The Kano State Police Command has announced the arrest of a key suspect connected to the 2022 abduction of the Village Head of Garun Babba, Alhaji Abdulmumini Mudi Zakari. The incident occurred on August 9, 2022, when the village head was kidnapped and robbed of ₦2.75 million, a Tecno Kevo 4 mobile phone, and a…
A suspected peadophile identified as Bolaji Oluwasetire attempted to commit su!cide after he was arrested for sexu@lly ass@ulting a six-year-old girl in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area. According to police sources, the suspect was apprehended after allegedly being caught in the act of forcing the minor into an indecent act around 9 p.m. Following…
A 31-year-old man has appeared in court charged with the murder of his parents and brother at their family home in Ireland. Robert O’Connor, of Drumgowna in Louth village, was brought before a special sitting of Drogheda District Court following the deaths of his mother Louise (56), father Mark (54), and brother Evan (27) on…
Gunmen have abducted Basheerah Ojedeyi, a newly inducted medical radiographer and graduate of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS). She was kidnapped in Niger State on the evening of Monday, September 29, 2025, while returning home from her induction ceremony. According to reports, the abductors have contacted her family, demanding a ransom of ₦200 million for…
A Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, has been extradited from Poland to the United States to face federal charges for his alleged role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that defrauded numerous elderly Americans of their life savings. Nnebocha, 43, made his initial court appearance on Monday, September 29, 2025, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjolique…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested a security guard simply identified as Godday for allegedly abducting and r8ping a 14-year-old girl in the Mothercat axis of Trans-Amadi in Port Harcourt. The suspect was apprehended last Tuesday by officers of the Amadi Police Division in partnership with security personnel of another bank…
Armed bandits attacked the students’ quarters of Bilyaminu Usman Polytechnic (BUPOLY) in Hadejia, Jigawa State, on Thursday night, September 25, 2025. The hostel, located along Malam Madori Road, was stormed by the assailants around midnight. During the invasion, several students were assaulted, and numerous mobile phones were stolen. The attackers also attempted to abduct some…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a hotelier, Chief David Oladepo Aina, popularly known as Kebe, in Oro Ago community, located in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Chief Aina, the owner of Kebe Hotel, was reportedly shot and killed by the assailants during an invasion of the community on Wednesday, September 24,…
The Enugu State Police Command has arraigned two suspects, Ezema Onyedikachi (27) and Ugwu Chigozie Anthony (21), in connection with the fatal stabbing of 29-year-old Nweze Chiebonam during a bonfire night event at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The suspects were brought before the court on a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder and…
A notorious suspected criminal, Umoru Faruk Unusah, known for vandalizing government properties, has been apprehended in Idah Local Government Area, Kogi State. The suspect was arrested by the Idah Local Government Council Security Team and the Special Hunter Squad, led by Muhammed Opaluwa. On September 20, 2025, around 1:00 AM, the Hunter Special Squad, Idah…
