A High Court in the Ogbaru Judicial Division of Anambra State has sentenced a vigilante operative, Onyeka Eze, to d3ath by hanging for the murder of a phone repairer, Anayo Ugbo. The judgment was delivered on Thursday, March 5, 2026 by the Administrative Judge, Justice Charles Okaa, who found Eze guilty of the offence.…
A 40-year-old woman, Nafisat Lateef, was on Thursday, March 5, remanded by a magistrate’s court in Ondo State over allegations that she poisoned her tenant’s three-year-old son following a disagreement with the child’s mother. Lateef was arraigned before the court on charges related to the unlawful administration of a harmful substance. According to the charge…
Police in Edo State have arrested a 45-year-old hunter, Kehinde Adetunji, for allegedly masterminding the kidnapping and murder of his friend, Edafe Oghenekome, in Utese Village, Ovia Southwest Local Government Area of the state. Reports indicate that Oghenekome had recently sold pineapples from his farm worth millions of naira. Shortly after the sale, he and…
After 13 years in hiding, an alleged notorious drug kingpin, Reginald Peter Chidiebere, has been taken into custody following the seizure of large consignments of cocaine and heroin linked to him by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement issued on Sunday,…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has uncovered a suspected child trafficking ring allegedly operating under the cover of an orphanage in the Saburi area of the FCT. In a statement, the Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said the operation followed a petition submitted on January 29, 2026, by concerned residents of Saburi to…
Maryam Sabo of the Kano State High Court has convicted and sentenced Ebonine Rita Uzoamaka to seven years in prison for obtaining N5.6 million by false pretence. The defendant was first arraigned on August 18, 2021, on a five-count charge bordering on the dishonest misappropriation of N5,660,000. One of the charges stated that on January…
A secondary school student abducted in Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo State has been freed after a ransom of ₦2 million was paid for her release. Tope Oriloye was kidnapped on February 8 in Makeke Community by armed men who also seized Samuel Ilesanmi at a community health centre. Ilesanmi had reportedly accompanied…
The Kwara State Government has stepped up efforts to curb street begging after the arrest of a suspected bandit who allegedly posed as a beggar in Igbaja, Ifelodun Local Government Area. The Commissioner for Social Development, Hajia Mariam Nnafatima Imam, made this known while addressing officials during a monitoring and enforcement exercise in the Ilorin…
A member of the Forest Guard in **Monguno Local Government Area of Borno State has been arrested for allegedly shooting his son dead. The incident reportedly occurred on February 13, 2026, at about 5:40 p.m. at the RRR Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) Camp in Monguno. The case was reported around 6:20 p.m. by Maidugu Mustapha…
A 37-year-old man was reportedly killed by his brothers following a violent dispute over family inheritance in Ekwulobia, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra. According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, the incident took place around 4:50 p.m. on February 11, 2026, at Umunkwo Village, Ula, Ekwulobia. The victim, identified as Onyedika Okpala, was allegedly attacked…
