…the suspect was about taking his victim to an unknown destination when members of the community alerted operatives who arrested him. Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested a 35-year-old man in Kebbi State for allegedly defiling a five-year-old girl. Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Alhaji Umar Musa-Bala, told … Read more
After a feverish search, his remains were later discovered in a bush with his hands, private part and eyes removed by the suspected ritualists. Some suspected ritualists have killed and dismembered the body of a Fulani herdsman in Igosun in Oyun local government area of Kwara state. Usman Audu the victim had earlier taken his … Read more
One week after the murder, Morenikeji was arrested by the Oyo State Police Command in Sango-Ota, Ogun State, and was prosecuted accordingly. A High court sitting in Oyo State, has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Adeyemi Morenikeji to death. This was after he was found guilty of killing Mrs Racheal Ayanwale, his boss’s wife as … Read more
The condemned policemen are Corporals Friday Udo, and Saturday Okorie who have since been dismissed from the Force An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state has sentenced two police officers and three others to death for kidnapping in the state. They were sentenced to death on … Read more
Akeredolu said the late Afuye was particularly close to the state government, especially his candour and carriage and brilliant delivery at functions he had reasons to grace. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Ondo State Governor has said the killing of Journalist, Bunmi Afuye during a bank robbery was painful, pathetic and unbearable. EkoHotBlog reports that Afuye was … Read more
The NUJ State Chairman, Mr Adetona Aderoboye, and Mr Leke Adegbite-Adedoyin, the State Secretary in Akure gave the directive. The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ondo State Council, has declared seven days of mourning to honour a deceased colleague, Mr Olubunmi Afuye, who was killed on Thursday in a bank robbery by robbers. The … Read more
It was learnt that the deceased Afuye was recently appointed the new Public Relations Officer of a private university in the town. The Police in Ondo State have verified the murder of a journalist, Mr Olubunmi Afuye and two others in a bank robbery at Ilara-Mokin in Ifedore Local Government of the state on … Read more
The defendants allegedly gave erroneous whistle-blowing information to operatives of the EFCC that monies were stashed in the residence of one Audu Innocent Ogbe located at Lugbe, a suburb of Abuja. Justice O.A. Musa of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, Abuja convicted Lawal Umar, a 45-year-old property agent; Alexander Danjuma, a 43-year-old … Read more
The security guard was said to have contacted somebody who reportedly enlisted the help of the second suspect. The Police Command in Edo has apprehended a security guard over an alleged plan to abduct the Manager of Zenith Bank branch in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the state. SP Bello Kontongs, the command’s Spokesman, who confirmed … Read more
Magistrate Ahmad also fined them N50,000 for wrongful confinement and in default they would spend 12 months in prison. A man identified as Emmanuel Bassey and his wife, Esther have been sentenced to three years imprisonment with a fine of N275,000 for starving and incarcerating their 12-year-old niece in an unused fridge for eight … Read more
Nwachukwu said members of the public should be rest assured that details of the investigation would be made public. The Nigerian Army says it has begun a manhunt for the soldier who allegedly killed his lover, one Miss Jennifer Ugadu, an undergraduate of Niger Delta University, Ammasoma, Bayelsa. Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu the Director, Army … Read more
The prosecutor told the court that Ibrahim became ill and was diagnosed of liver cirrhosis, Hepatitis and died in prison in December 2019 at about 7:00 a.m., while awaiting trial. A Kano State High Court convicted a security guard, Ibrahim Sale, to six years in imprisonment for assaulting an 8-year-old girl. Sale, who resides … Read more
He added that the defendant confessed that he slept with the girl several times, resulting in a pregnancy and the birth of a baby girl. A pastor of Adoration Ministry in Karshi Abuja was sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 17-year-old girl. Justice Peter Kekemeke of the FCT High Court, delivered the sentence. … Read more
Michael Abattam, the state police spokesman, said the suspects were possibly the ones who distribute drugs to various terror camps in the state. A suspected drug baron identified as Nnamuka Uchenna, who is allegedly a supplier to members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Eastern Security Network (ESN) has been apprehended, Police … Read more
The investigator said that as soon as the police began investigations into the alleged fraud, all the accounts of the beneficiaries across the country were blocked. The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday opened evidence in the trial of a seven-member syndicate that allegedly defrauded customers of First City … Read more
“That is the trait of an active criminal; she was here, we recorded her. The night she was arrested, we recorded her at the state CIID, even the lady that rented the place to her, we recorded her and we have all that. If she now has an afterthought, an investigation will prove that.” The … Read more
When he wouldn’t leave and she could sense him becoming violent, afraid of what would happen if he eventually enters the room, the wife is said to have jumped out of her room through a window. A Nigerian man has been arrested by Police for allegedly beating his wife to death over her refusal to … Read more
I don’t know what happened when I left the room to buy food. Because of what I did after not alerting the police and withdrawing money from his account, I feel guilty for what happened, but I did not kill him. Chidinma Ojukwu, the 21-year-old University of Lagos (UNILAG) student that initially confessed to killing … Read more
The prosecutor also told the court that the purported husband gave the victim’s father a HP laptop as bride price for the ‘marriage’. A Family Court in Ilorin ordered the remand of one Oyefeso Saheed in Oke-Kura Correctional Centre, Ilorin, for allegedly giving out his 12-year-old daughter in marriage. The Magistrate, Shade Lawal also … Read more
She also noted that the defendant was still wearing the blue boxer she had spotted on him. A middle-aged woman named Uzoamaka Okoli, on Monday told the Enugu State High Court sitting in Enugu how one Obinna Ogianya allegedly raped her under Trans-Ekulu Bridge and collected her N250. Relating the unfortunate incident before Justice … Read more