The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a woman, Nafisat Lateef, for allegedly poisoning a three-year-old boy at Omifon community in Odigbo Local Government Area. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed the arrest in a statement on Friday, noting that the victim is the child of her tenant. According to Jimoh,…
The police on Friday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Dayo Shonekan, before the Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun for allegedly entering into a Celestial Church to steal three bells. The defendant, whose address was not stated, is standing trial on two counts of stealing and forceful entry. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The…
The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, has apprehended three suspects over an alleged cyber blackmail and extortion scheme involving threats to release nude photographs of a victim unless ransom was paid. The Unit’s spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, confirmed this in a statement on Friday. He said that the suspects, two males and a female,…
The Federal Road Safety Corps has described the conviction and life imprisonment of Okpara Onyekachi as a victory for justice and road safety enforcement in Nigeria. The judgment was delivered by the Lagos State High Court, TBS Division, in suit number LD/24692C/2024. The case arose from a fatal road crash that claimed the life of…
A UK-based Nigerian man, Adedapo Adegbola has been sentenced to life in prison for murdering a woman he worked with after she ended their brief ‘controlling relationship’. Adegbola fatally stabbed 23-year-old Stephanie Irons in the neck at her home in Mapperley, Nottinghamshire, on 21 October. Nottingham Crown Court heard he “had become obsessed” with Irons…
Police in the United Kingdom have identified Khaleed Oladipo, a Nigerian student, as the 20-year-old who was fatally stabbed near De Montfort University in Leicester. According to the Leicestershire Police, Oladipo died in a hospital on Tuesday evening after being stabbed in Oxford Street. An 18-year-old murder suspect arrested on suspicion of murder is reportedly…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced the former Managing Director of the Nigeria Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), Robert Orya, to 490 years’ imprisonment following his conviction in a ₦2.4 billion fraud case. In a statement shared via its official X handle on Thursday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) confirmed that Justice F.E….
About 170 casualties have been recorded in a recent attack by armed bandits on Woro and Nuku communities in the Kaiama Local Government Area on Tuesday, according to lawmaker Saidu Ahmed on Wednesday. Mr Ahmed, who confirmed the number in a phone call with Reuters, said several dead bodies were being sorted following the dastardly…
A 17-year-old girl, Ihechidere Favour Uka has been allegedly killed by her employer, Ibekwe Ezinne Mary, 30, following a dispute at a cosmetics shop in Lagos State. The incident reportedly occurred at about 6:30 p.m on Tuesday, January 27, 2026. According to information shared by the victim’s family, Ihechidere, who worked as a sales girl…
Terrorists on Tuesday night attacked Woro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, killing several villagers and setting many houses ablaze. Checks revealed that the assailants invaded the communities in large numbers at about 6:00 p.m., unleashing violence that left families mourning their dead and properties destroyed. A community leader in…
