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A 29-year-old man, Muzamir Abubakar, has allegedly killed his 60-year-old father, Abubakar Adawa Tsonga, in the Barkin- Sale area of Minna, the Niger state capital. Investigations revealed the deceased had been missing since Monday causing a search for him by neighbours and good Samaritan’s. However, it was learnt that the mutilated body of Tsonga was…
Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State, resulting in the death of one officer and the abduction of another on Thursday, July 25, 2024. The incident was confirmed in a press statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Kebbi Area Command, Mohammed Tajuddeen Salisu…
Kinshasa, DR Congo Tragedy struck at a live concert in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, leaving at least nine people dead and several others injured. Among the victims was a 10-year-old child, as confirmed by local media. Gospel singer and pastor Mike Kalambay was performing at the 80,000-seat Martyrs Stadium in Kinshasa when…
After many years of wearing the toga of invincibility, the overall head of the Mushin, Lagos drug cartel, 57-year-old Alhaji Sulaiman Jimoh (alias Olowoidiogede, popularly known as Temo), has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at his enclave after an initial resistance from him and his horde of hoodlums….
Troops of 6 brigade Nigeria Army – Sector 3 operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) in conjunction with other security agencies have apprehended 10 kidnap suspects in multiple operations across Taraba state. This is according to a press statement by Captain Oni Olubodunde, acting assistant director, 6 brigade Army public relations. Captain Olubodunde stated that the operations…
Two first-year female students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, were allegedly r@ped by suspected armed robbers. The suspected armed robbers invaded the students’ apartments around 12:30 am on Monday, July 22, 2024, forcibly taking the survivors’ personal belongings. A source at the school, requesting anonymity for fear of victimisation,…
A police Inspector attached to the Rapid Response Squad and three civilians, including a teenage girl, have been k!lled as gunmen attacked a police patrol team in Aba, Abia State. The gunmen who operated in a Toyota Sienna bus were said to have opened fire on a police patrol team along Mosque street by Ngwa…
A Federal High Court in Abuja has acquitted Hon. Gbenga Makanjuola and Kolawole Shittu, former aides to ex-Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki, of N3.5 billion fraud charges. Following the ruling, Makanjuola expressed relief and gratitude. “To God be the glory, I have been vindicated. It’s been a tough journey for almost eight years, but I…
The Cross River House of Assembly, has called for thorough investigations into the disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Dorcas Paul Ojong, an indigene of the state, servicing in Anambra State. The assembly passed a resolution on Thursday, July 18, 2024, urging the Attorney-General of the federation and the Director-General, National Youth…
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Thursday confirmed the death of a 19-year-old boy who was allegedly beaten to death by his father. Hundeyin said the crime was reported to the Alagbado Police Division on Tuesday. He said the suspect, identified as Olumide, gave his son, Adeyemi a deep cut…
Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed the proceedings in the money laundering case against former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, brought by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), to September 25. The court announced on Wednesday that the case would proceed despite the defendant’s appeal. Bello’s attorney had…
Students in Ogun State, under the auspices of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and National Association of Ogun State Students (NAOSS), on Tuesday protested the death of a student of Gateway Polytechnic, Idowu Pelumi David, who was allegedly killed by a hit-and-run driver. Idowu, a ND 1 of Public Administration, was reportedly crushed to…
Kenyan police said Saturday that they had found more bags filled with dismembered female body parts in a grisly discovery at a rubbish dump that has horrified and angered the country. Detectives have been scouring the site in the Nairobi slum of Mukuru since the mutilated corpses of at least six women were found on…
The Federal Government has brought charges against eight Chinese nationals and one Nigerian for engaging in illegal mining activities in the Lokpaukwu community of Umuchieze, Umunneochi Local Government Area, Abia State. In a statement released by Segun Tomori, the Special Assistant on Media to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, the suspects were apprehended by…
The Nigeria Police Force has confirmed the release of a skit maker and prankster, Zion Ubani, better known as Zfancy. Report recalls that the NPF-National Cybercrime Centre had on Thursday, July 4, arrested Zfancy in Abuja over prank videos accusing him of heinous crimes, including rape. However, the Force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, ACP Olumuyiwa…
