CRIME
Police Reject N1m Bribe From Suspected Ritualist In Ogun
Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested a member of a notorious ritualist syndicate, who killed and dismembered the body of one Oyindamola Adeyemi in Ijebu Ode, the 28th of January 2023. The command spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement he made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the State capital. According to Oyeyemi, the suspect, 35-year old Ifasoji...
Labour Minister Shot Dead At Home By Own Bodyguard
Uganda’s State Minister for Labour, Employment and Industrial Relations, Col (rtd) Charles Okello Engola, was shot dead Tuesday morning at his home in a Kampala suburb. The minister’s aide-de-camp Ronald Otim also sustained severe injuries and was rushed to Mulago Hospital for treatment. “He (Engola) was shot at his residence in Kyanja by one of his bodyguards who allegedly fired several...
Son Who Stabbed Mother To Death In Kano Arrested
Ibrahim Musa, the son who allegedly stabbed his 50-year-old mother to death at Rimin Kebe Quarters of Ungogo Local Government Area of Kano State, has been arrested. SP Abdullahi Haruna, Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, announced this in a statement on Friday. He said the suspect was arrested at a criminal hideout in Dawakin Tofa LGA of the State. He explained...
Kano Man Beats Son To Death For Stealing One Mudu Of Millet
A 16-year-old boy, Mustapha Sunusi, was on Friday evening clubbed to death by his father, Abdulwahab Sunusi, for allegedly stealing one measure (mudu) of millet in Tanagar village in Warawa LGA of Kano State. A witness said, “Abdulwahab went overboard in an attempt to instill discipline on his 16-year-old son. He lost control of his emotions and clubbed the poor...
Police Arrest Teenager For Killing Phone Dealer, 72 Others In Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command on Monday paraded a 17-year-old boy, Abdulrahman Ibrahim for allegedly killing a phone dealer in the Katsina metropolis. According to the command’s spokesman, CSP Gambo Isah, nemesis caught up with the suspect after he lured the phone dealer into an uncompleted building in the Modoji area, Katsina, and stabbed him in the neck with a...
Navy, Prisons Service Officials Arrested Over Robbery In Edo
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a Navy officer, Ibrahim Adamu, 25, and an officer of the Nigerian Correctional Service, formerly Nigeria Prison Service, Abdullahi Abdulwahab 26, over an alleged armed robbery and a car snatching. The state command spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, while parading the suspects on Tuesday, said they were arrested in military uniforms in Ekpoma by...
Cult Clash Kills Three In Ondo Community
Three people have lost their lives in a clash that occurred between two rival cult groups in Owo, headquarters of the Owo Local Council of Ondo State. The clash occurred at about 9 p.m., with its cause yet to be ascertained as of press time. According to sources, the clash created tension within some parts of the community, with residents hurriedly...
Edo Mother, Children Protest Killing Of Husband By Vigilante Operatives
A mother of five children, Mrs. Edith Ayemhenre, has asked the Nigeria Police to bring the killers of her husband, Mr Emmanuel Ayemhenre, 47, to book. Speaking for the Ayemhenre family, the younger sister to the deceased, Mrs Margaret Fredric, said her brother who before his untimely death, was a cab driver, was shot to death by a trigger-happy vigilante...
How Guard Invaded Port Harcourt Home, Butchered Former Employer
A private security guard identified as John Danjuma has allegedly butchered his former employer, Boma Jumbo, at her residence in the GRA axis of Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital. PUNCH Metro gathered on Thursday that the incident occurred on Tuesday. Jumbo was said to be a former Director of Administrator at the University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital in Port Harcourt. It...
Kano Woman Who Kidnapped Daughter, Demanded N3m Ransom From Husband Arrested
A 25-year-old woman, Rahama Sulaiman, has been arrested by the police in Kano for allegedly kidnapping her 6-year-old daughter, Hafsat Kabiru, and demanding N3 million ransom from her husband. The woman allegedly took the daughter to a nearby relative in Madobi to keep for her and that she would travel for four days. Speaking while parading the suspect and other criminals...
