Some residents have invaded a warehouse belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency of Nigeria (NEMA) in the Federal Capital Territory. According to reports, the warehouse, is located in Karimo, Phase 3 Region of the FCT, Abuja, was raided on Sunday morning. The residents carted away foodstuffs and other items. Meanwhile, the police in Abuja…
A fake National Youth Service Corps member, Ogeh Bethel Chibuife, has been nabbed by the Nasarawa State Police Command for illegal entry into the Magaji Dan Yumusa Orientation Camp, Keffi, the state capital. This was disclosed in a statement released by the state police spokesperson, Ramhan Nansel, on Thursday. Nansel said the suspect, who is…
A star suspect in a case of ritual killings and sale of human parts in Ogun State, Adebayo Azeez, on Thursday, shared a chilling story of how he had used a dating app, “MyChat” to lure and brutally murder seven women mainly for money ritual purposes. The 32-year-old Azeez, while being paraded at Ogun State…
The Nigerian Navy operations in the Niger Delta region between January and February 2024 have led to the arrest and recovery of stolen crude oil from different criminal gangs operating in the region. This was confirmed in a statement by Rear Admiral AO Ayo-Vaughan, Director of Information of the Nigerian Navy. The recovered items are…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu In a bid to curb the molestation of female child in Oyo state and Nigeria at large, the Anti-Human Trafficking and Child Protection unit team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Oyo State Command have successfully apprehended seven (7) suspects in the offences bordering on Child defilement, Harmful Traditional…
A 26-year-old woman, Omorogbe Soni, has been arraigned by the Lagos State Police Command for assault, after she was captured on camera assaulting a policeman in Ajah on February 21, 2024. The incident occurred when Soni engaged in a heated argument with the policewoman and subsequently pushed her, causing her to fall to the ground….
An Akure High Court, in Ondo state, has sentenced a popular Akure based Evangelist, Adewale Adelu, and five others to death by hanging for robbing two different banks in the state, 13 years ago. The convicts were said to have robbed the banks and carted away N34m. Delivering judgement, Justice Yemi Fasanmi, sentenced the convicts…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is currently quizzing a former governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed, over shady transactions running into billions of naira while he was in office. The former governor was seen arriving at the Ilorin office of the EFCC on Monday morning. The anti-graft agency invited him and he is…
The Federal High Court in Lagos on Friday convicted and sentenced a 51-year-old Qatar-based Nigerian businessman, Uchegbu Obi, and two others to five years imprisonment, for trafficking 38.5 kilograms of tramadol. The other two convicts sentenced alongside Obi are Usman Inda, 48, and Sani Salisu, 48. The convicts were arraigned on two counts bordering on…
The Ogun Police Command has arrested a seven-man gang suspected to be specialised in trading human parts and for money rituals. The Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, disclosed that a human heart and two kegs filled with human body parts were parts of exhibits recovered from the suspects. The men arrested on Thursday were identified…