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) from the Iddo Police Division of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command have arrested Nuhu Ezra, who was found in possession of human remains. The arrest took place on July 9, 2024, around 9:00 pm in Gosa Kipikipi village, Lugbe, Abuja. Acting on credible intelligence, police found Ezra…
A watchmaker, Oludayo Oladele, Awodeji Muyiwa and a herbseller, Jelili Kareem were Tuesday sentenced to death for robbing and killing a corps member, Adebayo Mukaila in Osogbo, Osun State capital. The duo had on January 28, 2020 the Omo-West area robbed and killed Adebayo, a corps member and recharge card vendor at his shop in…
The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, John Tsoho, has denied former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello’s request to transfer his money laundering trial from Abuja to the Lokoja division of the court. In a letter dated July 2, Chief Judge Tsoho outlined the reasons for rejecting the transfer. He cited a pending appeal…
A Nigerian man has been jailed in the United Kingdom for violently assaulting and raping a woman who later jumped from a window to escape. Oladip Oshodi, 48, of Dagenham, East London, appeared at Snaresbrook Crown Court on Friday, 5 July 2024, where he was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for two counts of…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has asked INTERPOL in North African countries Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Sudan and Algeria to place former Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello, on its watchlist. The Nation reports that the antigraft agency took the decision based on credible intelligence. Sources in the agency were quoted to have said…
Unknown gunmen opened fire on a patrol vehicle, killing three vigilante operatives and a teenager in the Umuaka community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. It was gathered that the vigilantes were on patrol on Sunday evening, July 7, 2024, in the community when the gunmen attacked them near Afor Umuaka and…
As part of measures to stop the smuggling of Premium Motor Spirit, popularly called petrol, from Nigeria to neighbouring countries, the Federal Government has detained five fuel tankers and sealed three filling stations in border towns. It was also gathered on Sunday that the continued anti-smuggling operations of the Federal Government through the Nigeria Customs…
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers killed a woman in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti state capital. The incident which has caused panic among residents of the area occurred along NTA Road, Ado Ekiti around 7 am on Saturday, July 6, 2024. The woman, whose identity is not yet ascertained, was shot dead by the gunmen…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate where large consignments of the class A drug meant for export and local distribution were recovered. According to the NDLEA, the syndicate is headed by a couple: Agbakoba John Mmadu, and Agbakoba Ijeoma Chinwe…
In a recent attack, bandits have abducted two journalists and their family members in Kaduna State. The assailants invaded Danhonu 2 community in Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area, targeting the homes of AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation newspaper and AbdulRaheem Aodu of the Blueprint Newspaper. The victims, along with their wives and children, were…
The Ogun State Police Command has initiated an investigation into the alleged killing of betting agent Anuoluwapo Abiodun by a police officer. Anuoluwapo Abiodun, a Moshood Abiola Polytechnic graduate, was reportedly shot at the entrance of his shop in the Imala Elega area by a police officer suspected of being intoxicated. Witnesses reported that the…
Some officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, also known as Amotekun were injured on Friday following an attack by a group of people suspected to be herdsmen in Akure, the state capital. It was gathered that the corps arrested some cows which allegedly ruined farmlands in Osi and Igboba Communities in the North…
A 30-year-old teacher, Rebecca Joynes, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison for engaging in sexual activity with two of her teenage students. What went down The trial revealed that Joynes had groomed both boys, who were 15 years old at the time, by first connecting with them through social media….
Ghanaian chef, Chef Ebenezer Smith, has been arrested and detained on allegations of fraud. According to Accra-based Asaase Radio, he was arrested just hours after he held a press conference at the La Palm Royal Beach Hotel in Accra, where he announced that he is the latest Guinness World Record holder for the longest…
CALABAR—Five police officers attached to the Zone 6 Police Headquarters in Cross River State are currently in custody for allegedly abducting and fraudulently extorting N3 million from their unnamed victim. The incident, Vanguard learned, happened while the team was on patrol along the Ikom-Calabar highway. A statement by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer,…
Bandits have killed Dr Tiri Gyang, a lecturer at the Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State. Two of his children and two other women were also abducted during the midnight onslaught in the school neighbourhood. The deceased, Dr Gyang, was the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Agriculture at the University. Sources said the bandits invaded…
