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 ...

A police constabulary and vigilantes in Akwukwu-Igbo, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, have been accused of brutalising their cousin, Uchenna Nmakwe, over N250,000. City Round gathered that the suspects brutalised the victim at a family meeting and went away with the N250,000 ...

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, on Friday, paraded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly sedating and raping a nurse. The suspect was reportedly performing an operation on the nurse in his hospital in Ilorin, Kwara State, when the incident happened. Joseph, ...

By Joe Chukindi The Anambra State Government has arrested a nursing mother, Mrs Chinyere Ifesinachi, who was alleged to have brutalized her househelp. Mrs Ifesinachi was arrested in Nnewi on the order of the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Hon. Ify Obinabo. Mrs ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu El Programa de Ana Rosa, former Barcelona ace, Dani Alves alleged sexual assault victim, has come out publicly with some disturbing claims about what transpired between her and the football star on the night of the incident. She explained how things went down at ...

By Abdulrazaq Adebayo The Kwara State command of the Nigeria Police has provided details of how a medical doctor, Dr Ayodele Joseph allegedly had carnal knowledge of a patient under his care. It was earlier reported that the doctor was arrested by the police command for alleged gross indecency ...

ByFrancis Ezediuno The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Saheed Wasiu, popularly known as K-Federal. According to a statement signed by Yemisi Opalola, the Command’s spokesperson, Wasiu was earlier wanted by the police for murder and cult related activities. The ...

By Francis Ugwu Workers at a restaurant in Louisiana, US, have discovered the body of a fellow female staff inside a freezer. According to the Police, the horrified workers discovered the body at around 6 pm on Thursday. Officials said they are now waiting for a coroner’s ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Exactly one year ago, on May 12, 2022, Deborah Emmanuel, a female student of the Shehu Shagari College of Education, Sokoto State was killed by Islamic extremists over blasphemy allegations against Prophet Mohammed. The 200-level student was set ablaze after she reportedly ...

Ochogwu Sunday The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kogi Command, says it has arrested a 41-year old father for allegedly defiling and raping his 16-year old daughter. The Kogi State Commandant, Ahmad Gandi, who spoke after parading the suspect on Wednesday at NSCDC Command ...

By Joe Chukindi Some youths wielding guns and other dangerous weapons tried to disrupt economic activities in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Wednesday. A source said the youths, suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, burnt a commercial bus in Onitsha, claiming ...

A police officer shot dead two people participating in an annual pilgrimage to a renowned Tunisian synagogue as well as two members of the security services before he was killed on Tuesday, the interior ministry said. Four other visitors to the Ghriba synagogue on Djerba island and five more ...

By Racheal Ayodele A man identified as Moses Olapade has reportedly beaten his wife, Tinuke Olapade, to coma for refusing to hand over a television remote to him. The incident occurred at their residence, No. 9, Odama street in Oke-Aro area of Akure in Ondo State. According to sources, Olopade, ...

Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has directed security agencies to carry out systematic raids in identified places where vendors of hard and other illicit drugs operate in Sagamu and its environs. The governor gave the directive in Abeokuta at the weekend after a meeting with the ...

On the occasion of the new British monarch's coronation ceremony, which is slated for tomorrow (Saturday), legal practitioner Kayode Ajulo has said that King Charles III may pardon embattled former Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu. Ajulo made this statement in an interview on Channels ...

David Nwamini, the potential kidney donor involved in the organ trafficking case that led to the conviction of Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has revealed that he wanted to remain and work in the UK as he feared for his safety in Nigeria. In his impact statement, read out in court during the sentencing ...

According to the local coroner, a man in Georgia shot and killed two of his relatives and a fast food worker before committing suicide in rural south Georgia on Thursday. The Colquitt County Coroner, C. Verlyn Brock, told The Associated Press that the shooter killed his mother and grandmother in ...

On Tuesday, May 2, 2023, operatives of the Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested 34 suspected internet fraudsters in Oghara, Delta State. Suspected internet fraudsters In a statement released by the commission, the suspects were identified as Ese ...

By Ishola Oludare Ifasoji Ayangbesan, a suspected ritualist recently arrested by the police for his alleged involvement in the killing of a 26-year-old woman, Oyindamola Adeyemi in Ogun State, has confessed that he only bought the victim’s legs at N20,000. The 35-year-old Ayangbesan had been on ...

Some Nigerians stormed the headquarters of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) today to demand the resignation and arrest of CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele over the failed new naira notes policy. The protesters, wielding placards, were sighted on the premises of the apex bank, and noted that Emefiele ...

Former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) President, Okey Wali, who was abducted on April 17, 2023, has been released by his captors, as reported by the Punch Newspaper. Wali, who is a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), was kidnapped at Obiri-Kwere junction on the East-West Road in Port Harcourt, ...

