By Ochogwu Sunday A woman identified as Rahimat Salaum has allegedly killed her husband in the Pegi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh confirmed this in a statement Tuesday. She said the woman was arrested by operatives of the ...

By Priscilla Dennis A 29-year-old, Mizanmil Abubakar, has confessed that his hatred for his father pushed him to murder him. The suspect committed the patricide in the Barin-Sale area of Minna, the capital of Niger State. The Niger State Police Command Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, ...

The Lagos State Police Command has rescued a two-month-old baby boy from a couple, Mr and Mrs James Uwam, during the naming ceremony of the child in the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Saturday, said the couple paid N2,350,000 to buy the baby ...

A murder suspect, Kehinde Ganiyu, 50, has disclosed that he killed and used his sick friend’s throat for ritual soap in a bid to seek prosperity. He added that he visited his sick friend at Odebiyi’s compound, Oba-Oke in the Olorunda local government area of Osun State on Thursday July 18, 2024, ...

Fear, shock, and disbelief are the words to describe the reactions of many filmmakers and movie stars in Rivers State where the slain billionaire kidnapper, Henry Odenigbo, held sway as an actor and film producer before he met his Waterloo on July 4 in Lagos. Ode, as he was popularly called, was ...

By Sunny Green Itodo Embattled American music mogul, Sean Combs, aka Diddy, has been implicated in the 1996 murder of rapper Tupac Shakur. The Bad Boys Records boss is accused of paying $1 million for Shakur’s assassination by suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis, who was arrested for the murder last ...

No fewer than two first-year female students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, were allegedly raped by suspected robbers on Monday. PUNCH Online learnt that around 12:30 am, suspected armed robbers invaded the students’ apartments, forcibly taking the ...

By Chris Johnson Gunmen suspected to be bandits invaded Mbacher community in Mbacher Council Ward, Katsina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State on Friday night, killing 18 people. Sources from the local government told our correspondent that the attack took place around 11:00 pm, despite the ...

By Racheal Ayodele Popular American singer, Sean Kingston has been indicted for participating in a $1 million wire fraud scheme. Sean Kingston was indicted on Friday, alongside his mother, Janice Turner, in a Miami federal court. The scheme allegedly involved making payments through banks that ...

By Enahoro Iyemefokhai Edo State Police Command has narrated how a 17-year-old, Arthur Angel Jr. killed his 70-year-old father, Arthur Judah Angel over some money expected from Amnesty International. DAILY POST reports that the Public Relations Officer of the Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who spoke ...

By Seun Opejobi The United States Secret Service and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, identified Thomas Mathew Crooks as the shooter in the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. Crooks attempted to assassinate Trump during the latter’s campaign rally in Butler, ...

A 28-year-old man, yesterday, narrated how he convinced his wife to sell their two-year-old baby to raise money for him to travel out of the country. The father of one, a labourer, identified as Uchenna Eziekwe and his wife, Chineye (22), were arrested while enquiring how to sell their baby boy ...

A UK jury on Tuesday convicted child serial killer Lucy Letby of attempting to murder another baby girl at the hospital neo-natal unit where she worked. It comes nearly a year after a different jury convicted the former nurse of murdering seven newborn babies and attempting to kill six others, ...

By Jim Ochetenwu A quarrel between a man and his wife over a miniskirt that the wife was wearing has claimed the husband’s life. Trouble started one night when the man, Patrick John, returned home from a drinking joint and met his pregnant wife in a miniskirt, a piece of clothing that he ...

About 20 travellers have been reportedly kidnapped along the Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway by gunmen on Sunday at about 9. pm The gunmen were said to have ambushed the travellers between Sagamu Area Command of the Nigeria Police and Ilisan township. Ilisan Development Council Chairman, Wemmy ...

By Nsikak Nseyen No fewer than six people were killed and 15 others injured in a suicide attack in Gwoza, Borno. The tragedy occurred when a suicide bomber detonated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Gwoza town. NAN reports that the attack took place at a busy motor park known as ...

