The Imo State police command has rescued unhurt five children abducted by a child trafficking syndicate operating in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Rabiu Ladodo who reunited one of the rescued children with his family said that the command would continue to crack down on criminals in the state. The CP, who described … Continue reading Police rescue five children from traffickers in Imo →

  The Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, has denied issuing two documents indicating that the embattled senior lecturer at the Nnmadi Azikiwe University, Awka, Dr Peter Ekemezie, served as an external examiner in the institution. The Registrar, AAU, Chris Adamaigbo, said there was no record that Ekemezie was appointed an examiner in the school, … Continue reading UNIZIK scandal: Ambrose Alli varsity denies embattled lecturer examiner’s documents →

Mr Pius Osadolor applied to be connected to the public electricity grid when he first moved into his “new” house a little over a decade ago. He was asked to go to a nearby bank and pay for a meter as part of the conditions for approving his request. This he promptly did. Armed with … Continue reading The great metering scam →

Singer, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley has been released from prison custody. He was released almost two weeks after he was granted bail by a Federal High Court in Lagos. Our correspondent learnt that the musician regained his freedom around 4:20 p.m. on Friday after his sureties signed the bail bond. The singer … Continue reading Naira Marley released from custody →

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Imo State Command, has arrested one Paul Ihuaku for allegedly raping his mother. PUNCH Metro gathered that 45-year-old Ihuaku hails from Umueke Ezagbogu in the Ezinihitte Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State. Briefing journalists on Thursday, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Raji Ibrahim, said the suspect … Continue reading Man rapes mother in Imo, blames alcohol →

The two Canadian nationals who were abducted last week have been rescued. A team of top national security operatives in Ghana rescued the duo from the kidnappers in a fierce gun battle at a hideout at slums in Kumasi. The four kidnappers who are all Nigerian nationals have also been arrested after the standoff between … Continue reading Two kidnapped Canadian girls rescued; Nigerian kidnappers nabbed →

Adewuyi Adegoke (pictured up), a pastor at Methodist Church, Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state, has been arrested by the police for allegedly organising his own kidnap. The Cable gathered that Adegoke had arranged with one Oluwadare Sunday to demand N3 million ransom from his congregation. He reportedly went into hiding on Sunday evening while there … Continue reading KIDNAPPING: Ekiti pastor ‘kidnaps self’, demands N3m from congregation →

Woman rescued after apartment was set ablaze by suspected kidnapers  A 25-year-old woman, Mrs. Olawumi Adeleye and her stepson, Destiny Paul, aged 14, were kidnapped by unknown gunmen at Osi community, along Akure Airport road in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to be coming back from church on … Continue reading Herdsmen abduct mother, stepson for N10m ransom, Akeredolu escapes kidnap attempt →

The Federal Government has stated that the Federal Ministry of Justice is committed to pursuing the amendment of the Cybercrimes Act, which many lawyers, journalists and activists have considered repressive, unconstitutional and illegal. This was stated on Tuesday by Mr. Terlumun George Tyendezwa, Head, Cybercrimes Prosecution Unit, Federal Ministry of Justice, at a Media Interactive Session … Continue reading Cybercrimes Act will be amended, says FG →

Kano – Prof. Kingsley Moghalu, the 2019 Presidential Candidate of Young People’s Party (YPP), has identified poverty as the major cause of social vices in the country. Kingsley Moghalu He made the remark while presenting a paper at a one-day programme organised by a Kano-based NGO, Ra’ayi Initiative for Human Development (RIHD) in Kano on … Continue reading Poverty responsible for social vices – Moghalu →