CRIME
Suspected Drug Trafficker On Bail Caught With Cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a man and a woman who posed to be a husband and wife with drugs. The suspects, who identified themselves as Onyebuchi Ilonzeh and Nonyelum Ilonzeh, purportedly going for medical treatment in India, were arrested for ingesting 184 wraps of cocaine weighing 3.322Kg with 100grams of the drug also concealed...
Businessman Kills Wife After Smashing Her Head On The Wall
Relatives of a 30-year-old woman, Rafiat Okewole, are currently grieving over the sudden death of the lady allegedly in the hands of her husband, Wole. PUNCH Metro gathered that Okewole, though married to the businessman, was living separately on Odelusi Street, in the Ijoko area of Ota, Ogun State. She was said to have lost her life during a disagreement that...
Two Men Who Allegedly Raped, Infected Victim With Hepatitis B Arrested In Jigawa
Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa State have arrested two men for raping girls and infecting one of them with Hepatitis B. In a statement on Tuesday, the Jigawa NSCDC spokesman, Adamu Shehu, said, “One Umar Hasan (25) of Kofar Fada Quarters and Alhassan Hussaini (24) of Unguwar Bayi Quarters, both from Auyo LGA,...
Police Inspector My Arms Supplier, Suspected Robber Confesses
A 33-year-old suspected armed robber, Akeem Owonikoko, has alleged that a police inspector, identified simply as Ola, supplied him and other gang members with guns, the Ogun State Police Command said on Sunday. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, Owonikoko was arrested along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway during a sting operation led by the Area Commander...
Footballer Who Killed, Removed Ex-Lover’s Vital Body Organs Says He’s Not A Ritualist
The 47-year-old footballer, Bankole Oginni, arrested for killing his ex-lover, Bosede Adejoro, in Akure, the Ondo state capital has denied being a ritualist. Bankole, told newsmen when paraded alongside some suspected criminals that she slumped a few minutes after offering her soft drinks. Oginni while speaking with journalists during his parade at the Police headquarters in Akure, The deceased visited my place...
Woman To Spend 22 Years In Prison For Sending Poison To Trump
A 55-year-old woman who holds dual French and Canadian nationality was sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison on Thursday for sending a letter containing deadly ricin to then-US president Donald Trump. Pascale Ferrier pleaded guilty in January to violating prohibitions on possession or use of banned biological weapons. Ferrier admitted that she made ricin, an extremely toxic plant protein derived...
Herdsman Arrested For Cutting Off Farmer’s Hand In Plateau
The Plateau State Police Command has said it arrested a herdsman identified as Abdulrahman Kaila for allegedly cutting off a farmer’s hand in the Lakushi community, Shendam Local Government Area of the state. A video of the farmer holding his severed right hand with blood dripping on the ground circulated on social media last week. He was overheard in the short...
Tension As Gunmen Kill Retired Police Officer, Wife In Imo
Three gunmen on Sunday night shot dead a couple identified as Mr and Mrs Sampson Owobo in Owerri, the Imo State capital. Our correspondent gathered that Owobo who hailed from Edo State was a retired Assistant Superintendent of Police. The incident which happened around 8 pm beside the Chisco Transport company office very close to the Owerri Area police command office...
Suspected Vandals Arrested With Rail Tracks Worth N800m Paraded In Abuja
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 13 suspected railway vandals with large quantities of long rails and sleepers worth N800 million Naira. The suspects were paraded alongside five trucks conveying the large quantities of vandalised rails and sleepers at the NSCDC Headquarters, Abuja on Tuesday. The NSCDC National Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, during the parade, said...
How Bauchi Housewife Killed 4-day Stepson With Insecticide
A 24-year-old woman, Furera Abubakar, has been arrested for allegedly killing her co-wife’s four-day-old baby with an insecticide. The incident was said to have occurred at Bantu Village in the Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday titled “24-year-old housewife kills stepson in Ningi LGA.” Wakil, a...