By Ochogwu Sunday No fewer than 47 suspects have been arrested by troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army Kaduna for allegedly vandalizing rail tracks. In a statement posted on its official X handle on Saturday, the Nigerian Army Headquarters said the operation was carried out on June 26, 2024, during ...

Two policemen have been shot dead while one was injured following an attack on their checkpoint by unknown gunmen in Aba. This is barely one month after some yet-to-be-identified gunmen also attacked a military checkpoint at Obikabia junction killed five soldiers and burnt their patrol vans. ...

By Casmir Nwankwo The Ishieke Police Division in Ebonyi local government area of Ebonyi State came under heavy attack by unknown gunmen on Wednesday night. During the gun duel, five of the unknown gunmen were reportedly killed by the police. DAILY POST learnt that the incident started around ...

By John Gabriel Suspected bandits have killed the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, Prof. Yusuf Saidu. Prof. Saidu, who was DVC Research, Innovation, and Development at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto, met his untimely death on his way from Sokoto to Kaduna on ...

Office of the Secretary to Delta State Government has raised alarm over the criminal activities of fraudsters impersonating SSG Delta, and obtaining money by false pretense in exchange for nonexistent political appointments. SSG Delta, Dr Kingsley Emu, in a statement on Thursday and made ...

Residents say gunmen on motorbikes arrived in Maidabino village in Katsina state and started shooting sporadically. At least seven people were killed and 100 kidnapped on Saturday night when gunmen attacked a rural community in Nigeria’s northwestern Katsina state, residents and police ...

The Lagos State Police Command has clarified that the officers involved in the incident that led to okadamen (commercial bike riders) killing one person were on illegal duty. It was also noted that they had been detained. Furthermore, the police authorities said the dead was not a policeman, but a ...

Gunmen have kidnapped a pregnant woman, simply identified as Mrs. Ogunbunmi, in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital. Mrs. Ogunbunmi, who is due for delivery, was said to have left her home in Oke Lantoro, to the state Hospital, Ijaiye, Abeokuta. It was gathered that her husband, Ogunbunmi Lateef, ...

By Timi Owolabi An irate mob in Bauchi has killed a man simply identified as Yunusa after he was accused of making blasphemous comments against Prophet Muhammad. The incident was said to have taken place on Wednesday at about 3:00 pm in Nasaru community, located in the Ningi Local Government Area ...

By Ameh Comrade Godwin Kugbo mechanic village, located along the Keffi-Abuja road, is currently on fire following the death of a mechanic identified as Yellow Bobo. DAILY POST gathered that Yellow Bobo was allegedly stabbed to death by a soldier during an argument, after which the soldier fled ...

By Ochogwu Sunday An unspecified number of bandits have attacked the headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Command in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital. DAILY POST gathered that the assailants invaded the Command’s headquarters in the early hours of Monday amid sporadic ...

Armed men suspected to be terrorists have killed six people and abducted many others at a village in Gwadabawa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The gunmen were said to have stormed Tudun Doki village at about 1:30 am on Sallah day. The Public Relations Officer of the Police Command in ...

Residents of Labinkulu community in Moniya area of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State have been thrown into mourning as a 24-year-old man, Abass Olalere was reportedly butchered by a yet-to-be identified 12-man gang. Vanguard gathered that the gang invaded the house of the deceased on ...

In a bid to expedite the recapture of escaped prisoners, the Nigerian Correctional Service has released the database of inmates who fled from the Suleja Medium Security Custodial Centre. The escape, which has raised significant security concerns, prompted immediate action from the NCoS. The ...

A 37-year-old suspected ritualist arrested by police detectives in Ondo state, Yusuf Adinohi, has confessed that he took to the business of selling human skulls to save his sick mother. Adinohi, who was paraded by the state police command in Akure, was arrested in Isua-Akoko area of the state ...

By Gift Oba A 25-year-old woman named Temitope Adetanju has been arrested for allegedly inserting a piece of firewood into the vagina of a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) for stealing in Isewo, Obada Oko, Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was gathered that the victim had stolen ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked the Abaji Divisional Police headquarters in Abuja and robbed a branch of a commercial bank in the area. The assailants, numbering about 15, invaded the bank and the police facility simultaneously on Thursday evening at about 5:00 PM. ...

