CRIME
Fear And Faith Tested: 156 Cherubim & Seraphim Members Still In Captivity As Bandits Strike Again In Zamfara
Nigeria’s worsening insecurity deepened over the weekend as 156 members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria (C&S) remain in captivity, nearly...
Rivers Monarch Survives Assassination Attempt As Gunmen Open Fire On Convoy In Khana
PORT HARCOURT — The Rivers State Police Command has launched an investigation into the attempted assassination of His Royal Majesty, King Suanu Baridam, the...
Police Arrest Man Over Bomb Threat To Lagos Schools, Dismantle 21-Member ‘One-Chance’ Gang
LAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Kosiso Chukwem-Nenyem, accused of sending bomb threat messages to two schools in the Ikeja Government...
Decomposing Body Found In Obalende Canal Days After Disappearance, As Lagos Moves To Clear Bridge Squatters
LAGOS — The decomposing body of a young man was recovered from the Obalende Underbridge Canal on Lagos Island over the weekend, three days...
Gunmen Abduct School Proprietress, Shoot Three In Ondo Community — Residents Block Highway In Protest
AKURE — Panic gripped Ilu-Abo, an agrarian community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, as gunmen abducted a school proprietress, Mrs....
Delta Police Arrest 28-Year-Old ‘Yahoo Boy’ For Killing Friend Over $1,000 Deal Dispute
ASABA — The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old suspected internet fraudster for allegedly killing his friend during a heated dispute over...
84-Year-Old Man Rescued Alive From 140-Foot Well In Lagos — Officials Suspect Attempted Suicide
LAGOS — There was relief and astonishment yesterday in the Pipeline area of Aboru, Agbado Oke-Odo LCDA, Lagos State, as an 84-year-old man was...
Lagos Task Force Busts Syndicate Selling Fake ‘Immunity Stickers’ To Drivers — Woman, Three Others Arrested
LAGOS — Operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested a woman identified as Alimat Idowu, popularly known as “Asabi Alagbo,” for allegedly...
Suspected Bandits Kill Two, Abduct Over 50 Women In Katsina Community Despite Recent Peace Deal
BARELY weeks after a reported peace agreement, suspected bandits have carried out a deadly raid on Chibauna community in Funtua Local Government Area, Katsina...
Oyo Police Arrest Ex-Soldiers for Armed Robbery, Recover Stolen Vehicles in Ibadan
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered several stolen vehicles in an intelligence-led operation conducted across Ibadan. The suspects,...
