An evil mother who smothered her three children told cops she killed one of her twins first because she was “badly behaved”, a court has heard. Lauren Anne Dickason, 42, was charged with murdering her daughters Liane, aged six, and twins Maya and Karla, aged two. Dickason, who is on trial in the ...

A 50 –year-old Beninese farmer, Poni Bada, left his country home for Nigeria, with his unsuspecting nine-year-old son who he intended to use for money rituals. Three other men: Ige Koselu, Benjamin Balovi and Segun Shile, accompanied the farmer to a herbalist’s home in Owode area of Ogun State, ...

The Police Command in Katsina State, has confirmed the arrest of a tricenarian bride, Tinene Isa, for allegedly cutting off her husband’s manhood. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in ...

A teenage mom Jazmin Paez has been arrested and charged in court for trying to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son. Paez, 16, who appeared before a Miami-Dade County judge, Wednesday, has been charged with solicitation of murder and unlawful use of a communications device. According to a ...

There was a mild drama at the popular Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, on Friday, following the strange discovery of a human private part by a hungry customer, who patronised a food vendor inside the market. The shocking sight of the human part in her plate of soup, at GBO Plaza, in the ...

Justice Christiana Obadina of an Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire, has sentenced Philip Segun of Cherubim Church, Solution Chapel, Ikoyi-Ile to death over the killing of Lagos State University, LASU, final year student, Favour Daley-Oladele. The court also sentenced her boyfriend, Owolabi ...

By Ishola Oludare A 32-year-old Samson Sikiru said to be a hard drug addict, has allegedly killed his mother by strangulation. The incident, DAILY POST learnt, occurred on Sunday at the deceased’s residence located at Itanrin in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State. The suspect’s younger brother, who is ...

A yet-to-be-identified domestic servant has allegedly killed his employer, a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, after hitting him with a pestle during an argument. The deceased said to be a lecturer at the Psychology Department of the institution, was attacked with the ...

By Joe Chukindi Police in Anambra State have arrested a 50-year-old woman, Ukamaka Udeugbo, for flogging and kicking her 75-year-old mother, as seen in a viral video. The incident happened at Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area, where the suspect was captured on video beating her mother, whom ...

One police officer was killed while two others were severely injured after a man began shooting on a busy street in Fargo, North Dakota, in the United States, on Friday afternoon. A news report by CBS said officers returned fire killed the suspect during the shooting that occurred before 3 p.m. ...

By Ifreke Inyang A United States district court on Tuesday, sentenced Olalekan Ponle, better known as Woodberry, to eight years in jail over fraud. Woodberry is an ally of Ramon Abbas, who is as popular as Hushpuppi, another Nigerian who was imprisoned for Internet fraud in November 2022. ...

Abuja— Investigation has commenced into the suspected murder of Construction Engineer, Humphrey Nnaji, in Abuja, whose decomposing corpse was found in his apartment in Dawaki area of the FCT on 8 July. Late Nnaji was allegedly killed by some suspected assailants, who gained entry into his ...

Six people were killed and one wounded in an attack at a kindergarten in South China’s Guangdong province on Monday, a spokeswoman for the city government said. “The victims include one teacher, two parents, and three students,” she said. She did not offer details about the identities and ...

Globally, success or failure in the examination is the criterion for future prospects. Too much emphasis is placed on paper qualifications without any thought of the ability of the individual to put into practice the knowledge he claimed to have acquired. In this respect, certificates are seen ...

By Khaleel Muhammad Police in Kano State have uncovered a new tactic employed by criminals to rob tricycle riders and their passengers. State Commissioner of Police, CP. Muhammad Usaini Gumel, made the revelation while parading 108 suspects arrested during the Eid-El Kabir celebration at the ...

The acting Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has said the Police officers accused of running over a man in handcuffs in Edo State are facing disciplinary charges and administrative procedures. The PUNCH reports that a team of policemen with their official vehicle ran over a ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has confirmed the recovery of a N55 million Mercedes Benz GLB 250 stolen by a prospective buyer. DAILY POST earlier reported how a car dealer, Mohammed Manga raised the alarm that a suspect identified simply as Henry, who disguised as ...

