pastor Allegedly Defiles 4-Year-Old Girl In Abia, Mother Cries Out For Justice (Video)
A heartbreaking case of child defilement has surfaced in Amaogudu Abiriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State, as a widow, Mrs. Ugo Enyinnaya, has raised alarm over the alleged assault of her 4-year-old daughter, Miss Chidera by a man identified as Pastor Uche Arua. Speaking on the podcast show "Talk Make I Talk" with Fakzy on Thursday 6th March...
Wife Stabbed To Death By Husband In Ogun
After a violent altercation, a man known only as Oju fatally stabbed his 36-year-old wife, Josephine Isaac, in the Agbure community of Ogun Waterside Local Government Area, Ogun State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday, revealing that the suspect, who hails from Calabar, Cross River State, is currently on...
Evacuation Alert Issued As Militants Threaten Oil Attacks In Rivers
The Niger Delta Rescue Movement, a militant group, has threatened to target oil installations in the region in retaliation for the seizure of Rivers State's allocation. Also, the group under the aegis of the Niger Delta Rescue Movement called on all non-indigenes living in Rivers State to leave in their interest and safety, pointing out that hostilities are about to...
Ebonyi Police Nab Suspect Found With Human Skulls
The Ebonyi State Police Command has apprehended a suspect, Ovuta Chigozie, from the Okoffia community in Ezza South Local Government Area, who was found with two human skulls and three homemade firearms. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Joshua Ukandu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday. Ukandu stated that Chigozie confessed that the human skulls were given to him...
Reps Urges IGP To Deploy Security Officers To Edo Communities
Due to the recent killings of innocent people by suspected herdsmen, the House of Representatives has urged Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun to send more security officers to the Okpekpe community in Edo State's Etsako East Local Government Area. The resolution of the Committee followed the adoption of a motion of urgent public importance, sponsored by a member of...
Ex-Immigration Boss, David Parradang, Killed By Kidnappers In Abuja
Former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Shikfu Parradang, has been killed by kidnappers in Abuja. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, Parradang was abducted in the Area 1 axis of the Federal Capital Territory in the early hours of Tuesday. Makama disclosed that the assailants trailed the former Immigration chief from a bank, where he had withdrawn money....
