The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU) in Lagos State has arrested four National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members and eight students from Gateway Polytechnic in Sapaade, Ogun State, for alleged involvement in internet fraud. Two additional individuals were also apprehended by PSFU operatives on January 15, 2025, in the Sapaade area of Ogun State. Eyitayo…
Operatives from the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 25 individuals suspected of internet fraud at an alleged cybercrime training center in Benin City, Edo State. According to a statement released by the commission on Friday, the suspects were apprehended on Thursday, January 16, after a tip-off led…
Canadian businessman and investor Kevin O’Leary has made a $20 billion cash offer to purchase TikTok from its owners. This comes in the wake of a bipartisan bill signed by President Biden that classified TikTok as a national security threat. The law mandates that ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of TikTok, must sell or divest…
The wife of retired Assistant Inspector General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has been kidnapped from their home in the Arepo area of Ogun State. The Ogun State Police Command responded quickly to the abduction, deploying officers to secure her release. Reports indicate that Mrs. Odumosu was taken in the early hours of Friday, January 17,…
Timilehin Olatunji a 35-year-old Nigerian man, who raped a woman in a ‘violent, degrading and sustained’ attack at a home in Nottingham, United Kingdom has been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. Nottinghamshire Police said Olatunji launched a sustained attack on the woman at a property in Nottingham in the early hours of 29 September 2024.…
A final year student of Akwa Ibom state Polytechnic, Ikot Osura has been murdered. The incident happened in the early hours of Wednesday, January 15, 2025, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the state. The victim, identified as Prince Macaulay, a Computer Science student awaiting mobilisation for the compulsory National Youth Service…
On Monday, January 13, the Ogun State Police arrested two young men, Opeyemi Ibrahim and Dimeji Bakare, for allegedly obtaining goods under false pretenses from Christopher Chukwuma of Ijebu North Local Government Area. The suspects, who are reportedly without legitimate sources of income, were detained while attempting to fraudulently purchase clothes worth N220,000 using fake…
Bandits Attack Mosque in Birnin Yaro Village, Zamfara, Abduct Worshippers Bandits have reportedly attacked a mosque in Birnin Yaro village, located in the Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, abducting several worshippers. Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, revealed that the assault was led by Bello Turji, a notorious bandit kingpin, and his…
Terrorists from the Lakurawa group have killed three employees of a leading telecommunications company and one other person in Kebbi State. The attack occurred on January 10, 2025, at around 8:47 pm, when the insurgents raided a construction site in Gumki village, Arewa Local Government Area, just days after killing two police officers. The victims…
A local watchman and three contractors were killed on January 10 when suspected terrorists attacked the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) facilities in Kebbi State. NIS Public Relations Officer, Kenneth Udo, confirmed the attack in a statement on Sunday, revealing that it occurred at the Kangiwa border in Kangiwa Local Government Area. He clarified that no…
