Security operatives in Anambra State have arrested a 32-year-old woman, Ogechi Ofoma, over the alleged brutal abuse of her seven-year-old daughter, Oluebube Ofoma, in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area. The child was rescued on Sunday, September 13, 2026, following the intervention of security personnel from Ibollo Community, Awada-Obosi, and concerned residents after the…
The Ogun State Police Command has recovered a stolen 2016 Toyota Camry from a hotel in Ifo, less than eight hours after the vehicle was reported missing. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta. According to Babaseyi, the vehicle, belonging to an Indian national based at…
Lere Olayinka, spokesperson to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has called for the review or outright ban of social media platform TikTok. Olayinka made the call in a post on his social media handles while reacting to the recent arrest of a 36-year-old mother who allegedly used her seven-year-old daughter…
Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested two suspected fraudsters over an alleged ATM card swap scam that reportedly resulted in the loss of ₦400,000. The suspects, identified as 50-year-old Yusuf Maika and 52-year-old Abubakar Mustapha, both residents of Jos, Plateau State, were arrested after allegedly defrauding a man identified as Yunusa Usman…
An operative of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Bauchi State has reportedly been stabbed to death by an unidentified person while carrying out official duties. The operative was allegedly stabbed in the stomach on Tuesday, September 8, while working alongside other NDLEA personnel at Anguwan Zango, Tilden Fulani, in Toro Local Government…
A Niger State High Court has sentenced 27-year-old Hussaini Suleiman to seven years in prison for raping an eight-year-old girl at his residence behind the Prison Quarters in Minna. Justice Binta Bawa convicted Suleiman after he pleaded guilty to the offence. The case was referred to the Niger State Command of the National Agency for…
A 25-year-old woman, Kehinde Onize, has reportedly been hacked to death by her husband, Sadiq Ibrahim, a meat seller popularly known as Alfa Eleran, during a domestic dispute in the Dalimore area of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to Channels Television, the incident occurred while the couple was attending a meeting organised by family friends…
A 20-year-old woman has recounted the terrifying experience of being dragged into a woodland and raped by Nigerian national Gift Oladele after he allegedly avoided deportation on human rights grounds. Oladele, 24, targeted the woman, who was 19 at the time, as she walked home along an isolated footpath in Wrexham, Wales, following a…
Six children abducted by a suspected child-stealing and human trafficking syndicate have reportedly died while in captivity, according to the Oyo State Police Command. The Oyo State Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Olugbenga, disclosed this during a press briefing at the Police State Headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, on Monday, September 7. Olugbenga said 17 children…
The Bursar of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Nasiru Gusau Marafa, has been killed after he was reportedly shot while returning from Gusau, the Zamfara State capital. The university’s Registrar and Secretary to the Governing Council, Oladipo Ajayi, announced Marafa’s death in a statement issued on Sunday, September 6, 2026. According to the…
