crime

At least three persons suspected of vote buying in the Osun gubernatorial election were arrested by operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), on election monitoring duties. This was revealed in a statement on Saturday, July 16, in Abuja by the spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka …

After about 80 babies were delivered in its Internally Displaced People IDPs camps in the state in seven months. the Benue State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has lamented over the difficulties in controlling their sexual libido This was disclosed to newsmen by the Executive Secretary of SEMA, Dr Emmanuel Shior, …

Gunmen have abducted a senior official of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Engr Kingsley Okorafor, close to his residence in Umuadara Umulogho autonomous community in Imo State. Okorafor was kidnapped at the early hours of Saturday morning, about three kilometers away from a military checkpoint in the area. The …

The alleged arrest of the personal assistant to the commissioner for regional integration and special duties, Olalekan Badmus has stirred up controversy. Sources gathered that the PA was allegedly detained at the Oke Baale Police Station but the commissioner denied the allegation. When contacted, the Osun State Police Public Relations …

Three suspected armed robbers have been arrested by the police for invading the house of Mohammed Usman and dispossessed him of N800,000 at Oorsha Fulani Camp, Ilorin. The State Police Spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Ilorin, the state capital. Okasanmi said Usman and …

A man identified as Chukwuemeka Ekwunife has been sentenced to 60 years by Justice Sherifat Solebo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Thursday over  N184,098,000 fraud. Sources learnt that Ekwunife, alongside his company, Structured Energy Limited, was found guilty on counts one to six and …

Two were kidnapped in Kaduna State on Friday evening by gunmen who were possibly bandits.   At Gure parish in the state’s Lere local government area, the priests John Cheitnum and Donatus Cleopas were kidnapped. In a statement on Friday night, the Chancellor of the Kafanchan Catholic Diocese, Emmanuel Okolo, …

The principal of Federal Government Girl’s College, Oyo and a teacher, Timothy Alayoteti, have been arrested over the allegation of rape of a 14-year-old student. Addressing newsmen in Ibadan, the elder sister to the victim, Mercy Gabriel lamented that after several months of the incident, her sister was still suffering …

Gunmen wreaking havoc in the northern part of the country have abducted two Catholic priests in Lere LGA of Kaduna state. The priests, identified as John Cheitnum and Donatus Cleopas, were said to have been abducted on Friday at Gure parish, Lere LGA. The abduction was confirmed in a statement …

A 55-year-old Nakaphodi Majhi, has been arrested by the police for beheading his wife,45, after suspecting her of having illicit relation in India. Nakaphodi while he was walking with the severed head to Gonida police station in Dhenkanal district. The incident happed in Chandrasekharpur in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district in the …