A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akure, Ondo State, has sentenced 22-year-old Emmanuel Godfrey to 18 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to stealing 35 tubers of yam from a farm. Godfrey admitted to committing the theft, telling the court he acted out of hunger. According to the charge sheet, the incident occurred on August…
A Magistrate Court in Osogbo, Osun State, has ordered the remand of Oruhu Emmanuel Odey, who is facing trial for allegedly impersonating a lawyer and defrauding a medical doctor of ₦18.5 million in a fraudulent property transaction. Odey was recently arrested by operatives from the office of the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone XI, over…
The Ondo State Police Command has apprehended a notorious impersonator, Abdullahi Saliu, who posed as a Colonel in the Nigerian Army to defraud unsuspecting victims in a bogus employment scheme. Saliu, a resident of Top Quality Hotel, was arrested following an in-depth investigation that uncovered his involvement in a ₦1.3 million recruitment scam. The command’s…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, September 8, grilled real estate mogul and CEO of Sujimoto Luxury Construction Limited, Sijibomi Ogundele, over allegations of diverting approximately N5.7 billion belonging to Enugu State. Last Friday, September 5, the anti-graft agency declared Sujimoto wanted over accusations of money laundering and fund…
The Edo State Police Command has arrested three individuals in connection with the brutal murder of 41-year-old furniture maker, Aruna Imuekheme, in Benin City. According to the command’s spokesperson, CSP Moses Yamu, efforts are ongoing to apprehend the remaining suspects involved in the attack. Imuekheme was reportedly killed by a gang of 11 men at…
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested Eze Elechi Amadi in connection with the brutal murder of his 18-year-old younger brother, Otu Ifeanyi, reportedly over a financial disagreement involving ₦20,000. During a press briefing on Friday, September 5, the state Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Lawal, revealed that on August 26, 2025, around 3:00 p.m., a…
Police has arrested a pastor for allegedly s3xually exploiting a 13-year-old girl in Mpape, Abuja. According to security analyst, Zagazola Makama, the incident occurred on 2 August 2025, at about 1803 hours, when a resident of Dogo Block Off Mashafa Road, Mpape, reported that her daughter, (named withheld), aged 13, had left home for four…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Christopher Enweremadu, a former Abia State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, and Fortune Ozoemela, an Abia resident, wanted over alleged criminal conspiracy, diversion of public funds, theft, and money laundering. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale announced this in a public notice posted on the commission’s…
Gunmen have kidnapped HRH David Wada, a second-class traditional ruler and District Head of Bagaji Odo in Omala Local Government Area, Kogi State. The monarch was abducted around 5 p.m. on Monday, September 1, 2025. Reports say HRH Wada was returning from a traditional council meeting in Abejukolo, the Omala LGA headquarters, when he was…
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has officially distanced itself from Finland-based separatist agitator Mazi Simon Ekpa, stating that he has never been a member of the movement. Responding to Ekpa’s recent sentencing in Finland on terrorism-related charges, IPOB warned that associating him with the group is misleading and inaccurate. “The record is clear. IPOB,…
