CRIME
Cultism: Ilaro poly SUG President granted bail
The Students’ Union President of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Ogun State, Adegboye Olatunji, who was arrested for alleged involvement in cultism, has been granted bail. According to DailyPost, Olatunji was granted bail by a Magistrate Court sitting in Ifo area of Ogun State on Monday. He was arrested with one Olanrewaji Taiwo last week in full regalia where they were allegedly...
Police nab woman with human parts in Osun
The Osun State Police Command on Monday said a woman, Amudatu Sani, had been arrested with human parts in Ikire. The Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, confirmed the arrest. Speaking through the command’s spokesperson, Folasade Odoro, the commissioner said the suspect was arrested with dry human parts which she concealed in a sack. He warned that the command would ensure a thorough...
BREAKING: Amaechi’s CSO Dies Of Electric Shock In Kaduna
Mr. Tony Iwelu, the Chief Security Officer, CSO, to the Minister for Transportation, Mr. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, died of electric shock from a shower hose in his hotel room in Kaduna on Monday February 17, 2020, at about 10:30 AM. Iwelu had travelled with the Minister to Kaduna to felicitate with Governor Nasiru Elrufai on his birthday when the fatal...
Sex for Grades: Ex-UNIBEN female students reject panel date over security fears
A group under the aegis of the University of Benin English and Literary Students and Alumni Facebook group, has rejected the date by a University of Benin panel to interview former students alleging sexual harassment against lecturers at the Department of English and Literary Studies. The group, in a petition co-signed by its convener Obaigbo Aoiri and scribe Toyin Adepoju...
Sex for Grades: Ex-UNIBEN female students reject panel date over security fears
A group under the aegis of the University of Benin English and Literary Students and Alumni Facebook group, has rejected the date by a University of Benin panel to interview former students alleging sexual harassment against lecturers at the Department of English and Literary Studies. The group, in a petition co-signed by its convener Obaigbo Aoiri and scribe Toyin Adepoju...
Court overrules Fayose’s objection to change of witness
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ruled that the Head of Operations, Zenith Bank, Ado-Ekiti branch, Mr Johnson Abidakun, can testify as a prosecution witness in the ongoing N2.2bn fraud trial of a former governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, and a firm, Spotless Investment Limited. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission listed Abidakun as a replacement for...
BREAKING: Court Orders Arrest Of Former Customs Boss, Dikko
A Federal High Court in Abuja has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of former Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Abdullahi Inde Dikko over his continued failure to attend court to answer to a charge of fraud brought against him and two others by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC). Justice Ijeoma...
Amaechi reportedly escapes as kidnappers attack Abuja-Kaduna train
The Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, and other passengers have narrowly escaped an attack by suspected kidnappers on Sunday evening. According to reports, the kidnappers laid in ambush around the Mando area and attempted to waylay the passengers, who arrived at Rigasa train station around 8:15 pm. Sources said no sooner the kidnappers opened fire on the vehicles than mobile policemen...
Painter Defiles 3-Year-Old Stepdaughter In Lagos, Says He Did It Only 4 Times
A painter, Paul Iwapele, has been arrested by members of a vigilante group for allegedly defiling his three-year-old stepdaughter in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the victim’s mother, identified only as Kemi, came from Benin Republic to Lagos some years ago. Kemi was said to have been impregnated by a man, who died a few months into...
Painter Defiles 3-Year-Old Stepdaughter In Lagos, Says He Did It Only 4 Times
A painter, Paul Iwapele, has been arrested by members of a vigilante group for allegedly defiling his three-year-old stepdaughter in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the victim’s mother, identified only as Kemi, came from Benin Republic to Lagos some years ago. Kemi was said to have been impregnated by a man, who died a few months into...
