A female SS3 student of Akoko Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her male colleague to death. The tragic incident reportedly occurred outside the school premises following an argument between the two after school hours. The Ondo…
Police in Ondo state command have arrested a 34-year-old man, Monday Chukwu, who was alleged to have stabbed his friend, Kefa Ofando, to death over N2,000 debt. It was gathered that Chukwu and Ofando were arguing over the money when the argument degenerated into a fight between the two friends and Ofando was stabbed by…
Thirteen repentant Boko Haram fighters ex-fighters have escaped with rifles and motorcycles they got from the Borno State government, which co-opted them to join military operatives in the fight against the insurgents in the State. They are among thousands of former Boko Haram fighters and their families who surrendered to the government. It was gathered…
Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State have stabbed a policeman, Saka Ganiyu, to death. PUNCH Online gathered that the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while…
A club bouncer, identified as Kingsley Otti, has been arrested by Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stabbing a suspected hoodlum to death in a club house in Lagos State. The tragic incident occurred at a lounge on Ago Palace Way in Okota, where an altercation between Otti and the deceased escalated into a fatal…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a total of 28 suspected internet fraudsters, popularly known as āYahoo boysā in Edo and Akwa-Ibom states. The suspects were arrested on Monday after a separate sting operation conducted on their hideouts following an intelligence report on their alleged fraudulent activities. Thirteen of the…
At least five persons including soldiers and a village head were reportedly killed when Boko Haram ambushed a military convoy in Marte Local Government Area of Borno State on Monday. It was gathered that the ambush occurred near New Marte on Monday night, with an unspecified number of people wounded in the attack. According to…
Two brothers, aged between 15 and 19 years, have allegedly killed their 60-year-old father, Alhaji Dahiru Yusuf Maileather, in the Sarkin-Noma area of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital. An eyewitness disclosed that the incident occurred over the weekend at approximately 8:30 a.m. when Dahiru Yusuf was stabbed to death by one of his sons. The…
A 48-year-old man, identified as Okafor, was fatally stabbed in his home at Jakande Housing Estate, Lekki, in the early hours of Monday, allegedly by a female sex worker he had invited over. It was learned that the incident happened at about 5:32 a.m. According to the police report, the complainant, who is a friend…
Barikisu Sulaiman, a housewife, has been taken into custody by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) after reportedly throwing her newborn baby into a gutter in Lokoja, Kogi State. The incident came to light after concerned residents of Karaworo alerted authorities on Sunday. The woman had been dating a man in Adankolo after…