crime

A commercial sex worker who operates in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State, identified simply as Becky, reportedly broke down and wept profusely after a man she had hoped would marry her and take her out of the skin trade, allegedly disappeared into thin air after stealing her money totalling …

A 300 level student of Anambra State University (ANSU) studying Business Administration, Prosper has reportedly  committed suicide  after being rejected by his girlfriend. According to his roommate,Prosper died around 2:00am on Sunday night.He reportedly drank ‘Sniper’ after sending her girlfriend a text message saying that by this morning he should …

  The Department of Security Service (DSS) has busted ISIS training Cells in Kano and arrested five persons on their way to Libya and other Africa States. The State Director of DSS, Abdullahi Bello Chiranchi, said that the arrest was a significant break through at frustrating move by terrorist blocking …

Two ladies have reportedly drowned at the popular Elegushi beach,Lagos after being carried away by heavy tide at the beach with no safety measures in place. The two ladies,were said to be graduates of Covenant University and were at a friends birthday party on the beach before the incident. According …

A trader, Mr. Kenneth Ekeanyanwu, has died barely two weeks after he paid N10m as ransom to secure his release from kidnappers in Calabar, Cross River State. Ekeanyanwu, who owned Daybreak Bakery along Chamley Street in Calabar, was kidnapped by gunmen from his factory on May 6 and was said …

The long-awaited Nigeria oil and gas as well as the solid minerals sectors 2013 audit reports by the Nigerian Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative, NEITI, was officially unveiled in Abuja on Monday. The Minister of Solid Minerals and Chairman, NEITI Board, Kayode Fayemi, who unveiled the report, said the document contained …

  The Lagos State Police Command has recovered 3, 600 litres of fuel from suspected pipeline vandals in the Aquatira area, 1st Avenue by 12 Road, in the FESTAC area of the state. SUNDAY PUNCH gathered that the suspects, however, fled the scene on a canoe following the arrival of …

THE 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Benin-City, Tuesday, dismissed as false, reports that soldiers attached to the brigade stomped on a 20-month-old baby at Eku, Delta State during attempts to arrest the baby’s father. The baby, David Atori, was said to have died on March 6, after he was …

  The soldiers of the Guards Brigade of the Nigeria Army have arrested 92 Fulani herdsmen in Abuja. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations of the Guards Brigade, Capt. Bashir Jajira, said that 36 of the suspects were arrested by the troops at a military checkpoint between the Federal Capital …

The prosecution on Monday continued its case against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, with its first witness, Mr. Michael Wetkas, revealing evidence of how the accused allegedly bought a property at 17, Mcdonald Street, Ikoyi, Lagos, in seven tranches. The prosecution alleged in the 13 counts it preferred against …