CRIME
Arm Robbers Who Operate With PoS Invade Oyo Community
Dare-devil armed robbers, on Saturday morning, invaded Eleshin at Olomo community in Apete, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State and operated with Point-of-Sale device. An investigation by our correspondent revealed that the robbers stormed the area around 1am and used the POS device to transfer money from the unsuspecting victims. The ugly incident had thrown the entire community into panic...
Armed Robbers Invade Ibadan Community, Operate With POS
Armed robbers broke into Eleshin at Olomo community in Apete, Ido Local Government Area, Oyo State, and used a Point-of-Sale, POS equipment. According to PUNCH, the robbers assaulted the neighborhood at about 1 a.m. on Saturday and used the POS gadget to steal money from unsuspecting victims. It was also discovered that the heinous crime had frightened the entire town, with...
How DSS Nabbed Abia Govt Appointee Who Threatened To Do Barbecue With Opponents
The Department of State Services (DSS) in Abia State on Monday arrested one Mr. Tony Otuonye, the General Manager Abia State Signage and Advertisement Agency (ABSAA) and a staunch member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who threatened violence in a viral video. https://twitter.com/abnonlinetv/status/1635557691065090050?t=x32OeVlC-LtonaTd9CkYQQ&s=19 The DSS arrested Mr. Otuonye in the early hours of Monday and took him into custody for...
Gunmen Kidnap Accord Rivers Assembly Candidate
Gunmen have kidnapped the Accord Party candidate for the Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area Constituency 2 in the Rivers State House of Assembly for the March 18 election, Chukwudi Ogbonna. Mr. Ogbonna was reportedly kidnaped while driving in his car at Rumuigbo, near Port Harcourt on Monday night when the gunmen forced him to stop and whisked him away with his...
Tenant Who Grabbed Landlord’s Manhood, Squeezed Him To Death Arrested As She Reveals Reason
Operatives of the Ogun Police Command have arrested a 33-year old woman, Ifeoma Ossai, for allegedly killing her 50-year old landlord, Monday Surulere Oladele, over a minor disagreement. Our correspondent reports that the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Sango Ota divisional headquarters by one Olaleye Taiwo. Taiwo had reported to the Police that his brother, Oladele, had a...
Court Sentences Man To Death For Killing Father Over Landed Property
Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area of the State has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his father, Abdon Peter Edo. The Court presided over by Justice Ezekiel Enang held that the convict, an indigene of Ikot Ukobo in Nsit Ubium LGA had confessed in his statement that...
36-Year-Old Car Snatcher Nabbed In Lagos, Two Vehicles Recovered
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a car snatcher in the Ojodu-Berger area of the state and recovered two vehicles in his possession. The 36-year-old suspect, Dayo Jimoh, was said to have hijacked two vehicles at gunpoint last Saturday along with two others who are currently at large. The police made this known in a statement, on Tuesday, signed by...
Police Place N1m Bounty On Bauchi Lawmaker Over Murder
The Force Headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has declared the current member of the House of Representatives representing Bauchi Federal Constituency, Hon Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi, wanted. Abdullahi was declared wanted over alleged criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, disturbance of public peace and culpable homicide. The police further announced N1 million reward for anyone with useful information that could lead...
Women Whose Genitals Were Cut Off By Domestic Assistant In Anambra Dies
A septuagenarian, Mrs Charity Okoli, whose genitals were cut by her domestic worker, Onyebuchi Ezeh, alongside two other fleeing suspects, has died. The deceased, last week, had her breasts, finger, tongue and private part cut off by the three suspects allegedly for ritual purposes after they had allegedly raped her at her home, in Umunze, in the Orumba South Local...
How I Killed Over 15 In Banditry Attacks, Says 28-Year-Old Suspect
28-year-old Suleiman Iliyasu of Walawa Asaurara, Sabuwar Ungwa, Jibiia LGA, Katsina State has confessed to killing over 15 persons in different banditry attacks across Katsina State. Iliyasu, popularly referred to as Yar’bushiya made the confession at the Katsina Police Command Headquarters where he was paraded before pressmen on Tuesday. The spokesperson of the Command, SP Gambo Isah, who paraded the suspect...
