Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old man, Samson Oghenebreme, in Lagos while transporting human organs from Edo State to a native doctor for use in money-making rituals. In a press statement released by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed that Oghenebreme was apprehended in the Odomola community of Epe…
A British-Nigerian art expert, Oghenochuko ‘Ochuko’ Ojiri who has appeared on the BBC’s Bargain Hunt has pleaded guilty in a terrorism financing case after failing to report a series of high-value art sales to a man sanctioned for alleged links to Hezbollah. Oghenochuko Ojiri, 53, admitted eight counts of failing to make a disclosure during…
On Friday, a Jos Magistrates’ Court sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Shederack Danlami, to four months’ imprisonment for stealing two chickens. Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos summarily tried and sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the charge. In her judgment, the magistrate gave the convict an option of a fine of N20,000. She also ordered him…
The Imo State Police Command has demoted a sergeant, Anayo Ekezie over an incident of assault. A video of some policemen assaulting a man along the Owerri-Aba road had gone viral recently. The spokesman of the police in the state, Henry Okoye, Wednesday night, confirmed that the cops had been identified and subjected to…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has narrated how a young man, whose identity is yet to be confirmed, allegedly stabbed his girlfriend, Ruth Sunday, to death in Eket Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, in a statement made available to newsmen, said the incident occurred at…
Helen Kayode, a graduating student of Ekiti State University (EKSU), has been arrested by the Ekiti State Police Command for allegedly staging her own abduction to spend time with her boyfriend. Her action reportedly caused panic across Iworoko-Ekiti and Ado-Ekiti, following a message she sent to her sister on May 1, claiming she had boarded…
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, identified as Akaabo Johnson and three other people were killed by gunmen suspected to be armed herders during an attack on the Mbatsada communities in the Mbalom and Mbasombo council ward in Gwer East Local Government Area of Benue State. The suspected armed herders, according to a source,…
A joint operation by the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency and the National Park Service on Tuesday led to the arrest of three persons, Musa Usman, Samila Abdullahi and Saidu Jagaban for trafficking in endangered wildlife species in Abuja. A press statement on Tuesday signed by the Assistant Director of Press at NESREA,…
The police have apprehended Saudat Jibril, an 18-year-old resident of Farawa Quarters, for slitting the throat of her husband, Salisu Idris. The police command in Kano said the suspect allegedly slit the throat of her 30-year-old husband with a sharp knife. According to a statement by the police, upon receiving the report of the incident,…
A horrific and chilling act of violence unfolded in Irele, Ondo State, on May 5, 2025, when 41-year-old Odunayo Olomolatan, the son of a local landlord, allegedly hacked his 22-year-old tenant, Joy Tale, to death during a heated argument. Sources reveal that the brutal altercation escalated quickly, resulting in the young woman’s untimely death in…