A 67-year-old blind grandpa, Aliyu Adebiyi and a leper, Haruna Abdullahi are presently in the hands of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for alleged drug trafficking. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement, explained that, “Adebiyi was caught with ...

By John Alechenu & Omeiza Ajayi, ABUJA THE Presidential Campaign Council, PCC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to arrest and prosecute the Presidential Candidate of the ...

A serial killer, Robert Maudsley also called Hannibal the Cannibal, has set a new world record for being in solitary confinement since 1979. According to Mirror on Saturday, Maudsley, who was already serving life for murder, killed two fellow prisoners in Wakefield jail and has now spent a record ...

By Odun Edward, Ilorin One of the principal suspects in the resumed trial of Offa bank robbery case at the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, Ayoade Akinnibosun, yesterday, told the court how the former Commander, Intelligence Response Team (IRT) squad, ACP Abba Kyari, offered him N10 million to ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that its office in Enugu South Local Government Area has been attacked by gunmen a few weeks to the general election. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated ...

The Lagos State Government has arraigned Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Mr. Drambi Vandi, for the alleged killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day. The State preferred a one-count charge of murder contrary to Section 223 of the Criminal Law of Lagos ...

By  Sharon Osaji A Nigerian woman, Abiola Akinremi, who is a care home worker has been jailed for seven months in the United Kingdom for stealing almost £20,000 from the savings of vulnerable residents. Akinremi, 41, was said to have abused her position as an administrator at the facility in ...

A 23-year-old student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Awoleye Joshua Oluwatofunmi, has been arrested by the state police command for allegedly swindling an African-American lady, Vonapolous Moss from the state of Indiana in America. Awoleye, a suspected internet fraudster, allegedly ...

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a student of the College of Health Technology Mubi, Adamawa state, Komi Yusuf, for matcheting his cousin to death in Prambe community, Dumne Development Area, Song Local Government Area on January 4th, 2023, IGBERETV reports. Speaking to newsmen, ...

Wife of DG SSS orders arrest of Kano NNPP guber candidate, directs personnel to kill his aide at Kano airport Aisha Bichi, the wife of the director-general of the State Security Service, SSS, Yusuf Bichi, has ordered the arrest of the Kano governorship candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, ...

A 49-year-old, Lawrence Itakpe, has been arraigned before a Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly killing his wife, Rebecca, at their house in the Ajah area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect and the deceased, who were married for 11 years with two kids, had an ...

Hoodlums, armed with guns and other dangerous weapons, invaded the facility around 8 p.m. on Saturday, shooting sporadically By Abdulqudus Ogundapo An office of the Presidential Campaign Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been vandalised in Ilesa, Osun State. ...

By Ogaga Ariemu The founder of DAAR Communications Limited, Chief Raymond Dokpesi, has been allegedly arrested by the police in the United Kingdom. According to This Day Newspaper, a source confirmed the development on Sunday. The source disclosed that Dokpesi was arrested in London ...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has frozen 126 bank accounts belonging to a suspected drug lord, Nsofor Chukwukadibia. The accounts domiciled in various commercial banks, had cash inflows of N4.3bn and outflows of N7.9bn, while over N50bn had passed through them. This was contained in ...

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen have abducted an unspecified number of passengers from a train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer, Chidi Nwabuzor who confirmed the incident in a statement, said several persons were injured ...

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old woman known as Amina Guguwa of Miya Village for killing her co-wife, Amina Koli. This is as the command also arrested another man for allegedly killing his wife. This was contained in a press statement by the command’s Police Public ...

A man identified as Igwechukwu Charles Igweka, from Ukpor in Nnewi South Local Government Area has been reportedly killed by unknown gunmen. The man was said to have been killed just two days to his wedding ceremony, which was to hold on Saturday, January 7. The young man, who was said to ...

