By Yemi Balogun Bandits have killed one out of seven persons abducted from Kuduru community in Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on December 28, 2023. The bandits who abducted seven persons, including a pregnant woman, also threatened to kill the remaining captives if the ...

By Lovina Anthony The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, said operatives of its Enugu Zonal Command, in collaboration with a Joint Task Force, JTF, arrested a total of 115 suspected currency racketeers along Owerri Road, Ogui, in Enugu State. A statement by the EFCC spokesperson, ...

By Matthew Atungwu The Cross River State Police Command has paraded a 30-year-old man, Amber Ubung, who allegedly macheted his lover for failing to show up in his house on the last Valentine’s Day. The police alleged that Ubung carried out the act when his lover, Blessing Onawu, 25, failed her ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Kaduna Area Commander of the Nigerian Customs Service, NCS, Dalha Wada Chedi, has revealed that bandits have taken control of two fully loaded trucks containing smuggled goods. He said that the criminals hijacked the trucks within a dense forest as they were ...

By Don Silas Former Netherlands international, Quincy Promes has been sentenced to six years in prison for smuggling more than 1,350kg of cocaine. The 32-year-old, who currently plays for Russian Premier League side Spartak Moscow, was charged last May over his alleged involvement in smuggling ...

Operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, have apprehended a suspected serial impersonator, Mr. Femi Adegbemi,56, after collecting the sum of N140,000 from unsuspecting owners of vehicles impounded over traffic infractions in the state. The General Manager of LASTMA Mr. ...

By Ameh Comrade Godwin Benue State, the nation’s food basket, is trapped in an endless crisis. Residents of over 200 villages now find themselves targeted on a daily basis by heavily armed herdsmen, reportedly cloaked in military camouflage. DAILY POST gathered that over the past three months, ...

By Ochogwu Sunday At least three soldiers and two members of a vigilante group have been killed by a militia group terrorizing parts of Nasarawa State. DAILY POST learnt that the incident occurred when the assailants ambushed the soldiers in the Katakpa community of Toto local government area of ...

By John Akinfehinwa Over 150 suspected armed herdsmen have attacked Agojeju-odo in Bagaji-Odoh District of Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing four persons. The lawmaker representing Omala State Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly, Hon. Umar Yahaya disclosed this on ...

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By Priscilla Dennis A 62-year-old man, Adamu Danga, of Bosso Lowcost Area of Minna, the Niger State capital, has been arrested by police officers for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl, claiming he committed the act under the influence of palm wine. Danga, who confessed to luring the victim ...

"This time, in a multi-person video conference, it turns out that everyone you see is fake." Deepfake Scam A multinational company was scammed out of $25.6 million by hackers who fooled employees at the company's Hong Kong branch into believing their digital recreation of its chief financial ...

MARTINEZ — The suspect in a Bay Point homicide has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison as part of a plea deal that required the dismissal of his murder charge, court records show. Donald Robbins, 64, pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the death of 62-year-old Marty ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The armed bandits terrorizing parts of Benue State have attacked three communities in Entekpa Ward, Adoka District of Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. DAILY POST learnt that the attack, which occurred on Sunday night, claimed at least seven lives. According to locals, ...

By John Gabriel The Lagos State Police Command said officers from the Okokomaiko Division on Saturday evening intercepted a Volkswagen LT bus loaded with 70 cartons of expired drugs and arrested two suspects. This was disclosed in a statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin ...

Five bandits, in the early hours of yesterday, carried out a brutal attack on the residence of one Mallam Suleiman Mai Rake, in Unguwar Yayyara, Yantumaki village, Danmusa Local Government Area, Katsina State. The victim, said to be the father of Isa Bawa Yantumaki, a member of the Katsina ...

Fresh facts have emerged that the killers of the Olukoro of Koro in the Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Olusegun Aremu-Cole, perfected the murder plot in a pub, popularly called beer parlour, in the town. Oba Aremu-Cole, a retired senior military officer, was shot dead on Thursday ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo Unidentified gunmen, on Thursday night, invaded Koro community, in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State, killed the community’s monarch, Olukoro of Koro, General Segun Aremu, (rtd) and abducted his wife, alongside two others. Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who ...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have declared an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas, also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye wanted over her alleged deals in illicit substances. According to reports, Aderinoye was declared wanted after she escaped ...

