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,…
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested Theophilis Anwana, a Nigerian national convicted of second-degree rape in Baltimore, Maryland. The ICE Baltimore office disclosed the arrest in a statement on Saturday, August 30, 2025. According to the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Anwana was sentenced to 20 years in prison…
A joint operation by police officers from Benue and Enugu States has led to the arrest of Yusuf Muhamed, a suspected kidnap gang leader, in Orokam, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspect and his gang had been terrorizing several communities within the local government area, prompting the council chairman to impose a…
A Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced two traders from the Alaba-Rago Market, Abubakar Sadiq and Isah Ibrahim, to 12 months in prison for conspiracy and illegal dealing in 11 kilogrammes of Cannabis Sativa, commonly known as Indian hemp or marijuana. The sentencing followed their guilty pleas to charges filed by the National Drug…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Isiaka Hassan, in connection with the brutal murder of a five-year-old boy, Abba Bashiru, in Tingno, Lamurde Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued on Sunday, August 31, 2025, the Command’s spokesperson, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, revealed that the case came to…
A staff member of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, identified as Pastor Ayodeji Akesinro, has been abducted by gunmen in Ondo State. According to reports, Akesinro was taken from his residence in Upenme, Owo Local Government Area, at about 7 p.m. on Thursday, August 28. Confirming the incident, a senior official of the National…
