A police officer was killed after some robbers tried robbing a commercial bank in Otun Ekiti in Moba local government area of Ekiti state. The state police spokesperson Sunday Abutu said the incident occurred on Thursday July 1, at about five in the evening. The group of armed men stormed the Otun bank and initially succeeded…
Men of the Ondo state police command have arrested five persons who are alleged members of a syndicate specializing in exhuming bodies from a church cemetery in Ondo town, Ondo West local government. The suspects arrested were identified as Opeyemi Odetola, 27, Lanre Akintola, 30, Clement Adesanoye, 29, Alowonle Kehinde, 35, and Jubril Jimoh,…
Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of the former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area (LGA) Asekun Sakiru Kehinde in prison custody following his arraignment for allegedly exporting 1.000 kilogrammes of cocaine. Asekun was arraigned before the court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects for kidnapping two children, both aged 9, in Minna, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 25, said the suspects, Danjuma Mohammed, 22, Mohammed Yasin,20, and Mohammed Usman,25, all of Barkin Saleh, Minna, were arrested by police…
The Lagos judicial panel has awarded the sum of N10 million to the family of one of the many victims of police extrajudicial killing, Kolade Johnson. Johnson was shot during a raid by police officers at Onipetesi area in Lagos, while watching an English premiership match between Tottenham and Manchester United on March 31, 2019. …
A young man simply identified as Bobby Ese, popularly known as Aladja Chief Priest, has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into Ugbokodo River in Warri South, Delta State. SaharaReporters reports that sources close to the deceased shared what looked liked a suicide note on his Whatsapp status before he took his life. “I will…
A yet-to-be-identified man was shot dead at the Water bus stop, along the University of Ibadan-Ojoo Road today June 21 shortly after he had made withdrawals from one of the Automated Teller Machines ATM in the area. According to eyewitnesses, the man was about to leave the ATM point when he was attacked and…
The Kebbi state police command has said that the vehicle used to kidnap students from Federal Government College in Birnin Yauri community of the state, belongs to a high court judge in the state. Kebbi police spokesman, Nafi’u Abubakar disclosed that the van was hijacked by bandits on Birnin Yauri road. Abubakar added that the number of…
The Kwara State Government has suspended two senior officials from the Saving One Million Lives Programme for Result (SOML-PforR) to allow for probe into allegations of financial irregularities and inconsistencies in the handling of funds. The Press Secretary, Kwara State Ministry of Health, Falade Gbenga Tayo, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, June 16.…
No fewer than 100,000 bottles of codeine syrup with a total weight of 15,325kilograms have been intercepted and seized by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Onne seaport, Port Harcourt, Rivers state. A statement released by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson of the command, states that the illicit substance, cough syrup with codeine (100mg),…