Two Oakland residents were arrested this week in connection with a shooting and attempted catalytic converter theft nearly two years ago in South San Francisco, police said. The incident happened on Bay Court around 4:25 a.m. on Feb. 8, 2022, according to the South San Francisco Police Department. ...

A Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Olusegun Bamidele told the Lagos High Court that Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspected murderer of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, admitted to spiking late Ataga’s drink. Bamidele told Justice Yetunde Adesanya of the Lagos High Court ...

By Lovina Anthony There is anxiety in some parts of the Uyo metropolis following the gruesome murder of an Akwa Ibom Woman by suspected gunmen in the state. It was gathered that the woman, whose name is yet to be ascertained, was beheaded on Sunday night around the banking layout, Udo ...

By Olasunkanmi Akinlotan The Ogun State Police Command says it has launched an investigation to unravel the mystery behind the death of a yet to be identified National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member in the state. The body of the deceased NYSC member was discovered in the Kadesh area of Ogijo. ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Federal Capital Territory Command, has arrested a man planning to sell his eight-year-old son for N20m. Parading suspects at the command, the FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, on Tuesday, said the son’s father, Chinana Tali, was arrested alongside Pius ...

By Emmanuel Ani Activities have been paralysed at the EKITI State University Teaching Hospital, EKSUTH, Ado-Ekiti, as a result of an emergency and indefinite strike declared by labor unions at the hospital following an attack by suspected hoodlums who invaded the medical facility. Reports ...

By Joe Chukindi A mentally unstable man brought for deliverance in a church in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, has allegedly macheted a worshipper during deliverance service. The man was alleged to have picked up a cutlass from the church altar and given the worshiper ...

By Khaleel Muhammad Police in Jigawa State have arrested a 17-year-old boy, Abdulmuminu Tasiu for defrauding a POS vendor the sum of N900,000 in Maigatari Local Government. Spokesman of the command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to DAILY POST. According to the ...

By Priscilla Dennis A suspected rapist, Abubakar Yakubu, who allegedly defiled two minors in Limawa area of Minna, Niger State capital, has disclosed that he committed the act due to lack of confidence to approach mature ladies. The suspect, aged 30, of Limawa area of Minna assaulted little girls ...

A shuttle bus driver, Philip Fiama of Sobande Close, Alagbole, Ajuwon in Ifo local government area of Ogun state has been reportedly stabbed to death after confronting a co-tenant, Ikem Chika Emmanuel over allegation of sleeping with his wife. The sad incident was said to have occurred on Sunday, ...

By Matthew Atungwu A Family Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of one Michael Ayinde, 51 and his son, Abiola, 19, for allegedly raping his daughter and the latter, his sister. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi, who did not take the pleas of the defendants, ordered their remand at ...

By Chris Johnson The Nigeria Police Force has arrested a fake doctor, Igwe Gift Okechukwu, involved in criminal conspiracy, organ trafficking, fraud, cybercrime, stealing, impersonation, cheating, and identity theft. The arrest was made in Nasarawa State by operatives of the Force Criminal ...

By Fadehan Oyeyemi Suspected dare devil men of the underworld on Tuesday evening struck at the popular Abdullahi Supermarket in One Man Village, near Mararaba, killing four customers, including a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The CBN staff identified through his identity card as ...

By Muhammad Bukar The Kano Police Command has apprehended a child trafficking syndicate specialized in stealing children from the Northern Region and selling them for not less than N300,000 each to the Southern States. The Police said they made serious inroads in tackling the outright stealing ...

By Olasunkanmi Akinlotan The police in Ogun State said they have arrested a member of a kidnapping and child trafficking gang, Tayo Adeleke. According to the police, Adeleke and his gang are specialised in kidnapping children to sell in neighbouring Benin Republic. Adeleke is currently ...

