The Police on Friday announced that three dismissed officers from the Kwara State Command have been charged to court following their misconduct and corrupt actions that led to the death of a student from Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola. The officers, Inspector Abiodun Kayode, Inspector James Samuel, and Sergeant Oni Philip, face charges … Read more
Musical artist Owodunni Ibrahim, popularly known as Primeboy, has taken legal action against the Nigeria Police Force for alleged violations of his fundamental human rights. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Police Command declared Primeboy wanted on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, after he failed to respond to a police invitation related to the … Read more
A father of nine, known simply as Charles, has tragically taken his own life amid an alleged marital dispute in the Jeddo community of Okpe Local Government Area, Delta State. According to the Nigerian Tribune, Charles reportedly ingested a poisonous substance, suspected to be sniper, around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 7, 2024. A resident … Read more
A sex worker identified as Joy Kelvin has allegedly stabbed a 48-year-old man, known only as Okafor, to death at Jakande Housing Estate in Lekki, Lagos State. The tragic incident reportedly took place early Monday morning around 5:30 a.m. Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the event in a statement. According to … Read more
Police authorities in Abuja have launched an investigation into allegations made by a Lagos-based land speculator on TikTok, claiming that some officers demanded money intended for the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to resolve a land dispute involving him in the Ibeku-Lekki area of Lagos State. The inquiry was prompted by widespread online publications from … Read more
The residence of former federal lawmaker Frank Ibezim, from Imo State in Nigeria’s South-East, was attacked by hoodlums. Reports indicate the attack occurred on Monday night in Nsu, a community in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State. Ibezim, who represented the Imo North District under the All Progressives Congress (APC) from 2021 … Read more
One Nwachukwu Ikechukwu has been confirmed dead, and his wife, Oyin Falodun, is hospitalised after inhaling fumes from the generator in their home in the Shogoye community of Owode Egba, Ogun State. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that Ikechukwu was found lifeless on the floor by a community member, Oladayo Olasubomi, who had come to deliver … Read more
A video showing a Metropolitan Police officer allegedly advising a group of Nigerian women not to report their husbands to the police but to “manage it” has resurfaced on social media six years after it was originally recorded, prompting an investigation. EKO HOT BLOG gathered that the footage, filmed in 2018 at Divine Restoration International … Read more
Three police officers have been detained in connection with the alleged murder of Abdulqoyyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, an ND 2 Electronic Engineering student at Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin. The student was reportedly killed last Wednesday in the GRA area of Ilorin metropolis by the detained officers. The three officers involved have been identified as Abiodun Kayode, … Read more
Amadi Alozie has been detained by youths in Umudosi, Obingwa Local Government Area of Abia State, following allegations that he killed his mother with a cutlass. He is also accused of mutilating his son’s genitalia, reportedly for ritual purposes. According to sources, Alozie attacked his young son, causing the boy to scream and attract the … Read more
Aribibia Fubara, a director with the Rivers State Board of Internal Revenue Service, has been freed after spending 11 days in captivity. EKO HOT BLOG recalls that Fubara was abducted by a group of six armed men who arrived by speedboat through the Okirika Waterfront to the Marine Base area of Port Harcourt on August … Read more
Four armed men stormed the Okokomaiko community in the Ojo area of Lagos State over the weekend, killing a 20-year-old man. The attackers announced their presence with sporadic gunfire before pursuing their target, who fled into a building on Abeokuta Street. Despite his efforts to escape, the assailants caught up with him and shot him … Read more
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Mr. Ajagba Joseph, for allegedly attempting to murder a man he discovered at his concubine’s house. This was disclosed in a statement posted by the police on X.com on Wednesday. According to the statement, the incident occurred on August 23 when Joseph visited his lover’s … Read more
The Anambra State Commissioner of Police, Nnaghe Itam, has ordered the detention of members of a patrol team involved in the fatal shooting of a civilian on the Onitsha-Owerri Road in Onitsha. In a statement released on Wednesday, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, revealed that a preliminary investigation has identified a corporal from the patrol … Read more
A 35-year-old man, Emmanuel Urhobocha, has reportedly died by suicide in his apartment on Alafia Street, Sango-Ota, in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed that the incident occurred around 9:00 a.m. on Friday. EKO HOT BLOG recalls that this event follows the recent suicide of a … Read more
A Nigerian Navy personnel, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, has been apprehended for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I. I. Ibrahim (retd). On Wednesday, during a press briefing in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory Commissioner of Police, Bennett Igweh, revealed that Muhammad was responsible for the killing of … Read more
A 300-level student of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, identified as Christiana Idowu, was abducted by suspected kidnappers along the Ikorodu-Yaba Road last week. A family source, speaking anonymously to reporters on Monday, revealed that the kidnappers have demanded a ransom of N3 million for her release. EKO HOT BLOG reports that … Read more
American rapper Abdul Vicks, known as “Ybcdul” and the alleged leader of a violent gang in West Philadelphia, was fatally shot on Friday in the Olney neighborhood of the city. Vicks, who also went by “Mr Disrespectful,” was shot multiple times in the chest and right hand on the 5500 block of N. 6th Street … Read more
A Coroner’s Court in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has ordered substituted service on key witnesses in the ongoing inquest into the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. The witnesses include Azeez Fashola, known as Naira Marley; Samson Eletu, also known as Sam Larry; Mohbad’s sister-in-law, Karimot Ogunbayo; Boluwatife Adeyemo, also … Read more
A youth was killed and six others injured during a military raid in Lere town, Bauchi State, stemming from a dispute between local youths and joint military forces. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Bauchi State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has reported that a youth was killed by a soldier of the Nigerian Army … Read more