Crime

  For struggling and refusing to be raped, a sixteen year old girl has been gruesomely murdered by two men in Emure Local Government, Ekiti State. The girl who went to farm with her brother was accosted by the two men suspected to be herders. The brother of the girl was said to have escaped from the scene but she …

Former Minister of Special Duties and Inter-Governmental Affairs, Kabiru Turaki, has appeared before a Magistrate’s Court in Abuja’s Zone Two, facing charges of false marriage, adultery, and other related offences. Turaki pleaded not guilty when the First Information Report (FIR) was read to him before the presiding Magistrate of Court Nine, Abubakar Jega. The ex-minister denied the allegations, which, according …

ABUJA: Police rescue woman from suspected ritualist in Wuse The Nigeria Police Federal Capital Territory Command has rescued a young woman from a suspected armed ritualist. This was made known in a statement shared by the Command Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. According to the statement, the incident occurred at a hotel in …

Two men somersaulted severally, Die after affairs with married women Reports from Akure, the Ondo State capital, indicate that two men have reportedly died within the last two weeks after allegedly engaging in secret affairs with married women. In one incident, a driver (name withheld) allegedly passed away shortly after visiting a woman at her apartment. Witnesses claim that he …

Tragic: Missing Pastor’s skeleton found in own home after 15 months … brother arrested The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Pastor Esere Okilo has taken a grim turn as his skeleton was discovered in his residence, 15 months after he was reported missing. The shocking discovery has plunged residents of Jacob Beredugo Street, off Osiri Road, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, into …

OAU student murder case: Court of Appeal affirms death sentence for Rahman Adedoyin The Court of Appeal in Akure, Ondo State, has confirmed the death sentence imposed on Rahman Adedoyin, the proprietor of Hilton Hotel in Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a postgraduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU). The Osun State High Court had convicted …

POLICE RECOVER TEN ABDUCTED CHILDREN FROM 62YR-OLD WOMAN, TWO OTHERS The Ondo State Police Command has apprehended three members of a Syndicate whose specialty is in child stealing and trafficking. The Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Command, Mr Olutokunbo Afolabi, who paraded the suspects in Akure, said through intelligence-led policing, the suspects were traced to Ottah Village in Edo State …

POLICE ARRAIGNS MAN FOR ALLEGEDLY THREATENING LIFE OF EKITI CATHOLIC BISHOP. Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned a middle aged man, Victor Akande in a Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, for allegedly threatening the life of Bishop of Ekiti Catholic Diocese, Felix Ajakaye. The defendant according to the charge, committed the offence on 15th January, 2025 at the …

Gunmen Abduct UK-based Man In Anambra, Demand N100m Ransom Gunmen abducted Mr. Ikechukwu Okeke, a UK-based Nigerian, shortly after he returned to Amaokpala, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, for his cousin’s burial. The incident occurred around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, 2025, after Mr. Okeke attended the burial of his cousin, Mrs. Obiageli Okoli. Reports indicate …

Vandalism: Police Arrest Over 50 Suspects For Highway Manhole Cover Theft In Abuja   The Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested more than 50 suspects for their alleged involvement in the theft and vandalism of highway sewage manhole covers and other public infrastructure in Abuja. During a press briefing in the nation’s capital, the FCT …