Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Monday, December 16, shot and killed Osita Chinedu, a lecturer at the Department of Business Administration at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. It was gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be car snatchers gunned down Chinedu at about 7.45 pm while he was driving along High Tension Road by Benjamin Hotel,…
The Oyo State Government, on Monday, vowed to prosecute a reckless driver found culpable in the death of an officer of the State Traffic Management Authority (OYRTMA), Kehinde Fabunmi, at Agbowo in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of the state. Fabunmi, a Level four officer of the OYRTMA, was killed on Saturday, by a…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has announced the arrest of 792 suspects, including 193 foreign nationals, for their involvement in cryptocurrency investment fraud and romance scams. The arrests were made on December 10, 2024, following a months-long investigation and surveillance operation at a high-rise building on Oyin Jolayemi Street in Victoria Island, Lagos….
GISTSMATE MEDIA gathered that a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Belen city, New Mexico, United States, (US) for killing his father, mother and two brothers. The teenager was arrested on Sunday after he called the Valencia County Sheriff’s Office himself to announce the quadruple murder of his family members, police and State officials said….
Police operatives from Zone 2 Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested two suspects allegedly specializing in forging certificates from various international universities and defrauding unsuspecting victims online. The suspects, Elvis Osakpolo Edokpain, 23, and Kelly Osas Endgieen, 24, were accused of amassing wealth through fraudulent activities, using the proceeds to acquire luxury vehicles and build mansions…
Police in Benue State have arrested a lecturer at the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Dr Ichor Tersagh, for allegedly masterminding the abduction of the wife of his colleague, Mrs Susan Anyagh. Her husband, Paul Anyagh, is the chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, JOSTUM chapter. It was gathered that the…
Abiola Kayode, a 37-year-old Nigerian national listed on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Most Wanted Cyber Criminal List, has been extradited from Ghana to face charges in the United States. The announcement was made in a statement by United States Attorney Susan Lehr of the District of Nebraska. Kayode was arrested in April 2023…
A 30-year-old woman, Mercy Michael, has been docked by operatives of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC for allegedly killing her eight months old daughter with rat poison in Kafanchan area of Kaduna State. Michael, was arraigned before a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Thursday on charges bordering on culpable homicide,…
Two people have reportedly died after an explosion rocked a 200 housing estate under construction in Dalwa, Borno State. Channels Television reports that an Improvised Explosive Device exploded and killed the two persons at about 1pm on Wednesday. Dalwa is a community that is about 175 kilometres away from Maiduguri. According to the report, the…
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a man, Bamidele Folorunsho, to 10 years imprisonment for indecently touching a 12-year-old girl’s breast. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced Mr Folorunsho after he pleaded guilty to an amended two-count charge of indecent treatment of a child and sexual assault. Mr Folorunsho was, sometime in…