A 27-year-old lady identified as Oluchi Nzemechi, from Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo State, is now cooling off in the police net for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Kelechi Nzemechi, to death due to a disagreement over the sharing formula of proceeds from their internet business, Yahoo ...

By Alex Akinrogbe The Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS, has threatened to unravel the circumstances leading to the mysterious escape of an inmate from the Sapele Correctional Centre, Delta State, and punish those implicated in the incident. Paul Michael is said to have escaped mysteriously ...

Rex Heuermann, the alleged Gilgo Beach serial killer, will be back in court on Thursday to face additional charges in connection ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryfTjK9lxa8 source

By Jim Ochetenwu A Lexus SUV RX 330, which was stolen in Awka, Anambra State, has been recovered by the Adamawa State Police Command. The command, which disclosed this in a press release, also said two people had been arrested over the car theft. “On May 20, 2024, the Adamawa State Police ...

By Abdul Babajide Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Saturday stormed some clubs and lounges in Akure, the Ondo State capital, where suspected internet fraudsters were arrested. Among the suspects arrested by the anti-graft agency was a groom-to-be who was picked ...

By Priscilla Dennis No fewer than 20 persons were allegedly killed by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect at Bassa community in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. Out of the 20 deceased, 10 youths were purportedly slaughtered and their heads handed over to members of the community ...

Rex Heuermann, the man suspected of killing four women in Long Island and dumped their bodies alongside a remote highway ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhAsq1UzbgI source

By Gift Oba One Dauda Jolaosho, a resident of Alako Nla village, along Kobape Road, Abeokuta, has alleged that his neighbor shot and killed his wife over unpaid solar light debt. Jolaosho, 44, who is a fish farmer, alleged on Wednesday that his neighbour and friend, Saheed Olawale, a timbre ...

By Gift Oba A landlord named Apeh Benjamin has been reported dead after a heated argument with his tenant in Aribabu village, Sotubo, Ogun State. DAILY POST reports that the argument was triggered by the tenant’s unpaid rent. The tenant, simply identified as Emmanuel, had in the process, ...

By Francis Ugwu A Georgia man, Jordan Talley, 27, from the United States of America, has been arrested for beating his girlfriend and killing a man who attempted to intervene in the altercation. According to Fox News, Talley has been charged with manslaughter and domestic battery. The report ...

By Amos Tauna The Gombe State Police Command, has paraded a 13-year-old suspect over the rape of an eight-year-old girl in Akko local government area of the state. Two others, an 18-year-old Usman Husseini and 45-year-old Mohammed Yaya, were also paraded on Friday by the police for allegedly ...

When the Katsina State Governor, Dr Umaru Dikko Radda recently described banditry as a business venture for some highly placed individuals in the country, some felt the governor of the Northwestern State was merely exaggerating issues out of context. But he didn’t stop there as he also said ...

The Kogi State police command has said two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, have been killed. Recall that on May 9, gunmen invaded the university and abducted students, who were preparing for their examinations. On May 14, Kingsley ...

OAKLAND — A 29-year-old woman has been freed from jail despite a pending murder case against her, after her lawyer accused the victim of sexual assault and argued that the lone witness was an abusive boyfriend who is now cooperating with police. Yeimy Riera, was freed from jail during a ...

Federal prosecutors announced charges Monday against a 23-year-old Taiwanese man they allege ran one of the world's largest illegal online drug marketplaces, which they said facilitated more than $100 million in narcotics sales. Rui-Siang Lin, also known as "Pharoah" and "faro," was arrested ...

The Special Intelligence Squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Commandant General has dismantled an illegal refining site containing over 100,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Adobi settlement, Etche Local Government Area, Rivers State. According to the commander of the squad, ...

By Enahoro Iyemefokhai Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have allegedly killed one Johnbull Osagiede after collecting a ransom of N9 million from the victim’s family in Edo State. DAILY POST gathered that the incident happened at Evbohen quarters in Idumebo community in Orhionmwon Local ...