For 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty and extortion.” Sitting in his modest Lagos home, leaning heavily on a walker, the frail…
The Ogun State Police Command has commenced investigation into the sudden death of a 20-year-old fresh graduate of Information Technology from Babcock University, Ilisan Remo. The deceased, identified as Akawa Boluwatife Samuel, was brought to the Babcock University Teaching Hospital by his roommates on Wednesday and was confirmed dead by the medical doctor on duty….
Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested a 20-year-old university student, Sadiq Abubakar, and two others for allegedly conspiring to steal and sell a tipper truck valued at ₦30 million belonging to his father. According to a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, the incident was reported on July 25,…
Anambra Police Command has arrested a 24-year old woman, Somtochukwu Nwafor over alleged involvement in gruesome murder of a pregnant nurse, whose mutilated body was recently discovered in a soakaway pit at Ogbunike, Oyi Local Government Area. Spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement said the apprehension followed assistance of community members in Umueri village, Ogbunike….
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested one Idi Buba for allegedly stabbing his father, Jelli Buba, to death during a dispute in the Fotta District of Gombi Local Government Area of the state. This is coming barely 24 hours after a lady was arrested in Ondo State for stabbing her boyfriend to death over…
Delta Police have arrested Merit Alice, a 27-year-old woman who confessed to orchestrating her own kidnapping to enable her repay N3.6 million entrusted by her brother. Alice admitted on Monday that her brother had given her the substantial sum to purchase tricycles but she instead diverted the funds to cover expenses for her bridal shower…
A Lagos-based popular socialite, Olaseni Johnson Olayinika, popularly known as Abu Abel, has been arrested by the police over his alleged involvement in a ₦447 million (four hundred and forty-seven million naira) land scam. Abu Abel was arrested by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Alagbon, led by CSP Taiwo Oyewole, on the…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers linked to a threat to kidnap a resident of Song Local Government Area in Adamawa State. In a statement issued on Sunday, the command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, stated, “This is following a complaint received from one Hassan Musa Dabutu of Song LGA, who reported…
The Delta Police Command has confirmed that an 11-year-old girl recently arrested by officers at the Ekpan Police Division was being used to traffic hard drugs. This follows widespread outrage on social media after an X user identified as Kat (#Living_JustCus) claimed the child was unlawfully detained and denied contact with her family. She further…
The Ogun State police command on Saturday said that its Anti-Cultism Unit in collaboration with other tactical squads have arrested two soldiers and 20 others suspected to be cultists during a midnight raid on Hilton Hotel, Osiele, Abeokuta. The Spokesperson of the state police command, CSP Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to…