A family of four, comprising husband, wife and two of their children were on Thursday night murdered by unidentified gunmen in Isseke, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims have been identified as the family of Ichie Kennedy Igboanugo from Ekwuru Isseke (Ichie Akuruoulo 1 of Isseke). According to eyewitnesses, the killers invaded…
The Catholic Priest in Charge of St. John Quasi Parish Jimba, Rev. Fr. Solomon Atongu has been reportedly shot by suspected armed herdsmen along the deadly Makurdi – Naka road. The priest was shot Saturday evening while on his way from Makurdi back to his duty post in Naka when he drove into an ambush…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that a woman in Kaduna State, identified as Zaliha Shuaibu of Malari Village in Soba Local Government Area, has been taken into custody by the state police command in connection with the death of her co-wife’s three-month-old son. According to the Kaduna State Police Command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, the incident occurred…
A suspected vandal (name not given) has been electrocuted, while making attempt to steal components of a transformer at 500KVA substation in Ede town, Osun State. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Regional Communication and Branding Officer, Kikelomo Owoeye, on behalf of the Management of Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company Plc, Osun Region,…
The Nigerian Police Force in Ogun State has arrested one of its officers, Constable Idris Oloyede, over alleged involvement in conspiracy, stealing, cybercrime and other related offences. This was made known on Friday in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert focused on the Lake Chad region. Makama said he was reliably…
A High Court sitting in Lokoja has convicted one Lawal Awalu Ahmadu for kidnapping and subsequently sentenced him to life imprisonment. Ahmadu’s conviction followed his arraignment before Justice Fola Ajayi by the State Security Service (SSS) in October last year. Ahmadu was charged on two counts of conspiracy to kidnap and kidnapping. The Court found…
A 23-year-old woman, Abigail Victor, was on Wednesday arraigned before a Magistrate’s Court in Kaduna for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend during a heated domestic dispute. Abigail, who resides in the Ungwan Sunday area of Kaduna, is facing two counts of conspiracy and causing grievous bodily harm, according to the charge filed by the Nigeria Police….
The suspected killer of Hafsoh Lawal, a final-year student at Kwara State College of Education, Ilorin, confessed yesterday to killing his Facebook lover for money rituals. Abdulrahman Bello admitted to carrying out the heinous act alone. He and his accomplices appeared in court to face murder charges. The suspect stated that he murdered Lawal because…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) has published the identities of seven inmates who escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Ilesa, Osun State, following heavy rainfall that damaged the facility’s perimeter fence. The escape occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at around 2:00 a.m., when intense rainfall caused a breach…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) said it has launched an expansive manhunt for seven fleeing inmates following the rainfall that breached the security of its facility at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Ilesa, Osun State. The spokesperson for the Service, Umar Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday night. The force majeure which occurred…