27 suspected kidnappers and robbers have been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police command. Among the suspects arrested in different locations in the state are suspected killers of the village head of Odu community in Nasarawa Local Government Area, Amos Obere. The suspects who were arrested at a drinking joint in Nasarawa town where they were having…
The Anambra state police command has arrested one person in connection with the alleged murder of a 43-year-old man, Azubuike Ekwegbalu, at Commissioners quarters in Awka, the state capital in the early hours of today Sunday, August 9. A statement from the spokesperson of the state police command, Haruna Mohammed, said the police received a…
A 20-year-old fashion designer identified as Ayomide Taiwo has reportedly died after allegedly being assaulted by one Inspector Ago Egharepbe attached to Ibokun Divisional Headquarters, Osun State on Tuesday August 4, around 3:30pm at Ilahun community. Taiwo’s uncle, Mr. Segun Agboola who confirmed his death said he died on Sunday August 9 at Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital,…
The management of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State has suspended one of its students, Mr Afolabi Emmanuel for allegedly hacking the website of Premium Times. Mr Adegbenro Adebayo, the university’s Deputy Director of Corporate Communications who made the announcement on Wednesday August 5 said the action of the final year student of the Department…
Mr Dauda Lawal, a former executive director of First Bank of Nigeria Plc has reacted to suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibrahim Magu’s response to the allegations of corruption, abuse of office, insubordination made against him. Reacting to the former chairman’s defence to paragraph D(17) of the petition captioned “Relevant facts on…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has launched a manhunt for suspected cultists who murdered four victims and set a house ablaze in the state on Wednesday, August 5. A statement from the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Asinim Butswat said the suspected cultists at about 11pm on Wednesday, stormed the ‘Lion of Judah Church’ in Azikoro village, Yenagoa…
A minister in the Lord’s Chosen Church has been accused of raping two underaged sisters for years and finally impregnating them under the guise of casting out badluck from them. Pastor Nduka Anyanwu, who ministers in the Lord’s Chosen Church, Canaan Land branch in Oshodi, allegedly impregnated the sisters aged 17 and 13. According to…
Suspected kidnappers have killed a staff of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, Mr. Ngor, in Barkin Ladi, Plateau state after collecting N200, 000 ransom from his family members. According to reports, the suspected kidnappers trailed late Ngor to his home at the Yakubu Gowon Airport staff quarters in Barkin Ladi in Plateau state last Friday, July…
A 24-year-old man identified as Godwin Akpan has been arrested by the Ogun state police command for reportedly raping a 20-year-old girl with Down Syndrome. The victim was reportedly raped on Tuesday July 28, after her elder sister sent her on an errand close to the gate of their house in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area…
An Akure Magistrate Court on Wednesday July 29, remanded a 47-year-old man identified as Olabode Oluwaseun in police custody for beating his pregnant wife, Blessing to death. A police prosecutor who testified in court said the incident occurred on April 3 in Akure, the state capital. He further revealed that a blow to the woman’s abdomen silenced her and her unborn…