CRIME
NAF Bomb ISWAP Leaders In Lake Chad
Airstrikes executed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday have killed leaders of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Ali Kwaya and Bukar Mainoka at Lake Chad. Kwaya and Mainoka were influential members of the ISWAP Shura (Consultation) Council. They died after the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai conducted air interdiction missions at Belowa. Belowa, one of the ISWAP/Boko Haram...
Man Sets Five Step Children On Fire After Wife Denied Him Sex In Ondo
A 54-year old man identified as Ojo Joseph has been arrested by the police in Ondo State for allegedly setting his five step children ablaze after his wife denied him sex. The incident reportedly happened at Fagun Crescent area of Ondo town. Neighbours said the man informed them that he committed the act because his wife offended him over a little...
Police Discover Corpse Of Missing 36-Year-Old Uchechi Nwachukwu In Imo
Imo State Police command said they have found the body of a missing 36-year-old woman in the state, ABN TV reports. The victim, Uchechi Nwachukwu, a staff member of Halim 633 Synergy Cooking Gas Station in Owerri, left home for work on 24 October but did not return home. The police spokesperson in the state, Michael Abattam, disclosed this in a...
Court Jails Man, Unemployed For Stealing Goats In Jos
An Area Court in Jos on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old unemployed man, Pius John to nine months imprisonment for stealing two goats. A Panel of two magistrates, Adam Sadiq and Hyacinth Dolnaan who sentenced John, however gave him a fine of N10, 000. The convict was also ordered to pay a compensation of N40, 000 to the complainant. They said the judgment...
NDLEA Nabs 21 Suspected Drug Dealers In Rivers
A suspected drug kingpin, Damion Onuoha, has been arrested during a raid at Elele Alimini town in Emuoha Local Government Area of Rivers State, The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has disclosed. The Rivers State NDLEA Commander, Ahmed Mamuda, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday and made available to journalists in Port Harcourt. According to the statement, the...
Hoodlums Burn INEC Office In Ogun (PHOTOS)
Suspected hoodlums have set on fire an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Iyana, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. ABN TV reports that the hoodlums, numbering about eight, had scaled the perimeter fence, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the back. They were said to have soaked loaves of bread with...
Police Parade Man Who Set Five Step Children Ablaze After Their Mother Denied Him Sex
The Father of the five children set ablaze by their stepfather, Liadi Akinfolarin, has lamented that they were roasted like bush meat. Their stepfather, Ojo Joseph, who reportedly sprayed the room in which the children were sleeping with petrol, before setting it ablaze over alleged denial of sex by his wife, has been paraded by the state police command. The suspect...
Two Clerics Kidnapped By Gunmen In Jos
Jos – Gunmen on Wednesday night abducted two clerics at the Mararaba Jema’a area of Jos South local government area of Plateau State. The victims were travelling from Mangu Halle to Jos when they were ambushed and abducted at about 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Vanguard gathered that one of the victims identified as Pastor Nuhu Bakwa who resides in Abuja lost...
Suspected Ambazonia Fighter Arrested In Taraba
The Taraba state police command, Thursday said it has nabbed a suspected fighter of the Cameroon Separatist group, Ambazonia in the state. The suspect, called General Basile was nabbed in Kurmi local government area. Kurmi is one of the five local government areas of Taraba state bordering the Republic of Cameroon. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Shokoya, confirmed the arrest...
Man Flees As He Burns Wife To Death In Lagos
A man, identified simply as Akpos, is on the run after allegedly burning his wife, Risikat, to death at their residence on Ayide Osolo Street, Divine Estate, in the Ijanikin area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Akpos and Risikat were at their residence when an argument ensued between them. The argument reportedly degenerated and Akpos, out of annoyance, reached for...
