K Osun State Police Command has paraded a pregnant woman, Musa Mariam for allegedly poisoning the 3-year-old son of her husband’s second wife to death. The incident happened in the Ede area of the state on December 26. Mariam was paraded alongside other crime suspects at the command headquarters in Osogbo by the State Commissioner of Police, CP…
Dr Isidore Ojukwu Nwankwo, a former Rector of Enugu Polytechnic, Ndeabor, Ani-Nri, Local Government Area has been remanded in prison custody after being arraigned in court by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Nwankwo was arraigned on six-count charges bordering on conspiracy and obtaining money under false pretense to the tune of N1,153,700.00 (One Million, One Hundred and Fifty-three Thousand,…
Two siblings and one other person were on Tuesday arrested by operatives of Ogun State police command for threatening and making an attempt to kidnap their former employer. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this on Wednesday, Dec 9, in a statement. The suspects, Blessing Oyeleke, David Oyeleke and Kabiru Oniyitan were…
A Nigerian national holding six fake passports of the United Nations has been arrested in Islamabad, Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Wednesday, December 9. The Nigerian man had visited the Turkish embassy in Islamabad a few days ago and applied for the visa on the fake UN passport and ID. During the verification process, the…
The Bayelsa state police command has arrested a 27-year-old man, Promise David, for allegedly beating his 18-year-old ‘baby mama’, Esther Pascal, to death during a fight over food and welfare money for their baby at his home in Ebis Mechanic Road, Yenagoa, the state capital, on Sunday, December 6. The Nation reports that the deceased has a two-year-old…
A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Samuel Odupitan, who stabbed a stranger to death in order to steal his second-hand Gucci bag in Croydon, London was convicted on Tuesday, December 1, 2020. Odupitan, of Longheath Gardens, Croydon, killed 24-year-old Tyler Roye on February 26 in Bywood Avenue, Croydon. He appeared at Croydon Crown Court on Tuesday December 1, where…
Embattled ex-chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who jumped his bail, has been rearrested. According to Daily Post, the operatives of Nigeria Intelligence Service and anti-graft agents, the Economic And Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) arrested Mr. Maina in Niger Republic. Maina – who is being prosecuted on 12 counts of money laundering to the tune…
Three women were shot at in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state, while police officers on patrol duty were dispersing traffic. The incident occurred on Wednesday, Nov 25, along the popular Tombia market area of the state. The women hit by stray bullets have been identified as Alice Azaghene, Mrs Ebinipiri Onojamadu, and Mudufuro Blessing. According to reports, the policemen allegedly…
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle has facilitated the unconditional release of 11 kidnapped victims. A statement issued by Jamilu Iliyasu Magaji, the Press Secretary to the governor, on Saturday, November 21, said the victims were rescued without ransom payment but through the carrot and stick initiative of the state government. While receiving the rescued victims on Saturday night…
An 18-year-old man identified as Kabiru Ahmed has been arrested by men of the Bauchi state police command for allegedly stabbing another man to death over a girlfriend. The spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement released that a resident of the state reported the matter to the police. “On November 11,…