CRIME
Timilehin Ajayi, Who Allegedly Killed Girlfriend Send To Lafia Prison
A Nasarawa State High Court on Monday ordered the remand of Timilehin Ajayi at a correctional facility over the alleged murder of his 24-year-old girlfriend, Salome Enejo, a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). Ajayi, whose address remains undisclosed, was arraigned on charges of culpable homicide before Justice Simon Aboki at the High Court of Justice, Lafia. According to...
Bowen Varsity Sets Up Panel To Unmask Student’s Killers
The management of Bowen University, Iwo, Osun State, sets up a three-member committee to assist police in unmasking the assailants involved in the recent killing of a student of the institution. Earlier, the Osun State Police Command said its detectives had commenced an investigation to unravel the identities of those who stabbed to death the 200-level student of Bowen University,...
Gospel Singer Pleads Not Guilty To Killing Nasarawa Corper
Gospel singer Timileyin Ajayi has pleaded not guilty to the killing of the National Youth Service Corps member, Salome Adaidu, who died a few weeks ago at his residence. The Nasarawa State Police Command arrested him on January 12 and charged him in court for culpable homicide punishable with death. According to the police, the suspect pleaded not guilty to the...
Owner Of Niger Exploded Dynamites Still At large, Says Police
The owner of the dynamites that exploded in the state's Mashegu Local Government Area, killing one person and wounding six others, is still at large, according to the Niger State Police Command. The incident happened on Monday at Sabon-pegi, Mashegu LG, when the dynamites kept in a residential area by one Yushau for a purported mining activity exploded. The incident, which...
Police Begins Abducted Abuja Family Of Four’s Probe
An investigation has been opened by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command into the kidnapping of a family of four in the Bwari Area Council's Chikakore community. A security guard in the area, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said four individuals had been confirmed kidnapped at the moment. The security personnel stated, “The attack happened this...
Alleged Cultist, ‘Black Jesus’ Nabbed For Assault, Arson In Ogun
Peter Falola, also known as "Black Jesus," is a suspected cultist who was arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly committing assault, arson, and vandalism against property worth over N1.4 million in the Agbado region of the state. The spokesperson for the command, Omolola Odutola, in a statement issued to PUNCH Online on Tuesday, stated that Falola was...
Man Sentenced In Turkey For Attempting To Topple Government
Anadolu, the state news agency, said Tuesday that a talent manager in Istanbul was arrested by a court for allegedly trying to topple the government in relation to the 2013 Gezi protests. Ayse Barim was detained on Friday, and a number of actors and actresses, whom she represented, were summoned to police to give testimony. Barim is accused of having motivated...
NDLEA Nabs 46, Seizes 537kg Of Drugs In Yobe Operation
Over 537 kilograms of illegal substances were seized and 46 suspects were taken into custody in 2024, according to Yobe State's National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The NDLEA Commander, Mr Abdulazeez Ogungboye, stated this on Tuesday in Damaturu while reviewing the activities of the agency in the last year. He said the seized drugs included 396.526 kg of marijuana and 141.2...
Three Nabbed By NSCDC For Kidnapping, Raping 15-Year-Old Girl In Sokoto
Three suspects have been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Sokoto State Command, in relation to the kidnapping and gang rape of 15-year-old Amina Abdullahi in Gantsare village, which is located in the state's Wammako Local Government Area. This is according to a press statement made available to newsmen on Tuesday by the command’s spokesman, DSC Mohammad...
Court Remands Suspect In Murder Of Poland Returnee, Chimaobi Ojo (Photos)
A Mobile Court sitting at the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Umuahia, Abia State, presided over by Chief Magistrate P. N. Lekwa, has ordered the remand of one Ebochue Kingsley Uzoka, aged 40, over his alleged involvement in the murder of Chimaobi Anya Ojo. ABN TV reports that the suspect was arraigned on Tuesday, January 28, 2025, on charges...