During a robbery in Zimbabwe, the bank robber shouted to everyone in the bank: "Don't move. The money belongs to the State. Your life belongs to you." Everyone in the bank lay down quietly. This is called the "Mind Changing Concept” Changing the conventional way of thinking. When a lady lay on ...

By Tunji Adedeji The Police Command in Imo State has confirmed the arrest of 9 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and the Sector Commander of a dreadful IPOB/ESN syndicate Mathew Chuwkuma 48yrs ‘m’ of Mpam Ahaizu Mbaise LGA, Imo State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of ...

By Nsikak Nseyen Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in Akwa Ibom State, have arrested 19 students of the Akwa Ibom State University, Mkpat-Enin, for suspected internet-related offences. The suspects were arrested on Friday at their private hostels, Obong Abasi ...

The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested a couple (name withheld) over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the husband, a 53-year-old ...

By Jim Ochetenwu A kidnapper, Haruna Musa, has lamented that he wasted two million naira realised from kidnapping. The 28-year-old from Farang in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State told newsmen in Yola on Thursday that he wasted all the money he got without buying anything of ...

By Racheal Ayodele The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured a conviction of a woman identified as Oluwayemisi Samuel and Joshua Samuel, her son, before the Kaduna State High Court on separate count charges, each bordering on false information. ...

By Ochogwu Sunday Unknown gunmen causing mayhem in Benue State have killed a Chairman of the Labour Party, Mr. Nathaniel Ochoche. Ochoche, who was the Edikwu Ward 2 Chairman of the party in Apa Local Government Area of the state, was murdered alongside four others at the weekend. The party’s ...

By Amos Tauna Chief David Obadofin, the traditional ruler of Aghara, Kabba-Bunu local government area of Kogi State, has died in the custody of his abductors after 12 days in captivity. A source told DAILY POST that following torture from his abductors, the monarch died last Thursday. He ...

By Wale Odunsi The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Tolulope Olowu, for allegedly stabbing another to death over car parking. Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. The spokesperson said the incident ...

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a man who allegedly murdered his girlfriend with a machete. The Public Relations Officer, DSP Muhammad Jalige, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Friday. The spokesperson recalled that on April 14 at about 21:30hrs, a distress call was ...

A father of three, who was simply identified as Ogunfadeke has starved two of his children to death in Ogun State. Ogunfadeke was arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Amotekun Corps in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the State. His arrest, DAILY POST learnt, followed a ...

By  Idowu Abdullahi A 36-year-old man, Donte Elbert, has been arrested for robbing the same retail business 11 times. Elbert was arrested on Monday by the Chicago Police Department, New York Post reports The suspect was said to have robbed the store 11 times between December 2022 and ...

By  Tunde Oyekola Policemen have arrested a Point of Sale operator who reportedly went on a spending spree after N280m was erroneously transferred to his account by a commercial bank. The POS operator identified as Alfa Rafiu was arrested by the police on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State ...

Bishop Oluwafeyiropo (Feyi) Daniels on Monday appeared at the Lagos Special Offences Court in Ikeja on a two-count charge of rape. Daniels pleaded not guilty and was granted bail on conditions, including a N20 million bond and two sureties with property in the state. Justice Ramon A. Oshodi ...

A 35-year-old man, Joseph Egwuatu has been arraigned for raping his two-year-old niece. The incident happened in Nzam, Anambra West Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect, Egwuatu, reportedly visited his brother’s house and sent the relative who was taking care of the baby on an ...

No fewer than four people were on Easter Monday crushed by a middle-aged driver suspected of being an internet fraudster ‘Yahoo boy’ in Akure, Ondo State. The 37-year-old driver identified as Tope Olorunfemi who drove a Toyota Camry car was said to have rammed into some motorcyclists and their ...

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of a policeman in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State by unknown assailants. The assailants escaped with the rifle of the slain policeman. The police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ...

By  Uthman Salami A man identified simply as Bendega has been accused of using his mobile phone, laptop and camera to snap pictures and record videos of him and his female lovers engaging in sexual intercourse without their consent. PUNCH Metro gathered that Bendega, after perpetrating the ...

By Evelyn Usman Anita Ofili, the lady who was arrested on March 26 for allegedly stabbing her friend, Glory Okon, to death in her apartment at Greenville Estate, Ajah area of Lagos, has revealed that she waited for 10 years to have her pound of flesh. She further revealed that she committed ...

The Police Command in Kano State has arrested one Philibus Ibrahim for allegedly strangling his pregnant girlfriend, 22-year-old Theresa Yakubu. Ibrahim, who committed the offence in Tudun Wada Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, was arrested alongside his accomplice Gabriel Bila, both of ...

The Eze Igbo of Ajao Estate, Lagos, Fredrick Nwajagu, has been arrested by the Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged threat to invite members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to Lagos to secure properties of Igbo people in the state. Vanguard gathered that ...