One Kelechi Nwaturuocha has been arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) before Justice Darius Khobo of State High Court Kaduna on a two-count charge bordering on impersonation and cheating. Kelechi who pleaded not guilty to the charges professed against him sometime in 2019 disguised himself as a lesbian named Donna Walshak on … Read more
The Ondo State Police Command, said that it had arrested about 10 persons for carting away the property of a church, the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, in Akure, which was set ablaze on Wednesday. The church was burnt down by irate youths in the Oshinle area of Akure in protest against the disappearance of a one-year-old … Read more
Two persons have been reportedly killed and many injured as rival members of the Aiye and Eiye confraternities clashed on Alhaji Qudus Giwa Street, near the Oando filling station, Ikorodu, Lagos State. Eyewitnesses said that policemen evacuated one of the corpses after the clash, which occurred last Thursday around 7pm. The eyewitnesses said the residents … Read more
A hit-and-run motorist has crushed two persons to death at the Ijagun junction on the Sagamu-Ore Expressway in the Ijebu-Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Route Commander, Public Education Officer, Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State, Florence Okpe, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Okpe stated that the accident happened around 4.30pm. … Read more
At least 12 persons were feared dead and 18 others hospitalised on Thursday following a communal clash between the Ebom and the Usumutong in the Abi Local Government Area of Cross River State. It was gathered that the clash started around 5am and resulted in the burning of several houses. It was alleged that the … Read more
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 42-year-old man, Taofeek Oyeyemi, for allegedly impregnating his 16-year-old daughter. It was gathered that Oyeyemi took the victim to a quack doctor to procure abortion after discovering that she was pregnant for him. The suspect is said to be a father of 17 children from … Read more
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has ordered an investigation into the death of a United States of America returnee, Mutiu Agbosasa, who was murdered in the Ikorodu area of the state on Sunday. Agbosasa,returned to the country early this year after spending 45 years in the US, was murdered by gunmen while returning … Read more
Tragedy struck the Agbosasa family after their father who had spent the better part of life in the US was killed by suspected armed robbers upon his arrival to father land, Nigeria. The returnee Mutiu Agbosasa, in his 70s, who returned home about a year ago was killed in Ikorodu, west of Lagos on Tuesday, … Read more
A Mazda bus , with registration number JJJ- 417 -XX , lost control due to speeding and somersaulted into the bush, killing three persons and four sustained injuries. The Sector Commander of Ogun State Federal Road Safety Corps, , Mr Clement Oladele, told the News Agency of Nigeria that the accident happened around Kara Market … Read more
A passenger caught smoking on-board Air Peace plane has been found guilty by a Magistrate Court sitting in Ogba, Lagos and sentenced to two weeks imprisonment with the option of paying N200,000 as a fine. The passenger was seen smoking a cigarette and was accosted by the flight attendant, Adewale Oyebade while carrying out his … Read more
A tear-gas canister allegedly fired by Police personnel attached to the Operation Puff Adder in the direction of drug peddlers and hoodlums has allegedly set a thatched house ablaze in Calabar, Cross River State. The house, located on No. 6 Murray Street, off Target Road, caught fire after the police team allegedly fired gunshots and … Read more
Two young men were said to have slumped during a marathon race at the ongoing recruitment exercise of the Ekiti State Nigerian Army. The race is one of the exercises put in place to ascertain the physical fitness of those expected to be enlisted into the Nigerian Army. Read Also: Reps Reject A Bill Seeking … Read more
The Zamfara State Government has received 53 recovered tricycles by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC. The tricycles were recovered from a contractor to the state government sequel to investigation on a contract that was initially awarded to Kynco and Wadatau at a total cost of N1.2 billion for the supply of 1000 Tricycles. … Read more
Sympathizers have flooded a house at Dan Musa , the headquarters of the Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State to mourn a family of 8 who were said to have died during a has explosion. Neighbours said the victims included three women and five children . The incident occurred on Saturday evening when one … Read more
An operative of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) attached to the Ogun State Sector Command, has been shot by an unidentified gunman on Sunday at the Ibafo corridor of the Lagos -Ibadan Expressway. The incident happened when the FRSC operatives were controlling traffic and the gunman wounded him severely on the leg before speeding … Read more
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement (TRACE) Corps has confirmed that 6 persons were crushed to death on Sunday afternoon in an auto accident. According to TRACE Corps Public Relations Officer, Babatunde Akinbiyi, the accident was caused by wrongful overtaking by a tricycle rider. Six persons, including four adults and two children, were crushed … Read more
A man from President Muhammadu Buhari’s hometown, Katsina has changed his son’s name from Buhari to Suleiman saying that the President has failed Nigerians and he has decided to express his views. The renaming ceremony of the child to Suleiman from Buhari by his father took place in Dutsin-ma, Katsina State to express his dissatisfaction … Read more
The Abia State Commissioner of Police, Mr Eneh Okon, has confirmed the alleged killing of one Kasarachi Moses by SARS officers in Ubakala, Umuahia South Local Government Area. This is even as the residents of Akpunmiri Ubakala, on Thursday, took to the streets to protest the death of their kinsman. DAILY POST gathered … Read more
A mother of two, Mrs Janet Idowu Jegede, has been arrested by men of Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly killing her husband. Mrs Jegede, said to be a professional nurse, reportedly stabbed Mr. Jegede, who was in his sixties to death with the aid of a knife over an unknown issue. The young woman … Read more
The EFCC has mocked the actions of 29 suspected fraudsters, along with a 16-year-old undergraduate arrested at three locations in Owerri today, as they tried to hide their computer hard-drives and phones inside a rice bag, as the stunt was an exercise in futility. The EFCC said all the exhibits were recovered through a diligent … Read more