CRIME
Lagos Assembly Speaker, Obasa, Gives Mistress N34m To Organise Media, CSO Parley
In another grand corruption, abuse of office and misuse of public funds, SaharaReporters has uncovered how Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, made the parliament approve N34.7m for the organisation of media and civil society organisations parley. Sources within the Lagos Assembly, who spoke with SaharaReporters, revealed that Obasa gave the responsibility of putting together the parley...
FG Queries Perm Sec For Buying Uncompleted Building For N7bn
The Federal Government has queried the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Science and Technology, Dr Mohammed Bello, for allegedly buying what it described as “uncompleted carcass” building for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in the sum of N7bn. Bello was said to have superintended over the transaction for the purchase when he was still the permanent secretary in the...
Islamic Cleric Arrested, Convicted For Not Wearing Face Mask
An Islamic cleric, Sheikh Yusuf Sambo Rigachukun, has been convicted alongside his son by the Kaduna mobile court for violating the stay at home order and not wearing face masks. A statement issued on Monday by the Commissioner of Justice and Attorney General of the State, Aisha Dikko, revealed that the Islamic cleric and his son were arrested at Kaduna...
BREAKING: Multiple Explosions Rock Borno State
Multiple explosions on Monday night rocked Borno state,North-East Nigeria. According to TVC news, residents of Kondunga community scampered to safety. Details later…
Two Fake Soldiers Nabbed Over Murder Of Police Sergeant In Lagos
The Lagos state police command has arrested two fake soldiers in connection with the murder of a police sergeant. Bala Elkana, the spokesperson of the state police command, says on May 16, detectives from Ilemba Hausa Police Station arrested one Kehinde Elijah “m” 45 years old of Ibiyeye Street, Whitehouse Bus Stop Okokomaiko. Elijah is said to be among the three...
Police Arrest 50-Year-Old Man ‘Who Started Raping Daughter Since She Was 11’
The Lagos state police command says it arrested Ede Tyndale, a 50-year-old man, for allegedly raping his 19-year-old daughter on a number of occasions. In a statement on Sunday, Bala Elkana, spokesman of Lagos police command, said Tyndale was arrested after his wife filed a complaint against him. Elkana said the mother told the police that her husband started raping their...
Man Cuts 10-Year-Old Son’s Ear, Burns Fingers For Stealing His Money
A Fifty-five-year old Ghanaian man, Osmanu Mumuni, has been arrested by the police in Ghana for physically abusing his 10-year-old son over claims he stole his money at his home in Obuom-Domeabra. According to ABN TV reports, the mother of the child had on May 17, visited the police station to report that the day before, her ex-husband Osman Mumuni...
Man Shot Dead In Front Of His Girlfriend In Rivers
The Rivers state police command is currently investigating the circumstances surrounding the gruesome murder of a young man identified as Leonard Chika, in front of his girlfriend in the Mile 3 axis of Diobu in Port Harcourt, the state capital on Friday, May 15. A Facebook user, Ezebunwo Ichemati, who shared the story online, wrote, Another promising innocent life have been...
3 Prisoners, Wardens Land In Hospital After Failed Jailbreak In Aba
Three inmates and officials of the Nigerian Correctional facility located in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia, have been hospitalized following an attempted break by prisoners. It was learnt the incident caused pandemonium in the yard as some of the prisoners and warders scampered for safety. It was learnt it took a combined team of the officers of the facility in...
South East Governors Frown At Movement Of Almajiris Into Region, Vow To Strengthen Internal Security
Governors of South East region under the aegis of South East Governors Forum have expressed displeasure over the movement of almajiris into the region, usually concealed in food and cement trucks, warning that they will no longer tolerate it as a measure to curtail the spread of coronavirus among Ndigbo. The forum while appealing to community leaders to get involved...
