Category Archives: Crime

Ogun State Police Command has arrested one 67-year-old Abdullahi Muhammadu, the Seriki Fulani and leader of the Fulani community in Ijebu Ode. He was arrested alongside his eldest child over recent kidnappings around communities in the Ijebu area as one of the bags with which ransom was delivered was recovered in his kitchen. Muhammadu, pleadedContinueContinue reading “Police arrest Seriki Fulani in Ogun, over ransom bag found in his kitchen”

The Nigerian Police have thwarted a planned attack on government facilities in Ondo State, arresting six suspects in what authorities describe as a significant security breakthrough. According to reports, the suspects were intercepted during an intelligence-led operation before they could execute the planned bombing of key government infrastructure. Security operatives reportedly recovered explosive materials andContinueContinue reading “Police foil bomb plot in Ondo, arrest 6 suspects”

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday ordered the final forfeiture of $13 million linked to Aisha Achimugu’s company. Delivering judgment, Justice Emeka Nwite held that the company failed to satisfactorily explain the source of the funds, which the court found to be proceeds of unlawful activities.The case stemmed from a suit filedContinueContinue reading “Court orders final forfeiture of $13m linked to Achimugu’s company”

Residents of Iboropa Akoko in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State were plunged into mourning on Friday following the shocking death of an elderly woman, allegedly raped and murdered by a young man.The tragic incident, which has stirred tension across the quiet community, led to the arrest of a 21-year-old suspect identified asContinueContinue reading “Police arrest suspect over rape, murder of eldey woman in Ondo”

Gov. Babagana Zulum of Borno State has condemned in the strongest terms the explosion that occurred in some parts of the metropolis on Monday evening.Zulum, who is currently in Saudi Arabia for the Lesser Hajj, described the attack as despicable, cruel, and cowardly, targeting innocent people in the holy month of Ramadan.In a statement byContinueContinue reading “Gov. Zulum condemns Maiduguri explosion”

The Nigeria Police Force in Borno State has confirmed a series of suicide bomb attacks that occurred on Monday at three separate locations within Maiduguri.According to the police, the first explosion occurred at the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital. A second blast was reported at the popular Monday Market, while the third explosion took placeContinueContinue reading “Police confirm 23 dead, 108 injured in Maiduguri explosion”

Two family members of the five women kidnapped by gunmen in Erinmope-Ekiti, Moba Local Government Area of Ekiti State, have been seized by the kidnappers after the family delivered a N10 million ransom out of the N100 million being demanded.On January 24, gunmen reportedly invaded the Erinmope-Ekiti community and abducted five women, including a nursingContinueContinue reading “Kidnappers demand N100m to release pregnant woman, others”

A man, identified as Abodunde Solomon has attacked his wife with machete at Supare-Akoko in Akoko North West Local Government area of Ondo State, leaving her with deep cuts on the body.It was gathered that the man allegedly attacked his wife with machete in their residence over alleged infidelity.Sources disclosed that the woman is currentlyContinueContinue reading “Man attacks wife with cutlass over alleged infidelity in Ondo”

Yoruba Nation activist, Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has raised alarm over the alleged killing of three farmers in his hometown of Igboho in Orelope Local Government Area, Oke Ogun axis of Oyo State.The victims, identified as Aderoju Mukaila, Olawuwo Saka, and Ojeniyi Ojebayo, were reportedly hacked by suspected herdsmen after opposingContinueContinue reading “Igboho raises alarm over alleged murder of 3 farmers in hometown”

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court has sentenced Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to life imprisonment following a decade-long trial of terrorism charges Kanu was sentenced four years after he was arrested in Kenya under contentious circumstances and brought back to Nigeria.Justice Omotosho while delivering the judgmentContinueContinue reading “Court sentenced Nnamdi Kanu to life imprisonment over terrorism”