Six suspected armed robbers have been apprehended by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, as revealed by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement issued on Friday, February 9, 2024. The arrests were carried out by operatives from the Utako Divisional Headquarters. The suspects were found in an unfinished hospital…
In Lagos, an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court has directed the detention of Mohammed Sanni, a 50-year-old security guard, in the Nigerian Correctional Service facility for allegedly sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl. The Presiding Chief Magistrate, O.A Layinka, refrained from taking Sanni’s plea and instructed that the case file be forwarded to the Director of Public Prosecutions…
In a ruling on a lawsuit initiated by his wife and mother of his three children, Henry Edet Unung, a resident of Akwa Ibom, has been sentenced to one month in prison by an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Uyo for neglecting his children. Presiding over the case, Justice Ntong Ntong directed the Akwa…
Justice Halima Sulaiman, presiding over a Kano High Court, has rendered a verdict resulting in the life imprisonment of Rukayya Abubakar, a housewife convicted of the murder of her stepchild, as reported by Daily Trust. The court was apprised by prosecution counsel Barrister Rabia Sa’ad that in the year 2021, Rukayya Abubakar had thrown her…
Omolara Ogundiran, the sister and witness of one of the individuals arrested in connection with the violent robbery incident in Offa, Kwara state, has been taken into police custody while in court. The recent graduate of Ire Polytechnic, who is the younger sibling of the fifth defendant, Niyi Ogundiran, was apprehended by state police command…
The Ogun State Police Command has ousted three officers on allegations of armed robbery and extortion. The disclosure was made by the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, during the parade of suspects at the state headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta on Tuesday, January 30. The three dismissed officers, Inspector Taiwo Kolawole, Inspector John Ogbe, and…
Acting on credible information, the Imo State Police Command Special Tactical Unit, under the leadership of Commissioner of Police CP Aboki Danjuma, collaborated with local hunters to raid a suspected kidnapper’s hideout situated in a forest between Avu and Ihiagwa on January 29. The operation resulted in the apprehension of five alleged kidnappers: Muazu Awuta…
The Osun State Police Command has taken Prince Eniola Oyeyode, the son of Ogiyan of Ejigbo, Oba Oyeyode Oyesosin, into custody in connection with the homicide of US-based lecturer, Dr. Richard Idowu Adeoriokin. According to reports, the deceased was shot at Prince Eniola’s residence in Ejigbo town by a local hunter, shortly after attending the…
Operatives from various specialized units of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have successfully intercepted significant shipments of Cocaine and Colorado, a potent strain of cannabis. These illicit substances were concealed within household items and vehicles imported from Durban, South Africa, and Canada at the Tincan Seaport in Lagos. In a statement released by…
The Rivers State Police Command has apprehended a 26-year-old woman, Sarah Nwankpo, for fatally stabbing her lover, Igbodike Anthony, during a heated argument over sex. The incident occurred at the victim’s apartment in the Obiri-Ikwerre area of Port Harcourt on December 22, 2023. Nwankpo, who is currently held at the Rivers State Criminal Investigation Department…
