The Akwa Ibom State High Court, Ibiono Ibom Division, presided over by Justice Bassey Nkanang, on Monday, sentenced one Utibe Ita, a native of Nkim in the Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of the state to life imprisonment for manslaughter. It was gathered that the convict killed his father, Oscar Ita, and buried him in … Continue reading Son bags life imprisonment for killing father in Akwa Ibom →

A 23-year-old welder, Lekan Ayanwole, was on Wednesday arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife for allegedly stealing a feeder pillar iron box belonging to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company. The police prosecutor, Sunday Osanyintuyi, said the accused allegedly committed the offence on June 18, 2019, around 6.30am at the Eleyele area … Continue reading Welder arraigned for stealing IBEDC’s feeder pillar box →

  The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency made a seizure of 4,290.471 kilograms of hard drugs in Kwara State between July 2018 and June this year. The state Commander of the NDLEA, Dandi Emmanuel, stated this in Ilorin on Wednesday at a press conference on the commencement of activities to commemorate the 2019 International Day … Continue reading Kwara NDLEA seized 4,290kg of hard drugs in 12 months →

Dayo,  son of the immediate past Minister of Health, Prof  Isaac Adewole, has been released, The PUNCH can exclusively report. It could, however, not be confirmed if a ransom was paid or not for his release. Dayo was released barely 24 hours after he was kidnapped on his farm in  Iroko near Fiditi in Afijio Local Government … Continue reading Ex-minister’s son regains freedom →

A suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Umar, has said he and  his colleagues collected over N200m in  ransom in the last six months. Umar stated that they preferred abducting expatriates from whom he had collected millions of naira in ransom. The suspect, who was paraded in Abuja on Wednesday alongside 37 other suspects, explained that he once … Continue reading Kidnapping a lucrative business for criminals. We collected N200m ransom in six months — Kidnap suspect →

LAGOS — The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, weekend lamented that parents are now terrified to send their children to school due to insecurity in the country, especially girls, who have been victims of kidnapping while at school. *An Islamic school This came on a day the Aare Ona Kakanfo in Council vowed to deal … Continue reading Insecurity: Parents now afraid to send children to school — UNICEF →

Following the release of the popular street rapper, Azeez  Fashola, a.k.a Naira Marley from the Economic and Financial Crimes’ custody, after fulfilling his bail conditions, the eloquent musician has described his brief incarceration as a sacrifice for perpetrators of cyber-crime, popularly known in Nigeria as Yahoo Yahoo. Naira Marley Recounting his ordeal in the hands … Continue reading Yahoo boys owe me for my incarceration — Naira Marley →

A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old carpenter, Abba Sa’idu, to 10 strokes of the cane for stealing two logs of wood. The judge, Dahiru Lawal, also ordered Sa’idu to wash the restroom of the court after he pleaded guilty to theft. Earlier, the convict said that he stole the wood to make … Continue reading Carpenter gets 10 strokes for stealing logs of wood →

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Tuesday, arrested three suspected Internet fraudsters. They were picked up at Ologuneru and Olodo areas of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, after days of surveillance mounted by the operatives of the anti-graft agency based on allegations of fraudulent activities and flamboyant lifestyle of the suspects … Continue reading EFCC nabs three suspected Internet fraudsters, two others →

Four gunmen on Tuesday evening abducted Dayo Adewole, son of the immediate past Minister for Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole in Iroko, near Fiditi, Afijio local government of Oyo State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mr. Olugbenga Fadeyi, confirmed the abduction to The PUNCH correspondent on Wednesday morning. According to Fadeyi, “The man, Dayo Adewole, … Continue reading Gunmen kidnapped ex-minister Adewole’s son in Oyo →