The National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, has been taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) shortly after her suspension. Her detention is linked to the transfer of N17 billion from the NSIPA account to certain questionable accounts within a…
Kidnappers have taken the life of Juliet Eneojo, a student of the Kogi State College of Health Science and Technology, Idah. The HND II Health Management student was abducted while on her way from Lokoja to her hometown, Itobe, for the New Year celebration. Details surrounding the incident are currently incomplete, but reports indicate that…
Ibrahim Salisu, identified as the perpetrator, has been apprehended by the Ogun State Police Command for the alleged machete killing of his elder brother, Malaimi Yellow. The incident occurred around 11:00 p.m. on Friday, December 29, in the Araromi Street, Sango-Ota area. Yellow, a 54-year-old man, was reportedly persistently demanding sexual favors from his younger…
The abduction of passengers, including a pastor, has been officially confirmed by the Cross River State Police Command. The incident occurred around Nde 3 Corners, Akparabong Junction in Ikom Local Government Area of the state as the victims were en route to celebrate the New Year on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Gunmen reportedly fired at…
The Lagos State Police Command has successfully arrested a 23-year-old suspected cultist, Rafiu Odeyemi, and has confiscated a firearm during the operation. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this announcement in a statement released on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Hundeyin revealed, “Rafiu Odeyemi, aged 23, and his accomplices, suspected cultists, launched an attack on…
Suspected terrorists, believed to be gunmen, launched an attack on Shere village in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, resulting in the tragic killing of a father and his son. The incident occurred on Saturday, December 30, 2023, just a week after a previous assault by gunmen in the state claimed the…
Just hours before the commencement of the new year, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and another individual, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, with shipments of psychoactive substances. Amobi was apprehended on December 30th at the departure point…
Gunmen believed to be assassins have fatally shot Dr. David Adefikayo, the medical director of Dafikayo Clinic in Kanbi community, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The tragic incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 21, 2023, when the assailants forcefully entered the victim’s residence and shot him in the presence of his…
A 23-year-old man named Saidi has been placed in custody for allegedly murdering his father, Chief Musa Elemosho, in Kwara State. The deceased held the title of Elemosho of Shareland in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State until his demise. Saidi appeared before Magistrate Muhammed Dasuki, facing a one-count charge of culpable homicide. As…
On Thursday, December 14, 2023, Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos to seventy-five years imprisonment for engaging in multiple counts of investment fraud. Amos, along with his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited, faced a 35-count charge brought by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the…
