Operatives from the Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corps (LNSC) Ikosi-Isheri Command have arrested 42-year-old Ademola Oyekan for alleged impersonation and assault. According to a statement from the agency, the arrest followed a tip-off from a community member. After conducting an intelligence operation to verify the information, a special team raided an apartment in Magodo Phase…
Operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kaduna Zonal Directorate have apprehended 28 individuals suspected of operating Ponzi schemes in Minna, Niger State. The suspects arrested include: Nofisat Opeyemi, Shukurat Muritala, Odunayo Sanni, Mayowa Oyekola, Aishat Olaitan, Edward Hannah, Abioye Fathiah, Joseph Omowunmi, Kareem Ahmed, Arikeusola Afeez, Adiamo Mutholib, Abass Ibrahim, Wasiu Taofeek,…
Gunmen have abducted at least nine surveyors in Ondo State. The surveyors were ambushed by armed kidnappers who had been lying in wait in the bush while working at a site along the Ilu-Abo axis in the Akure North Local Council Area. The kidnappers contacted the families of the victims and initially demanded a N100…
Onomen Uduebor, a 38-year-old Nigerian citizen, was arrested and extradited from the UK to the United States to face charges in a wire fraud scheme involving stolen tax information. Uduebor was arraigned on Friday, March 7, 2025, in the U.S. District Court in Seattle, as announced by Acting U.S. Attorney Teal Luthy Miller. Uduebor faces…
An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 25-year-old Gabriel Emmanuel to life imprisonment for the kidnapping of Oba Adeniran Benjamin Omotayo, the Eleda of Eda-Ile in Ekiti East Local Government Area. The sentencing took place on Monday. Emmanuel was arraigned on March 8, 2023, facing three charges: murder, kidnapping, and demanding property…
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…