By Francis Ugwu A visually impaired man, Francis Ugachukwu is to cool his heels in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl, (name withheld). The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence ...

At least two people were killed and 28 wounded in a mass shooting at a street party early Sunday in the US city of Baltimore, police said. Officials said more than one assailant opened fire at the celebration in Baltimore, a port city about an hour’s drive north of Washington which has one of the ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command says it is making efforts to track down a Mercedes Benz GLB 250 which was stolen by a ‘customer’ in Abuja. DAILY POST reports that a car dealer, Mohammed Manga had raised the alarm that a suspect identified simply as Henry, ...

Suspected armed robbers have reportedly attacked several travellers stranded on the Benin-Akure highway and the Ipele/Idoani/Isua/Kabba highway both in the Ose council area of Ondo State. Reports had it that many of the travellers, who were reportedly robbed of their valuables, escaped on ...

By Lovina Anthony The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has apprehended one Gabriel Ekpiri, a native of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong, in Itu local government area of the state, who allegedly sold his nine-year-old son for N400,000. In a statement issued by the Command public relations officer, SP ...

By Mike Oyebola Former Golden Eaglets forward, Akinkunmi Amoo has been sentenced to one-year in prison by a court in Denmark for sexual assault. Amoo will, however, appeal the court decision. According to Danish newspaper, Ekstra Bladet, Amoo was charged with rape, as well as ...

The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed the murder of a butcher, Usman Buda, who was killed on Sunday over alleged blasphemous comment against Prophet Muhammad. While noting that investigation was ongoing to arrest the perpetrators and bring them to book, the police revealed that the mob ...

The Police Command in Lagos State on Friday arrested a 49-year-old woman over the alleged theft of a day-old baby from a hospital. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the Ojokoro Police Division carried out the ...

The Edo State Taskforce Against Human Trafficking has apprehended a 48-year-old man, Anthony Igbinogun, and his girlfriend, Joy Umukoro, 28, for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby to fund their drug addiction. The suspects were arrested with their friend, 26-year-old Precious James, who ...

By Jim Ochetenwu A man identified as Amos Christopher has been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly beating his younger brother to death and beheading him. The police established that 24-year-old Amos beat up his youngest sibling called Thyson until he died before he went on ...

By Asare Asare Suspects have confessed to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG, zone six, Jonathan Towuru, to have disguised as guests to steal valuables from a private hotel on Odukpani Road in Calabar. They made the confession following a petition against them. One hotel owner, ...

At least 25 people have died in a “terrorist attack” on a school in western Uganda, the country’s police spokesman said Saturday. “So far 25 bodies have been recovered from the school and transferred to Bwera Hospital”, Fred Enanga said, referring to a town near the border with the Democratic ...

Tragedy struck yesterday at Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa where the lifeless body of a National Diploma (ND) 2 Mass Communication student was found dead in her room with matchet cuts and her eyes plucked out. The student, simply identified as Dasola was among those writing the ongoing ...

The Lagos State Police Command said it had arrested a welder, Aliu Tijani, who helped a suspected cultist to cut off his handcuffs after escaping from police custody. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed on Sunday that the suspected cultist, Wasiu Opeyemi, was ...

Security officials attached to the National Assembly Complex in Abuja have arrested some legislative aides and National Assembly workers for engaging in last-minute looting of the offices of lawmakers and carting away valuables belonging to the second tier of government. Some of the items are ...

By John Gabriel Bandits have reportedly killed 25 farmers and abducted several women and girls from various communities in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State. The attack reportedly took place around 2 pm in five villages. The breakdown of the killing showed that 13 people lost their lives ...

By Francis Ugwu The FCT High Court in Gwagwalada on Thursday ordered a student, Istifanus Irmiya, to clean the premises of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for two weeks for internet fraud. Irmiya was docked by the EFCC on a two-count charge, boarding on cheating and ...

