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 ...
READ MORE +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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READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +"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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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, ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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. ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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. ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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, ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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. ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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, ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +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 ...
READ MORE +Troops of Operation Desert Sanity in Maiduguri, Borno State, have arrested three soldiers for allegedly stealing ammunition. They were arrested during a covert operation at the motor parks along Njimtilo Road in Maiduguri. A military source told our correspondent that two of the soldiers were ...
READ MORE +Suspected armed robbers were said to have reportedly attacked students of the Gateway Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State, who live around Larufi area, Ode Remo, killing one and shooting nine others. A resident of the area who pleaded anonymity told our correspondent that the students even protested ...
READ MORE +Barely four days after the Ogun State Police Command claimed to have arrested three armed robbers involved in the robbery operation and raping of students of the Gateway Polytechnic, Sapaade, the students have been attacked again, with one of them paying the supreme price. In the robbery ...
READ MORE +The police in Ekiti State have arrested a man, Pastor Abiodun Oluwadare, for allegedly killing his pregnant wife, Tosin Oluwadare. Sources said that the man, popularly known as ‘Araina’ (thunder of fire), strangled Tosin to death allegedly for ritual purposes at about 9pm on November 19, 2023. A ...
READ MORE +By Francis Ugwu A teenager, Mubarak Akadiri, who killed a 62-year-old retired head teacher, Mrs Sidikat Adamolekun, after stealing her phone valued at N66,000, has explained how the incident happened. Mubarak, 18, who is also the son of the victim’s housemaid, spoke when he was arraigned before a ...
READ MORE +he 10th prosecution witness in the trial of Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, Dein Whyte, an investigator with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission revealed to Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Thursday, how Visa, a card ...
READ MORE +By Seun Opejobi Three students have been shot at Lifecamp Government Secondary School, in Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The students were reportedly shot by some boys who came to the school with guns. A highly placed source who disclosed this to our correspondent said the incident ...
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