A married man, Nuhu Umar Usman, 40, mistook his second wife, Ladi Nuhu Dangarfa for a kidnapper and shot her dead in the middle of the night in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Confirming the incident on Friday, Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Wakil in a ...

Akwa Ibom State police command has apprehended one Akpan Okon Akpan who allegedly burnt his friend to death following a disagreement over a phone charger. Parading the suspect alongside other suspects who engaged in various crimes at the command headquarters, Ikot Akpanabia, Uyo, the Commissioner ...

John C. Azu A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has stopped the Department of State Security Services (DSS) and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, from arresting and detaining the Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, over alleged terrorism.  ...

Mrs Raheem was shot in the Ajah area of Lagos inside her car while she was returning from an outing with her family. The Lagos branch of the Nigerian Bar Association will monitor the trial of ASP Drambi Vandi, the policeman that shot and killed Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem in Lagos on ...

•Sanwo-Olu promises speedy justice, as IG  assures  public  •Atiku, Tinubu call for police reforms •HURIWA, RULAAC demand immediate prosecution of trigger-happy policeman Alex Enumah, Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Rebecca Ejifoma in Lagos The Lagos State Police yesterday arrested an ...

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has condemned the shooting and killing of Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, a lawyer who was allegedly shot and killed by a Policeman attached to Ajiwe Police Station, Ajah, Lagos State, IGBERETV reports. A statement released by CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, ...

Ishola Oyenusi, prevalently known as Doctor Oyenusi, was a famously outfitted burglar who threatened the individuals of Lagos and other neighboring urban areas during the 1970s. Ishola Oyenusi and his posse of six were exceptionally talented in grabbing vehicles, looting banks, manufacturing ...

By Daud Olatunji Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 26-year-old man, Adeyemi Babatunde, for allegedly killing a 46-year-old driver, Obafunsho Ismail, over a minor argument. The incident occurred on December 8, 2022, around 8pm when the suspect, who drove a Lexus SUV with a ...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba says the police has devised strategies to arrest and prosecute politicians moving on election days with tonnes of cash for vote buying. Baba stated this on Monday in Abuja at a one-day Stakeholders Summit on Addressing the Influence of Money on the ...

Two Camerounians imprisoned for acquiring fake visas from them, says Hundeyin Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old fake visa issuer, Peter Oghenekome, and his 57-year-old accomplice, Friday Boro, in Satellite town, Lagos. The duo have been issuing fake ...

The unknown gunmen causing havoc in the Southeastern part of the country have again, destroyed another government facility in Imo State. The assailants reportedly set ablaze the building housing the high court and magistrates’ court in Orlu, Imo State, leading to the destruction of some ...

A man in Adamawa State had the tip of one of his fingers bitten off by an angry youth who accused him of staring at his mother. Aliyu Adamu, 18, has confessed to his aggression against 50-year-old Yautai Adamu for allegedly looking at his 40-year-old mother. The boy, his mother and the victim ...

A few days after the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was set ablaze by unknown gunmen in Ebonyi State, another facility belonging to the commission has been burnt down. The development was disclosed on Sunday by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information ...

In a video being shared via WhatsApp, a husband and his wife were seen paraded naked carrying the murdered, butchered and mutilated bodies of a man and woman round the town while being escorted to the police station by people. It was gathered that the murdered were their family friends and on that ...

Solomon Bello, a 35-year-old pastor has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was found guilty of possessing human body parts by an Akure Magistrates’ Court. Prior to his conviction, Bello was dragged before the court on two counts of conspiracy and unlawful possession. The Chief ...

An Ekiti State Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has sentenced 21-year-old Owolabi Olamide to four years imprisonment with hard labour, after he was found guilty of a five-count charge that included a break-in, stealing and escape from police custody. The convict was arraigned before ...

A 27-year-old suspected internet fraudster, otherwise known as Yahoo boy, Obeta John, has allegedly killed his girlfriend, Idowu Buhari over claims that she refused to remit to him, a proceed of fraud paid into the girl’s account by a victim. The victim, an HND 1 student of Mass Communication, ...

