Police foil kidnapping in Kebbi, rescue victim, recover ₦3m The Kebbi State Police Command has successfully neutralised four suspected kidnappers, arrested one person, and recovered ₦3 million intended for ransom payment. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the incident occurred on 14th February 2025 at about 13:45 hrs when armed…
Customs Intercepts Large Cache Of Firearms, Ammunition in Lagos The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has made a significant breakthrough in its fight against illegal arms smuggling, intercepting a large cache of firearms and ammunition illegally brought into the country. While the exact quantity and value of the seized weapons are yet to be disclosed, the…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
