Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 14-year-old girl for allegedly faking her own abduction and orchestrating the kidnapping of her four-year-old sister, in a desperate plot to extort a N50 million ransom from their father. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Abubakar Sadiq, announced the arrest while briefing pressmen at the Katsina Command Headquarters yesterday. He…
The Niger State Police Command has said that on May 30, 2025, at about 4 p.m., a report received at Bosso Division indicated that on May 27, 2025, at about 2:30 p.m., a victim/tenant who resides at El-Waziri area of Minna returned home from work and noticed that unknown persons had broken into his house…
A woman identified as Khadija is facing accusation of killing her 11-year-old daughter, Fadila, in the Tukur area of Zaria, Kaduna State. According to reports, the tragic incident happened on Saturday just before the Maghrib prayer. Khadija allegedly beat her daughter with a pestle after accusing her of stealing ₦100 she received during Sallah celebrations….
Several people have been feared dead, with many others injured, following a deadly overnight attack by suspected herdsmen on Mtsewnem, Akondutyough village in the North Bank area of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. Sources told DAILY POST that the assailants stormed the community around 3:00 a.m., attacking residents in their sleep. Reacting to the incident,…
Anambra Police Commissioner, Ikioye Orutugu, has ordered the detention of three Police Inspectors for alleged corruption The three Policemen were said to have extorted a resident after searching his phone during patrol. The incident, according to the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, took place on Wednesday He said the CP has further directed the immediate commencement…
Usman Mohammed, a resident of Barikin-Sale area in Minna, Niger State, has been stabbed to death by a group of three men identified as Barafi, Ayya, and one other yet to be identified, following a confrontation over his girlfriend. The incident happened on Monday night when Usman visited his girlfriend, Halima Usman, at Deeper Life…
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 40-year-old man, Umaru Garuba, before an Akure Magistrates’ Court for allegedly biting off the ear of a suspect in police detention. The police Prosecutor, Inspector Adebayo Suleiman, told the court that the defendant was arrested on June 5 for stealing N35,000 belonging to one Yakubu Salisu and detained in…
A stray bullet from a yet-to-be identified source has reportedly killed a 20-month-old child at Umuoba-Uratta in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident occurred at about 10 pm on Monday. The child, identified as Emmanuel Eleweke, was the third of his parents, Mr and Mrs…
Nine Chinese nationals have been sentenced to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud by a Nigerian federal court sitting in Lagos. The Chinese nationals were among the syndicate of 792 alleged cryptocurrency investment and romance fraud suspects arrested on December 19, 2024 in Lagos during a sting operation tagged “Eagle Flush Operation”…
A 31-year-old teaching assistant died Tuesday morning after being stabbed by a 14-year-old student during a bag search outside Françoise Dolto Secondary School in Nogent, authorities confirmed. The victim, whose identity has not yet been released, was attacked with a knife and suffered critical wounds. However, emergency services rushed her to the hospital in “absolute…