Crime

Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight suspected kidnappers of pupils and teachers of Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School, Emure-Ekiti.     The Police Commissioner, Mr Adeniran Akinwale made this known at a press briefing at the police headquarters in Ado-Ekiti, on Friday, while parading the suspects and recovered …

The Federal Government yesterday declared a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria. CBN, Odoh Ocheme, and two other persons are wanted for allegedly forging the signature of former President Muhammadu Buhari to steal $6.2m cash from the apex bank.     In a letter addressed to the Assistant Inspector …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 42-year-old man said to be transporting thousands of concealed opioid pills to an insurgents’ enclave in the Banki area of Borno State. The suspect was among the 24 people accused of trafficking drugs across the country, NDLEA spokesperson, …

Armed bandits, who abducted women accompanying a newly wed bride to her matrimonial home at Damari, Sabuwa LGA of Katsina State, have issued threats to remarry the bride and sell off the other women.   The audacious bandits carried out the abduction last Thursday, targeting the bride and her companions …

He identified the facility as ‘Mother and Child Hospital and Maternity located on a road along the Tansian University, Umunya. Five pregnant girls have been rescued following a raid of a baby factory by security operatives at Umunya in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State. The rescue efforts followed …

In a startling revelation, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed the involvement of a religious sect in Nigeria in laundering money for terrorist organizations.   This information came to light during a one-day dialogue on “Youth, Religion, and the Fight against Corruption” held …

Embattled Afrobeat singer and son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Seun Kuti, who is currently being remanded at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of Yaba Chief Magistrate Court for assaulting a police officer, has been crowned the ‘General Overseer’ of his …

Seun Kuti, the son of legendary Afrobeat musician Fela Kuti, has been placed under arrest by Inspector-General of Police Usman Alkali Baba.     In a statement on Saturday night, the Force’s Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi made this disclosure.   Seun Kuti was seen in a video assaulting a …

The arrest of Precious Ojo, also known as Obago, by the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has shed light on the nefarious activities of internet fraudsters, commonly referred to as “Yahoo boys,” in Nigeria. Ojo was apprehended at his luxury hotel in Oghara, Delta …

Sonia Ekweremadu, the 25-year-old daughter of former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has reacted to the sentencing of her parents by the United Kingdom, UK court for organ-harvesting.       Recall that the UK court on Friday, sentenced Ekweremadu to nine years and eight months imprisonment while his wife, Beatrice …