A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has sentenced the General Overseer, Alter of Solution and Healing Assembly in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state, Pastor Chidiebere Okoroafor to death for killing three persons, including his choir mistress, who he impregnated. Trial judge, ...

The sacked chairman of the disciplinary committee of the Park Management System, PMS, in Oyo State, Alhaji Mukaila Lamidi, has said the police cannot declare him wanted. Better known as Auxiliary, Lamidi who has been declared wanted by the police for alleged gun-running, said Govrnor ‘Seyi ...

By Francis Ezediuno The Osun State High Court sitting in Osogbo has sentenced Dr Raheem Adedoyin to death by hanging for the murder of Timothy Adegoke. Delivering judgment on the matter on Tuesday, the Chief Judge of Osun State, Justice Adepele Ojo, also sentenced to death two staff of Hilton ...

Some angry youths, have invaded a police post located on Olayiwola Close, in the Oregun area of Ikeja, Lagos State, setting it ablaze and leaving a policeman on duty injured. The attack, which its cause could not be ascertained yet, left a policeman with aninjury in the head. The officer, it ...

By Khaleel Muhammad A Nigerian Customs Service personnel opened fire on a colleague at a checkpoint in Garki Local Government, Jigawa State. The incident happened on Friday when a vehicle allegedly refused to stop at the customs checkpoint while returning from the Niger Republic. One of the ...

By Muhammad Bukar Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has slammed the death penalty on phone snatchers in Kano State. Ganduje, through the Kano State Security Council, on Sunday, declared phone snatching as armed robbery, and any individual or group caught in the act will be treated with the death ...

A four-man armed robbery gang on Friday afternoon ‘successfully’ escaped with a whopping sum of $11 million at the Oke-Sokori of Abeokuta, in Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun State. The four-man robbery gang, all clad in black T-shirts and jean trousers, wore black facemasks, and ...

A dormitory blaze that killed 19 children in Guyana was set by a teenage student who was upset that her cell phone had been taken away, officials say. The fire broke out at the Mahdia Secondary School in the South American country late on Sunday. A statement from the Guyana Fire and Rescue ...

By Don Silas Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large consignment of methamphetamine concealed in powdered custard containers as part of a consolidated cargo going to London, United Kingdom, at the SAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed ...

Tragedy struck in Ore, Odigbo council area of Ondo, as an 80-year-old woman, has reportedly been raped to death by suspected hoodlums. Vanguard gathered that the ugly incident occurred inside her farm in Costain area in Ore. The report had it that the incident had caused anxiety within the ...

By Obiweluozo Martins Social media celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, has debunked reports that he was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) EFCC had told the court in Ikeja, Lagos State that it had rearrested Mompha who was arraigned on charges of money ...

By Emma Nnadozie, Crime Editor, Evelyn Usman & Henry Ojelu Seun Kuti, the embattled Afrobeat singer and son of Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti is being remanded at the State Criminal, Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos on the orders of Yaba Chief ...

By Yemi Balogun Two officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been arrested for killing their colleague over valuable items and property seized from a suspect in detention. The Commission in a statement issued Tuesday said the arrested staff were stationed at its Sokoto ...

By John Gabriel Kidnappers who tried to shoot a victim after an unsuccessful kidnap attempt missed their target and hit their gang mate in Kano. The Commissioner of Police (CP), Kano Command, Muhammed Usaini Gumel, who paraded the suspect on Monday in Kano, said a report was received that gunmen ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Reporters covering the trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were, on Tuesday, restricted from gaining access to the venue of the trial, Court 10 of the Federal High Court, Abuja. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application to the effect by the counsel ...

By Nsikak Nseyen The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday said it has re-arrested social media celebrity Ismaila Mustapha, alias Mompha, who was earlier arraigned on charges of money laundering to the tune of six billion naira. EFCC counsel Suleiman Suleiman told a Special ...