The Ogun State Police Command has launched an investigation into the death of a suspected cultist in their custody. According to a statement from the command’s spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutola, the police received intelligence about the presence of wanted cultists in the Atoyo area of Sagamu on November 18, 2023. A covert operation led to…
Kebbi State Hisbah Board operatives have apprehended 16-year-old Habibu Umar for the sexual assault of two girls, aged 5 and 6, in the Badariya area of Birni Kebbi. The arrest, made on Tuesday, November 21, 2023, followed a complaint by the victims’ families, as stated in an official Facebook post by the board. The victims…
On November 9, the Adamawa State Police Command apprehended a 30-year-old man named Usman Inusa for reportedly sexually assaulting his daughter in Dikon Nasarawo, Mayo Belwa Local Government Area of the state. The victim’s father, Adamu Ahmed, reported the incident at the police station, prompting the Commissioner of Police, CP Afolabi Babatola, to order an…
The Bayelsa State Police Command has apprehended one of the perpetrators involved in the killing of the late SP Bako Angbashim, the former Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada Division in Rivers State. According to a statement released on November 18 by CSP Buswat Asinim, the command’s spokesperson, the arrested suspect, identified as Onyekachi Ikowa (43),…
Tragedy struck as an apprentice named Onome passed away after reportedly enduring a beating from his employer, identified as Orunor, in Sapele, Delta State. According to reports by Punch, the incident occurred at a carpenter’s workshop along New Ogorode Road, Sapele, a few days ago. Orunor, accusing Onome of both “lateness to work” and stealing…
President Bola Tinubu will, on Saturday, depart Abuja for Berlin, Germany, to attend the G20 Compact with Africa (CwA) Conference on November 20, 2023, hosted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. During the conference, President Tinubu will join other Heads of State and Government of CwA member countries, bilateral partners, as well as Heads of International…
Unknown attackers have fatally assaulted Mrs. Iyanuoluwa Adamolekun, a 62-year-old retired teacher, in Arigidi Akoko, Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Reports indicate that the lifeless body of Mrs. Adamolekun was discovered in her residence, lying in a pool of blood on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at Similoluwa quarters in Arigidi Akoko. Her…
Noah Abraham, the controversial founder of Christ High Commission Church in Omuo-Oke, Ekiti State, known for allegedly collecting money from church members as a “ticket to heaven,” has been re-arrested for more severe offenses. This time, the Ekiti State Police Command, in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP),…
On Wednesday, November 15, Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja sentenced Gabriel Awaye, a bricklayer, to life imprisonment for defiling a 13-year-old girl in his room. The judge delivered the verdict after finding Awaye guilty as charged by the state government. The prosecutor had accused Awaye of committing…
Members of the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Igbokoda, Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State, have successfully apprehended a 24-year-old notorious cultist who had been causing fear among the local residents for an extended period. Captain Wasuku Alushi, the Commanding Officer of FOB in Igbokoda, represented by the Executive Officer of the…
