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…
Kidnappers who seized Mr. Arimazoya Abona, in his 70s, at Ubuneke-Ivbiaro in Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State, after killing his wife, yesterday demanded N100 million ransom. Witnesses told our reporter that after the wife was shot in the neck, neighbours and passersby scampered to safety, with the gunmen invading through a bush…
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a 22-year-old suspected blackmailer for allegedly posing as a woman online to deceive unsuspecting men. The Command’s Spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. He said that detectives of the Area F Command apprehended the suspect on Friday. “The suspect lures…
A 33-year-old man, identified as Chinazum Nwaubani, is in police custody for hacking a 14-year-old girl to coma in Obete Nchina Village, Ntighauzo community in Obingwa council area of Abia State for refusing his sexual advances. This was even as the father of the victim, Mr. Chijioke Anaba, alleged that the Police at the Eastern…
A man, Azeez Tajudeen, has been arraigned before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for defiling a six-year-old girl (names withheld) now deceased. Tajudeen was arraigned on a two-count amended charge bordering on defilement and involuntary manslaughter by the Lagos State. The offences are contrary to Sections 137 and 224 and punishable under…
A magistrate court in Ogudu, Lagos state, has remanded 22-year-old Ifeanyi Kelvin Udoka, a security guard, for allegedly raping a four-year-old girl. S.K Matepo, the magistrate, ordered the remand of Udoka at the Ikoyi correctional pending the advice of the director of Lagos public prosecutions (DPP). According to the remand order seen by TheCable, the…
A 24-year-old Point of Sales (POS) attendant, Yusuf Olamilekan has been sentenced to 18 months imprisonment for stealing N1 million belonging to his employer for gambling. Olamilekan was arraigned before an Ota Magistrates Court in Ogun on Monday by the police. The Police prosecutor, Insp E.O. Adaraloye, told the court that the defendant committed the…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal Directorate 1, have arrested 120 suspected internet fraudsters in a coordinated raid across multiple locations in Lagos State. The suspects, comprising 95 men and 25 women, were apprehended on Monday, May 19, 2025, following actionable intelligence and weeks of surveillance on their alleged cybercrime…