The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has reported that eight passengers lost their lives in a tragic road accident at Agbede community, located along the Benin-Auchi road in the Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. Mr. Cyril Mathew, the Edo Sector Commander of the FRSC, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on…
Two minors, Imaran Hassan, 11, and Nura Jibrin, 10, have reportedly sustained bullet wounds following a violent clash involving students of Annur Islamic Model School in Chaichainiya and some youths near Zuma Bread Bakery in Suleja, Niger State. The clashed which occurred on Thursday night reportedly stemmed from a dispute over a girl. “After…
A 17-year-old girl, identified as Elizabeth, tragically drowned while attempting to fetch water from a river in Koropka, a suburb of Minna, the capital of Niger State. According to Leadership, the Koropka community has been without pipe-borne water due to ongoing construction work in the area, forcing residents to rely on the river as their…
The Lagos State Police have successfully rescued three Nigerians—Umezulike Joseph, Eze Theodorah, and Rosemary Ogwulu—who were kidnapped on Friday, March 7, along the Lekki-Epe Expressway. The victims had gone to the area to inspect a piece of land they planned to purchase. As they were about to enter their car, five armed men approached them…
A man has been charged with murder after allegedly fatally shooting the administrator of a community WhatsApp group who had removed him from the chat, police reported on Saturday, March 8. Mushtaq Ahmed was shot and killed on the evening of Thursday, March 6, in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province near Afghanistan…
A Lagos-based man, Dennis Adeniran Adetoye, has been sentenced to one year in prison for visa fraud by a Special Offences Court in Ikeja. The conviction follows his arraignment by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). Adetoye was arrested at the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos after submitting forged documents,…
Suspected bandits posing as operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) abducted 10 people from White Hill Hotel on Shiroro Road, Chanchaga Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. According to security analyst and counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, intelligence sources revealed that the incident occurred around 4:58 a.m. on Tuesday, February 27, 2025.…
The Police Command in Ogun state has arrested a 25-year-old man, Muniru Haruna, for allegedly defiling a neighbour’s three-year old daughter. Spokesperson of the command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident in a statement said the suspect lured the minor into his room when she was playing. According to Odutola, the victim’s mother, Alaba Abdullahi…
Justice Rahman Oshodi of an Ikeja Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced Kolawole Muyiwa, a former part-time lecturer at Adeniran Ogunsanya College of Education (now Lagos State University of Education), to life imprisonment over r@pe. The crime was committed on October 11, 2021, within the premises of the college in Oto-Ijanikin, Lagos…
The Village Head of Dutsan Gaya in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Maitala Ariga Makama, has been found dead after reportedly being abducted by the local vigilante group known as Yan Sakai. The Kaduna State Police Command confirmed the incident, stating that Makama’s body was discovered on Sunday, February 23, 2025, on the…
