An 11 year old girl, identified as Margaret Joshua has died in Jos as a result of alleged physical abuse by her guardian, Mrs. Nneamaka Nwachuku, a Microbiologist who works in one of the Research Institutes in Vom, Jos South local government area of Plateau State.Vanguard reports that the victim ...

James was the Director of Finance at the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) in Lagos. He died Tuesday night after a drunk corporal, Abayomi Ebun, knocked him down with a car. James was walking to his residence inside the barracks when the accident occurred. The late General was ...

Cousin Of Nigerian Ambassador To Kenya Detains, Starves Wife For One Year In Yobe, Family Demands Justice A middle-aged woman, Sadiya who is married to one Ibrahim Yunusa Bature, has been rescued by her mother after her husband detained her in his house for one year without food.Sadiya, who ...

  TEN members of a family in Toru-Ndoro and Bulou-Ndoro communities in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa State were reportedly locked up in an iron cell over ownership of creeks and lands.They are now demanding justice.The family, identified as the Otubo, accused the Chairmen of the ...

The Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad of the National Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has arrested two suspects involved in the printing, sales and distribution of fake US dollar notes. The arrested suspects are Ya’u Muhammed, 65, from Warji LGA of Bauchi State and Lamido ...

Fleeing Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi Kazeem (a.k.a Alhaji Abdallah Kazeem Muhammed) has finally been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) 10 days after he was declared wanted for offences bordering on exportation and ...

The police in Ogun State have arrested three men for allegedly snatching a car in Abeokuta. The suspected car snatchers were identified by the Ogun State police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi, as Moses Adewale Abiodun, Seyi Oyenekan and Monsuru Majekodunmi. Oyeyemi said they were apprehended on ...

Two people were reportedly killed while many were injured in a farmers/herdsmen clash at Cukuma village, Suletankarkar local Government Area of Jigawa State. The State Police Commissioner, Effiom Emmanuel Ekot, confirmed the incident to newsmen in his office. He said some groups of youth with ...

Marvelous Awolowo, a 19-year-old teenager has been sentenced to 12 months in jail for cybercrime offences. He was sentenced by Justice Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday. Awolowo, popularly otherwise known as Bryan Evan and Sandra Katy, who hails from ...

A 16-year-old boy, identified as Precious, has admitted to raping his brother’s wife and nine other girls following his arrest by Amotekun corps. According to Precious, he entered the room where his brother’s wife was sleeping naked and proceeded to lay on her. He confessed to the crime when he ...

Top South African Lawmaker, Zanele Sifuba Accuses Nigerian Governor, Douye Diri Of Leaking Her Sex Tape, Describes Him As Her Lover Zanele Sifuba, the Speaker of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) Free State legislature has accused Douye Diri, a Nigerian politician and Governor of ...

A 30-year-old man, Yusuf Yusuf Olarewaju, on Friday appeared before Justice Adebayo Yusuf of a Kwara State High Court in Ilorin charged with internet fraud-related offences. Arraigned by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a one-count charge, ...

Gunmen suspected to be robbers, on Thursday evening, attacked a bullion van in Ufuma, Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra State. A source who spoke to DAILY POST said the bullion van was conveying cash to an undisclosed location when the gunmen trailed them to the agrarian community of ...

The Jigawa State Consumer Protection Committee said it has burnt adulterated foodstuff worth two million naira in Babura and Gumel local government areas of the state. The chairman of the committee, Alhaji Farouk Abdallah Malammadori said the items, including bags of sesame, hibiscus, beans and ...

A woman has assaulted Inspector, Endurance Ogene, a female officer serving at the Enerhen Division in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.The woman also injured a commercial tricycle operator, Victor Dickson.DAILY POST reports that the Policewoman was trying to make peace by separating a ...

A police witness in the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected killer of the Super TV CEO, Usifo Ataga, Monday said the accused had sexual relations with her foster father, Onoh Ojukwu.The police witness, Olusegun Bamidele, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, made the revelation during a ...

NDLEA alerts on plot to introduce lethal synthetic opioid, fentanyl to Nigerian market. Asks parents, other stakeholders to spread awareness among loved onesThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says it has uncovered plans by some unscrupulous elements to introduce a lethal synthetic ...

