The Osun State Police Command has paraded eleven suspects arrested for various crimes ranging from armed robbery, theft, cultism and burglaries. Briefing newsmen at the state police headquarters in Osogbo on Tuesday July 27, the State Police Commissioner, CP Olawale Olokode said three armed robbery suspects identified as Sefiu Adeboye, Adekunle Odekayi and Adewale Simon, were…
A 23-year-old bricklayer has been arrested for allegedly killing his 46-year-old lover and raping her corpse. Adebayo Kingsley, from Ibillo in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of Edo State, is said to have killed Rosemary Ifeoma, a widow and mother-of-four, by hitting her with a plank. Rosemary Ifeoma, popularly called Mama Samuel, from Orogun in Ughelli…
Two kinsmen of the former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, are set to testify for the prosecution in his trial for alleged N5.2 billion fraud. Earlier this month, Ojerinde was arraigned by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offenses Commission(ICPC) on an 18-count charge. He’s accused…
Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested three armed robbery suspects who invaded a provision shop and dispossessed the owner of a huge sum of money. A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, said the suspects, Anu Ibikunle 32years, Rasheed Bisiriyu 22 years and Adebowale Dada 25 years,…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested five men for allegedly sodomising a 20-year-old man in Gwale Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 22, said the suspects were arrested following a complaint by the victim’s aunt. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has warned shady politicians, Yahoo boys and Nigerians involved in financial crimes to retrace their steps as the eagle eyes are on them. The anti-graft agency gave the warning in a statement posted via its official social media accounts on Friday, July 23. “This na for the shady…
Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspects for alleged diversion of petroleum products suspected to be Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as petrol. The suspects, identified as Akeem Adesola, 30, and Benjamin Adeniyi, 29, were nabbed with the truck, a blue Leyland DAF with…
Security operatives in Kwara State have rescued a 12-year-old boy suspected to be a kidnap victim. The boy was rescued by the joint border patrol of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Police. It was gathered that the victim was discovered inside a coffin covered…
An armed robbery suspect was in the early hours of Friday, July 16, shot dead along the Shagamu/Ijebu ode expressway by operatives of Ogun state police command while robbing people on the highway. A statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, said the suspect met his Waterloo when the DPO Odogbolu division,…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested sixteen suspected cultists in Lapai Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, July 13, said the suspected members of Black Axe cult group were arrested at Gwaranyo lodge, state low cost area of…
