CRIME
Ogun Missing Banker Finally Found Alive In Niger State
A staff member of a Microfinance bank at Kemta Oloko, Abeokuta, Mr Olumide Openaike, who has been missing since Wednesday, January 17, has been found in Mokwa, Niger State. The wife of the banker, who also works at a microfinance bank in Onikolobo, Abeokuta, Temitope, broke the news to our correspondent on Thursday . She said, “I am happy to tell...
Return To ECOWAS, Chiefs Of Defence Staff Beg Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso
ECOWAS Chiefs of Defence Staff at a meeting in Abuja on Friday called for the return of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso to the regional bloc saying their return was necessary to defeat the insecurity ravaging the region, especially insurgency. The Chairman of the ECOWAS Committee of Chiefs of Defence Staff and the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher...
24-Year-Old Man Stabs Wife To Death With Pair Of Scissors In Ogun
A 24-year-old man, Majiyagbe Olamilekan, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly stabbing his wife to death with a pair of scissors. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, in a statement on Wednesday said that the suspect was arrested following a distress call received by the police in Ode Remo divisional headquarters at...
“The Child Is Below 18” – UK Police Speaks On Ike Ekweremadu’s Organ Harvesting Case
The UK Metropolitan Police has revealed that the child in the centre of an Organ Harvesting Case involving Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu is below 18 years. ABN TV on Thursday reported that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice were arres...
Ex-Banker Nwosu Bags 18 Years Imprisonment for Fraud
A former Relationship Manager with Guaranty Trust Bank Plc, GTB in Enugu, Onyekachi Nwosu was on Thursday, February 27, 2020 convicted and sentenced to Eighteen (18) years imprisonment by Justice D.V. Agishi of Federal High Court, Enugu on a six (6) amended count charge bordering on forgery, altering and giving a loan with defective collateral brought against him by...
Tinubu Talks Tough Over Plateau Mass Killing, Orders Arrest Of Culprits
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday condemned the attack in Plateau State, describing it as heinous. Gunmen had stormed the over 15 communities in the Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of the state on Christmas Eve, killing over 115 people. Several houses were set ablaze by the attackers on Sunday night. The gun-wielding and blood-curling men also looted farm produce and...
Police Nab Killer Of Benue University Student, Suspect Makes Shocking Revelation
The Benue state Police have arrested the alleged killer of Erekaa Dooshima Naomi, a 300-level Mass Communication student of Benue State University (BSU) whose corpse was recovered from a shallow grave last week. Police spokesperson, SP Catherine Anene, confirmed to our correspondent on Wednesday, that the suspect is in police custody. The deceased undergraduate was reportedly missing for three days before...
Man Stabs Wife To Death In Lagos, Set Body On Fire Three Months After Wedding
A 30-year-old man, Motunrayo Olaniyi, has been arrested for allegedly stabbing his wife and setting her body on fire in their apartment at Amazing Grace Estate, Elepe community, Ikorodu area of Lagos. The newlywed couple was engaged in a disagreement that degenerated into a fight at about 1 p.m., on Friday. The man was said to have accused his six-month pregnant...
You Didn’t Invite Me – Ex-Kogi Gov, Yahaya Bello Counters EFCC
The immediate past governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, has denied that he refused to honour an invitation from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The EFCC had said the embattled former governor was invited for an interrogation on January 27 this year, but shunned the summon, thereby declaring him a fugitive after the attempt to arrest him in...
How Two Abducted Kogi Varsity Students Were Killed Despite Ongoing Negotiations — Police
Two students kidnapped from the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara in Kogi State have been killed by their abductors despite ongoing negotiations with the parents of the students. Confirming the death of the two students in the hands of the kidnappers, the Commissioner of Police in Kogi State, Bethrand Onuoha, described the killing as very unfortunate. The Police Commissioner...