A 54-year-old man, Ojo Joseph, has been arrested for setting ablaze five of his step children at Fagun crescent area of Ondo town, in Ondo  Local Government Area of Ondo state. THISDAY gathered that Ojo allegedly poured petrol into the room where the children were sleeping and set them on fire ...

The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the death of five persons who were shot during a cult clash in the Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. The incident took place inside an estate close to Immigration Training School in Umuigwe community in Ehuda kingdom. The command’s ...

ISTP:Contrary to the rumoured sentencing of social media celebrity, Ramon Abbas, popularly known as ‘Hushpuppi’, indications have emerged that the sentencing will be held on Monday, November 7.There were reports on Friday that Hushpuppi had been sentenced to 11 years in prison in the United States, ...

A native doctor simply identified as Nonso, from Umuona in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has been arrested for trying to bury his lover and her two children alive.He was tried on Wednesday in a Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Awka, and has been remanded in prison custody, on an ...

One woman was raped while unconscious several times over at least seven years- The case came about when the woman found naked pictures of herself in a chat- The four men, K, M, L and N, pleaded guilty to two charges of conspiracy to rapeFour friends who drugged their wives, watched as they raped ...

By Nicholas Kalu,Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig Gen Buba Marwa (Rtd) on Thursday said drug barons were assassinating operatives of the agency in the renewed fight against drug abuse in the country.Marwa said this when he appeared before the House of ...

Three out of four suspects who gang-raped a 13-year-old girl have been arrested in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.The suspects identified as Sunday, Emelie, and Chiedu, all co-tenants of the victim's father, have been handed over to the Nigerian Police in Awka, the ...

By Ronald AdamolekunStaff of the British unit of commodity trader Glencore as well as middlemen conveyed cash by way of private jets to pay bribes to officials based in West Africa, prosecutors said at a London court on Wednesday.Glencore, headquartered in Switzerland, owned up to seven counts of ...

NDLEA declares Lagos drug baron wanted, arrests kingpin behind cocaine shipments . Seals baron's 7 mansions in Lagos, lbadan; blocks N217million in bank accountThe National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared wanted Lagos socialite and owner of Adekaz Hotels, Alhaji Ademola Afolabi ...

A 36-year-old man identified as Mayowa Dele has been arraigned for allegedly killing his girlfriend and removing her private parts in Lagos.The incident occurred in the Ijegun area of Lagos State.It was learnt that Dele was arrested while he was cooking the body parts of the victim, identified as ...

A Lagos High Court sitting in the Tafawa Balewa Square area of Lagos Island has heard how Chidinma Ojukwu, the key suspect in the murder of Ataga Usifo, late Super TV CEO, transferred about N5m from his account hours after his death.The details came to light during the testimony of the ninth ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that it has identified and commenced disciplinary actions against 23 Registration Officers behind the attempt to register fake voters ahead of the 2023 general elections.The Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) had raised ...

An ex-convict, Mercy Orija, has reportedly raped a 12-year-old pupil, Janet Fakeye, to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State.The suspect reportedly went into hiding shortly after he committed the offence at Fehintoluwa Community Development Association in Idiya, Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of the ...

By Michael Olugbode:Four persons wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilogrammes (16 tonnes) of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands top the list of arrests by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in parts of the country in the past week. A statement ...

By Deji Elumoye  and  Udora Orizu:The Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF) has called for probe into the recently destroyed vessel used for crude oil theft off the Niger Delta creeks by security operatives, after the vessel was reportedly arrested by a newly-contracted private pipeline surveillance team, ...

The Nigerian military says two suspected fake National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) officials have been arrested in Niger Republic for allegedly enrolling non-Nigerians for National Identity Number (NIN).This was disclosed by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Musa ...

The four police officers with whom Abba Kyari is now facing the charges are Sunday Ubua, an assistant commissioner of police; Bawa James, an assistant superintendent of police; Simon Agirgba, an inspector, and John Nuhu, also an inspector.Emeka Ezenwanne, a convicted cocaine trafficker, on ...

