KIDNAPPED OSUN WOMAN FREED

28 Jan 2023

An Osun state-based nursing mother, Olayinka Kayode, who was kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Tuesday has been freed. Olayinka and her child were abducted at gunpoint while returning from shop around Ota-Efun/Kobongbogboe area of Osogbo, Osun state capital on Tuesday around 6pm and her abductors demanded N5million as ransom. However, in a statement by her […]

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ICPC ARREST EX-JAMB REGISTRAR PROF OJERINDE OVER FRAUD

28 Jan 2023

ICPC arrests ex-JAMB Registrar, Prof Ojerinde over alleged N900m fraud The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday rearrested former Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Adedibu Ojerinde. The Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua in a statement said that Ojerinde was rearrested following a warrant issued […]

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ARMED ROBBERS KILLED THREE DRIVERS, SELL THEIR CARS

28 Jan 2023

Armed robbery suspects have confessed to luring drivers and killing them before selling their cars. Williams Abiodun was paraded on Wednesday, Jan. 25, alongside 10 other suspects at the command headquarters in Edo State. He narrated how his gang killed their victims and sold their vehicles in Benin, Edo State. He said he and four […]

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Court adjourns suit seeking the disqualification of Enugu Reps candidate Martins Oke

27 Jan 2023

A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned hearing on the substantive suit seeking the disqualification of Hon. Martins Oke, a House of Representatives candidate for the Igbo-Etiti/Uzo-Uwani Federal Constituency. Oke is a candidate for the Peoples Democratic Party, or PDP, in the upcoming election.  The plaintiffs, Chief Samuel Ekwueme and the All Progressives Congress, […]

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FRANK MBA APPOINTED AS LAGOS COMMISSIONER, OWOHUNWA FOR OGUN

27 Jan 2023

Nigerian Police Appoints Former Spokesperson, Frank Mba As Lagos Commissioner, Owohunwa For Ogun State The Nigerian Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Baba, has approved the redeployment of two commissioners of police to Lagos and Ogun States respectively. The commissioners of police concerned are; Frank Mba and Idowu Owohunwa. This was stated in a letter […]

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MAN BEATS GIRLFRIEND TO DEATH

27 Jan 2023

Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Arepamowei Koru, for allegedly beating his 22-year-old lover, Toma Serve-god Angolo, to death in their apartment in Ogobiri community in Sagbama local government area on Tuesday, January 24. According to reports, the two lovers were said to be cohabiting in the man’s community before the […]

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Police in India arrest Nigerian man for being in possession of cocaine worth over N10m

27 Jan 2023

Police in India have arrested a suspected Nigerian drug peddler, Ojengwa Emmanuel Osondu and seized 5 grams of cocaine worth Rs. 60,000 (over N10m) from his possession. Osondu, 34, a Mumbai resident, was arrested by the sleuths of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing and Bahadurpura police on Wednesday, January 24, 2023, while he was selling […]

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Nigerian man sentenced to two years for being a fake immigration consultant in Canada

27 Jan 2023

A Provincial Court in Winnipeg, Canada has sentenced a Nigerian man, Chinenye Alozie, to two years house arrest for forging bank records and other documents to help would-be immigrants safely enter the country. The 35-year-old restaurateur and father of four pleaded guilty to acting as an unauthorized immigration consultant and to misrepresenting or withholding facts […]

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27 people dies as bomb blast hits community

27 Jan 2023

At least 27 Fulani pastoralists were feared dead following a bomb blast suspected to be an airstrike hit a community in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State The blast was allegedly targeted at suspected bandits who have been terrorizing residents along the border areas linking Nasarawa and Benue states, see graphic photos. The State […]

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