A middle-aged man, identified simply as Segun, has committed su!cide after he attempted to k!ll his daughter at Ise Ekiti in the Ise/Orun Local Government Area of Ekiti State. Sources told Punch that the man had attempted to slit the throat of his elder daughter before hanging himself on a tree behind their residence in the…
A Nigerian man is in shock after a young woman, identified as Precious Chinyere, allegedly fled with his car and personal belongings while they were staying at a hotel in the Asokoro area of Abuja on Thursday, February 5. The man and Precious had checked into the hotel for a short romantic getaway. However, things…
A Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, has been sentenced in the United States to 97 months in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. According to a statement from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, February 6, Nnebocha, 44, “participated in a years-long conspiracy…
Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, have arrested three suspects alleged to be behind a cyber blackmail and extortion scheme operating in the state. The unit’s spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, said the suspects obtained explicit photographs of their victims and threatened to make them public unless ransom payments were made. He explained…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Gafaru Rasaki for being in possession of four human heads. Police investigations revealed that Rasaki was apprehended by operatives of the Shakura Division on January 21. During interrogation, he confessed to unlawfully exhuming the human remains from a cemetery—an act that constitutes a gross…
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested one Bello Abubakar for k!lling his 38-year-old landlady, Maryam Hassan The incident occurred in Kundulun Quarters of Gombe metropolis in the early hours of Tuesday, February 2, 2026. The spokesperson of the command, SP Buhari Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement in Wednesday, February 4, said the…
The Taraba State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has intercepted a suspected human trafficker and rescued 10 minors in Jalingo. The State Commandant, Mr Bako Amos, disclosed this in a statement issued to Journalists this weekend. He disclosed that the arrest followed actionable intelligence received by the…
A Gauteng woman has obtained a court order barring her soon-to-be ex-husband from receiving 50% of their joint estate, despite their marriage being in community of property, after the court found that he subjected her to prolonged physical and financial abuse. Handing down judgment at the Pretoria High Court, Judge Noluntu Bam ruled that the…
A prominent bandit leader and key enforcer of a fragile peace arrangement in Jibia, Katsina State, Abdullahi Lantai-popularly known as “Lantai Officer”—has been killed in a deadly ambush allegedly carried out by a rival gang. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that Lantai was killed on January 27, 2026, at about 1:00 p.m. by gunmen believed…
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have uncovered an illegal arms manufacturing facility in Nasarawa State and arrested a suspect. The discovery was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday, January 26, 2026, by Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer at the Headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Whirl Stroke.…
