The Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan in Kaduna has confirmed the death of its priest, Rev. Fr Sylvester Okechukwu, just a day after he was kidnapped. The late Okechukwu was the pastor of St Mary Catholic Church, Tachira, Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A statement signed by the Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev.Fr. Jacob…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has intercepted a former immigration officer who was attempting to sell sophisticated firearms to bandits operating in the Abuja-Kaduna forests. The dismissed officer whose name was not disclosed was arrested following an intelligence-led operation by the police. Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, the Officer in Charge of…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a teenager, Olamide Phillips, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Moses Odeh, to death during a fight on Obalende Street in the Isara area of the state According to PUNCH, the incident occurred around 6:30 p.m. on Sunday at the residence of their parents in the community. The command’s…
A 47-year-old Nigerian, Darlington Akporugo has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and conspiracy for a romance scheme that targeted victims across the United States, many of whom were elderly, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced. Akporugo, who was arrested a month before his wedding, admitted to being a central figure in a long-running romance scam…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers has killed David Shikfu Parradang, a former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Abuja. Citing sources, counter-insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, Parradang, said Parradang was abducted in the Area 1 axis of Abuja in the early hours of Tuesday. Makama said after being trailed from a bank where he…
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned six officials of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) before Justice Akanbi of the State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, over alleged fraud amounting to N96 million. This was disclosed in a statement by the commission on its official…
The police in Bauchi have apprehended a 20-year-old man (name withheld) for the alleged murder of his mother. The police said the suspect killed his 40-year-old mother, Salama Abdullahi, with a pestle in Abujan Kwata area of Bauchi metropolis. This is contained in a statement by the spokesman of the command, CSP Ahmed Wakil, on…
The Police Command in Ondo State says it has arrested three suspects in alleged connection with the attack on members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) at Ogbese in Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that on Sunday, Feb. 23, NANS members were attacked at Ogbese, Akure North Local Government…
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, on Monday sentenced a 47-year-old cleric, Prophet Adeleye Akingbaso, to life imprisonment for raping a 13 years old girl. The convict was arraigned in September 2022 on a two-count charge bordering on rape and coercion. The charge read, “The Prophet, sometime in July 2022, at Ado-Ekiti, did…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Kaduna Zonal Directorate, has apprehended 11 suspected internet fraudsters in Chanchangi Local Government Area of Niger State. In a Sunday statement released on the agency’s official X handle, titled “EFCC Arrests 11 Suspected Internet Fraudsters in Niger,” the commission disclosed that operatives recovered two vehicles and 13 mobile phones…