Lagos State police command have arrested six persons who allegedly vandalised the NNPC pipelines at Abule Egba, Lagos, that destroyed 100 houses and 77 vehicles worth millions of naira. The suspects are PDP House of Assembly aspirant Hon.(Amb) Adedipe Dauda Ewenla, 40, Rasak Oyakunle aka Akeregun; Abdulazeez Agboola aka Boggy, 29; Akin Ayansola alias Babalati, […]
Chris Steven, Abuja The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged an Executive Officer of the Federal College of Agriculture, Ibadan, Mr. Kabiru Oladele, to court for allegedly defrauding the college of N738, 200.00. The Commission in a suit filed before Justice A.L Akintola, of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, […]
A man has been arrested for allegedly raping his 13-year-old stepdaughter in Akwa Ibom state. Joseph Sunday Essien, 45, is accused of sexually abusing Patience Edet Edem on 4 different occasions. The girl reported to her mother but the woman didn’t believe the child. She only believed when she caught him in the act. The […]
Daredevil armed robbers yesterday attacked a new generation commercial bank in Ila-Orangun, Osun state killing three persons, including police security. The suspected armed robbers, numbering about eight, were said to have stormed the bank at about 2pm and operated for one- and- a half hours after blasting the bank’s security door with an explosive substance. […]
The state police commissioner, Musa Kimo who paraded the suspect alongside 213 other criminals, said the fake police officer identified as Kingsley Udoyen of No.3 stadium road, in Abak council area of the state, had defrauded and threatened unsuspecting members of the public. The CP mentioned that one English pistol without magazine and ammunition, portraits […]
Tragedy struck in Edepie community in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital today Wednesday, December 19th, after a 39-year-old father of four, Femi Otura, committed suicide by drinking a poisonous substance. According to reports, Otura who is a truck driver and hails from Kogi state lived with his wife, Oviezibe, an indigene of Bayelsa state who […]
A 59-year-old man parading himself as a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police at a bank in Kubwa area of Abuja has been arrested. The suspect, who was identified as Olawale Olatunji was arrested with 11 ATM cards and 10 cheque books of different banks, which he claimed belonged to him. Parading the suspect in Abuja […]
In its continuous fight against the menace of drug trafficking and abuse in Katsina state, the Police Command had arrested a notorious Indian hemp dealer, Rabi’u Suleiman. The spokesperson for the command, SP Isah Gambo, who confirmed the arrest on Tuesday, said the suspect was nabbed on December 15, based on a tip-off. Suleiman, 37, […]
A twenty-five years old woman, Lydia Uwadiegwu, was today arraigned before a Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court, Ogba, for allegedly bitting-off the ear of a female Sergeant, Blessing A. O. Umongu. The accused is the wife of an Inspector of Police attached to Olosan Police Division, Lagos. Lydia was arraigned before the court presided over by […]
The President of the Nigerian Bar Association, (NBA) Paul Usoro, on Tuesday, pleaded not guilty before a Federal High Court Lagps, to charges bordering on N1.4billion fraud, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). EFCC preferred a10 count charge against the accused, which is pending before Justice Muslim Hassan. Also named […]
