CRIME
Driver Killed As Niger Police Rescue 23 Kidnap Victims
On a trip from Kebbi State to Asaba, Delta State, five passengers were kidnapped by suspected kidnappers, who killed a driver named Emeka. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday between Kwana-Barau and Kundu village in Niger State. The suspected kidnappers reportedly attacked the vehicle, a Toyota with registration number LND 863 YF, and fatally shot Emeka, the driver, before abducting four...
6 Month Old Kidnapped By Neighbor Rescued By Police In Rivers
Rivers State Police have rescued Lucky Sunday, a 6-month-old child who was abducted from his Port Harcourt home more than a month ago. Recall that the suspect, simply identified as Mr Erica, abducted the infant on Sunday, 29 September 2024, and reportedly fled with the child to Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State. The Rivers State Police Command has been...
Dead Motorcyclist Discovered In Ogun
Olusola Adetayo, a commercial motorcyclist, was found dead near his home in Ogun State after he went to get some drugs for his ailing daughter. PUNCH Metro gathered from the deceased wife, Mobolaji Adetayo, on Monday that the incident occurred on October 16. The mother of three narrated that on the said day, her husband returned from work and one of...
70 Vehicles Seized By Lagos Taskforce Due To Traffic Violation
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offenses Enforcement Unit, also known as the Lagos State Taskforce, seized 70 vehicles on Monday. The Director, Public Affairs, Lagos State Taskforce, Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, in a statement made available to our correspondent on Monday, said the vehicles were impounded “for flagrant violation of the Lagos State traffic law as amended.” “The Lagos State Environmental and...
Police Arrests Man Who Beheads Father In Osun
One suspect, identified as Saudi, has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly beheading his father on a farm in Ilusi village. The shocking incident, which occurred in the rural community, has left residents in disbelief, as it marks the first such occurrence in decades. According to sources, the deceased, popularly known as Baale, went missing after...
Man Kills 76 Women For Ritual Fortifications In Ibadan
An unidentified man from Ibadan has admitted to murdering more than 70 women in Oyo State's capital city for ritual purposes. The man popularly called ‘Mistina Orobo’ born in the Foko area of Ibadan who claimed to have now become a pastor said the number is not part of the people he had been hired to kill and had eaten...
Businessman Abducted By Gunmen In Anambra
A man in the Alor community of Idemili South LGA, Anambra, who is thought to be a businessman, has been kidnapped by some attackers. It was gathered that the incident happened late on Sunday while the victim was driving home from a function. Sources in the area said the gunmen whisked their victim away after double-crossing his vehicle opposite Ezeani Primary...
Professor Jailed For Trying To Write UTME For Daughter
"Professor" Jide Josiah Jisos was given a 6-month prison sentence by a Chief Magistrate Court in Abuja for impersonation during the 2019 UTME. The convict was apprehended by officials of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, while monitoring the 2019 UTME at Brix Academy in Abuja. The board, which confirmed this in a statement Sunday by its spokesman, Fabian Benjamin,...
Policeman Kills Anambra Driver Over N100 Bribery At Checkpoint
A police officer attached to the Otuocha Area Command in Anambra East Local Government Area, Anambra State, has shot and killed an unidentified male commercial bus driver. It was gathered that the officer shot the deceased during an altercation over the payment of a N100 bribe to the security operatives at a checkpoint in the area. A source, a commercial driver...
NDLEA Finds ₦4.4 Billion Worth Of Narcotics Hidden In Ethiopian Airlines’ Airplane Restrooms
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents have found... N4.4 billion worth of drug shipments hidden in an Ethiopian Airlines aircraft's restrooms. The drugs, according to a statement on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, were discovered during the post-landing cleaning of flight ET900 from Addis Ababa to Lagos on October 29, 2024. Babafemi stated that the drugs were wrapped in...