An alleged member of the proscribed group, Eastern Security Network (ESN) has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command. David Eric Uchenna 19, who also goes by the name Ibrahim Muhammed was arrested by the police at Kofar Sauri Quarters in the Katsina metropolis, following a tip-off ...

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) arrested two suspected abductors on Tuesday. The operatives also rescued a female victim inside their car around the Presbyterian Church in Yaba, Lagos. A statement on Wednesday by General Manager Bolaji Oreagba said the suspects were nabbed ...

NDLEA arrests wanted Abia drug kingpin, declares another wanted. Seals hotels, mansions, bank accounts linked to them, recovers exotic vehiclesOne of two brothers who serve as major sources of illicit drug supplies in South East and South South parts of the country, Onyeaghalachi Stephen Nwagwugwu, ...

One Idowu Talabi said to be a native doctor, has allegedly killed his 30-year-old co-tenant, Isau Oluwatobiloba, in Ogun State. DAILY POST learnt that the suspect was arrested by the police on Sunday, following a report lodged at the Ikenne Division. The wife of the victim had reported that she ...

Labour Party (LP) women leader in Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Mrs Victoria Chintex has been killed by unknown gunmen at her residence. Edward Buju, Labour Party Publicity Secretary in Southern Kaduna Senatorial Zone, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Kaduna. According to ...

The Police have arrested a 20-year-old woman, Maryam Ibrahim for allegedly killing her co-wife, Hafsat Ibrahim with a pestle in Bauchi State. Police Public Relations Officer of the Bauchi State command, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, who made this known to journalists through a press release on Monday ...

Three secondary school students have been arrested by the police for gang-raping a 14-year-old SSS 1 girl in Ondo State. The suspects identified as Idris Matthew,17, Olawale Tobi, 18 and Ajayi Micheal, 17, carried out the crime in Akure High School in the Akure South Local Government Area of the ...

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara has lamented various forms of abuse Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) are subjected to across the centres, especially in the North-Eastern part of the country. He revealed that the Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC) compiled a ...

The Nigeria Police Force has declared Victoria Yemisi Imasi, CEO of Yellowpoint Group wanted.The publication shows that the 46-year-old is wanted for fraud, obtaining money under false pretense, and stealing in Lagos by the assistant inspector general of the police Criminal Investigation ...

Gunmen suspected to be ritualists have killed two security guards at Ikare Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The gunmen were said to have cut off the hands and heads of the deceased persons after they were killed. The attacks took place in a popular ...

The Edo State Police Command has arrested two female students of Adesuwa Secondary School, Benin, for allegedly assaulting a teacher. SP Chidi Nwabuzor, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Friday in Benin City. Nwabuzor said preliminary ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is set to rehabilitate Nigerians prosecuted for internet fraud. The programme targets youths that have been convicted for “yahoo yahoo” related offences. EFCC Chairman Abdulrasheed Bawa gave the hint during a meeting with Citizenship and ...

A suspected ritualist in Ota area of Ogun State had reportedly killed a seven-year-old girl, whose parents are from Togo. DAILY POST reports that the incident happened around 7 am on Thursday at Kilani Street, Iyana Iyesi area of Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun. It was gathered ...

The Federal High Court in Ilorin has convicted two persons, Daniel Atekojo James, who claimed to be a Black American female on Snapchat and Atadoga Samuel from Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, over offences bordering on internet fraud. They were charged before Justice Sani of the ...

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a man identified as Larry Adebayo Adewumi and his wife Okereke Olufunmilayo, with one Adebowale Sanni over their alleged involvement in the abduction and killing of a popular hotelier, Otunba Abayomi Ajayi Smith, the Director of Rolak ...

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command says it has arrested an alleged serial fraudster who specialized in impersonating legal practitioners and senior law enforcement officers to defraud unsuspecting members of the public. A statement titled “FCT police arrest 61 years old fake assistant ...