By Alex Enumah:The sixth prosecution witness in the trial of DCP Abba Kyari and four others, Mr Emeka Alphonsus Ezenwanne, yesterday, narrated how he and his colleagues brought cocaine from Ethiopia into Nigeria, via the Enugu International Airport. The witness, who claimed not to be a drug dealer, ...

By Alex Enumah:The federal government on Wednesday arraigned one Idara Godwin, also known as Idara Gold Biafra before the Federal High Court, Abuja, for promoting the activities of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on the Facebook social media platform. In the three-count charge ...

University of Lagos student, Chidinma Ojukwu, accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, has denied killing the deceased in a confessional video that was played before Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square on Tuesday, ...

A Nigerian Tweeter, Dr Ola Sandra Ndukwe has narrated how her Zenith bank account was compromised, in suspected cahoots with a Zenith bank staff. There is an increasing number of complaints from bank account owners whose accounts are tampered with in collusion with bank staff and the big question ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a three-man fraud syndicate, who allegedly defrauded their victims of the sum of $954,960 before the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja.The EFCC docked the alleged fraudster, who presented themselves to their victims as officers of the ...

A woman who poisoned her former boyfriend’s oatmeal and strangled him with his tie over the custody of their child, has been sentenced to 115 years in prison.Heidi Marie Littlefield, 42, was found guilty of murder and two counts of conspiracy to commit murder, during a seven-day trial in Hamilton ...

The Abia police command says a police officer has been arrested for shooting his colleague.The deceased, identified as Samuel Ugor, a police inspector, was said to have been shot dead following an argument.Speaking at a media briefing, Godfrey Ogbonna, Abia police spokesman, confirmed the incident ...

Two Suspects, Rasheed Dauda and Ayoade Kehinde, have been arrested in Ibadan, Oyo State for possession of human bones.Dauda, 41, and Kehinde 32, were apprehended up by the Oluyole Security Surveillance Team in Oluyole Local Government Area after it received information about the bones hidden in the ...

Police operatives from Adeniyi Adele Divisional Headquarters on Lagos Island of Lagos State have begun manhunt for a lady, who escaped after her sex partner died during romp with her in a popular hotel.P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Crown Inn Hotel, Adeniji Adele area of the ...

PROVIDENCE — A jury has convicted a former corrections officer at the Adult Correctional Institutions of having sexual relations with two female inmates over the course of a year.Collins Umoh, 44, of Warwick, on Thursday was found guilty of three counts of criminal sexual conduct with an ...

A 48-year-old Nigerian man and his Cambodian wife, 37, have been arrested in Phnom Penh for their role in a romance scam.The suspects were arrested by the specialized forces of the Anti-Technology Crime Department in cooperation with the Phnom Penh Municipal Police and the Phnom Penh Municipal ...

Oyindamola, the brother of late Bimbo Ogbonna, wife of Nigerian auto dealer, IVD (Ikechukwu Ogbonna), has said his family members did everything possible to keep Bimbo away from Ikechukwu but she kept on going back to him, IGBERETV reports.In his response to comments on his Instagram page, ...

An unidentified man has been caught stealing a drink “Champari” in one of the supermarkets along Aka Etinan Road in Uyo, the capital of Akwa Ibom State. After he was caught and beaten, he was stripped. Upon interrogation, the man disclosed that he stole the drink to celebrate his birthday. ...

Security Forces have arrested a 10year old bandits informant in Zamfara State. The 10year old said he had killed 3 people with his own hands by shooting them in the chest with a gun. He also said the bandits were giving him five to ten thousand Naira as his own ...

The Nasarawa state Police operatives attached to Mararaba ‘A’ Division in Nasarawa State led by CSP Musa Babayola have arrested one Alice Mulak ‘F’ of Ungwan Gwari, Karu LGA for stabbing her boyfriend to death with a Knife.The Nasarawa state police public relations officer Ramhan Nansel who stated ...

By Wale Igbintade:Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court in Lagos has sentenced Nollywood filmmaker and producer, Olajide Kareem (aka Seun Egbegbe), to seven years imprisonment ‘with hard labour’ for fraud.The court, however, set Kareem free because he had exceeded the imprisonment ...