A misunderstanding over a wrap of marijuana led one Mkpor to hack his friend, known as Tunde, to death with a machete on Christmas Eve. The incident took place in Aduma ward, Mkpani in Yakkur Local Government Area in central Cross River. Reports from the area, which is about 120 kilometres away ...

By Olasunkanmi Akinlotan Three inmates of Ijebu Ode Correctional Centre, Ijebu Ode Local Government Area of Ogun State, have escaped from the facility. It was gathered that the inmates scaled the prison fence and bolted away. The inmates were identified as Hammed Adeboyejo, convicted for armed ...

A housewife, identified as Hafsat Surajo has narrated how she killed their domestic staff, Nafiu Hafiz who prevented her from attempting to commit suicide. Hafsat who made the confession when she was paraded before newsmen at the Kano Police headquarters, said the ugly incident leading to ...

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Chukwuebuka Igwebuike for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting traders with fake naira notes in the Afor Market area of the Garki Awkunanaw area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on ...

The military has in the last five months uncovered and busted  636 illegal refining sites and intercepted 21.7 million litres of crude oil valued at N54bn. The figures were collated from press releases by the military on the activities of troops against oil thieves between August 3 and December 1. ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Lagos State Police command has busted an illegal factory producing fake drinks around the Ojo area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a post on his official X handle on Wednesday. The PPRO stated that ...

By Matthew Atungwu A Magistrate’s Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State has remanded two friends, Noah Tovohome and Rajay Zannu, in a correctional centre for allegedly plotting and killing their friend, Segun Zusu, over 36 bags of rice. The duo appeared before Magistrate Linda Balogun on ...

By Jim Ochetenwu A man in Adamawa State identified as Linus Dimas has allegedly killed a court clerk sent to summon him. The Adamawa State Police Command said in a statement passed to newsmen on Tuesday evening that its operatives arrested the suspect on Monday, December 18, when he allegedly ...

By Priscilla Dennis A Minna High Court 1 presided by the Chief Judge (CJ) of Niger State, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, has sentenced Stephen Jiya who set his biological mother on fire leading to her death by hanging. Delivering her ruling, the CJ said the convict was found guilty ...

Bandits alleged to be Ambazonian freedom fighters from Cameroon,weekend, attacked Belegete in Becheve Ward of Obanliku Local Government Area in Northern Cross River State. The Village Head of the community, which is located on the mountain top adjoining the Obudu Ranch Resort, Ogbechi Francis, ...

By Jim Ochetenwu A man in Adamawa State, Sadiq Idrissu, has confessed to killing his mother over alleged witchcraft. The 30-year-old Sadiq, currently held by the Adamawa State Police Command, revealed that, upon discovering what he believed about his mother, he felt pity for his father, who ...

By Asare Asare Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, zone six command, Calabar, acting on the petition written by TSL company, have arrested a 41-year-old man, Achugo Kenneth Onyebuchi from Ogoda community, in Ahoada LGA, Rivers State. It was alleged that the suspect tampered with the on-board ...

ivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a medical doctor, Happiness Enyinnaya Iheukeumere (also known as Hagi) for allegedly killing a 20-year-old lady, Rachael Sampson, and selling her baby. Hagi, who is the Chief Medical Officer of Hagi Medical Centre, at Abohga Igwuruta market ...

A 47-year-old Nigerian man, Olubunmi Abodunde, has been charged with the murder of his wife, Taiwo Abodunde, 41. Police were called to the Abodundee’s home on Exning Road in Newmarket on Tuesday morning, November 7th, after reports of a serious incident. Upon arrival, they found Taiwo Abodundee ...

Comptroller, Nigeria Customs Service,  Federal Operations Unit  Zone “B”, Kaduna, Chedi Wada,  has lamented that smugglers have been using fake presidential number plates to deliver vehicles across the country. According to Wada, they have also been dubiously using such fake number plates ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Rivers State Police Command has arrested at least four of its operatives for allegedly kidnapping a hotel staff in Port-Harcourt, the state capital. Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, who confirmed the development during a press briefing, said the four ...