• Command arrests 21 suspected cultists, armed robbers in Lagos The police have said that a woman, Justina Emmanuel, who accused her husband, Joseph Agugom, and his brother Paul, of kidnapping her and her daughter, Munachisom, for ritual purposes in the Lawanson area of Surulere, Lagos State, is suffering from mental illness. The brothers, the … Continue reading Husband wrongfully accused of kidnapping wife, daughter for money rituals →

Tragedy strucked in Imo State on Monday after fumes from a generator left 10 guests who attended a traditional wedding dead. PUNCH Metro gathered that no fewer than 30 other guests were on life support in different hospitals in the Ikeduru and Mbaitoli Local Government Areas of the state as a result of the fumes they … Continue reading Generator fumes kill twins, eight wedding guests in Imo →

A woman, Mrs Olawumi Adeleye, and her stepson, Destiny Paul, have been abducted on the Airport Road, Osi, in the Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State. The victims were said to have been kidnapped by suspected herdsmen on their way from church on Sunday. According to a source, the herdsmen blocked the road … Continue reading Herdsmen abduct woman, stepson in Ondo, demand N10m ransom →

A Yobe State High Court on Tuesday sentenced an applicant, Muhammed Adamu, to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Hauwa Muhammad, 24. Delivering judgment, Justice A. Jauro, held that he found him guilty of murder under Section 221 of the Penal Code. Jauro held that the prosecution has proved its case beyond reasonable doubt … Continue reading Man to hang for killing girlfriend in Yobe →

No fewer than seven suspected cult members are feared killed in the supremacy battle between members of the Eiye and Aiye confraternities in the Somolu and Bariga areas of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the clashes had created tension in the areas as residents and business owners expressed concern over the level of insecurity in the communities. An eyewitness, … Continue reading Seven feared killed as cultists cause mayhem in Lagos communities →

Most Nigerians and mobile phone users all over the globe usually lock their phones , thereby making it difficult for anyone to have access to information in them, particularly their account details. But a suspected telephone hacker who was arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ladipo, Lagos, has revealed that such measure does … Continue reading I can hack into any account, withdraw money from it, even if phone is locked- suspect →

  The Enugu State Police Command on Sunday said it had arrested three persons for the alleged murder of one Chidera and Great Nwobodo at different locations in the state. The suspects, Elochukwu Eze (21) from Ishiokwe Agbani; Michael Ani (22) from Mbogodo Agbani; and Monday Nnaji from Amodu, all in the Nkanu West Local … Continue reading Police arrest three persons for killing two in Enugu →

The residents of Ijero/Shonola area, Apapa Road, Ebute Meta West in Lagos State have accused a hotelier, Olayemi Olorunishola, of leading hoodlums to attack a guard, Yemi Owonikoko, and two of his colleagues in the community. It was gathered that the hotelier allegedly took the decision around 1am on Sunday after he was reportedly locked … Continue reading Community accuses Lagos hotelier of leading hoodlums to attack →

CHUKWUDI AKASIKE writes about the ordeal of the bereaved parents of a 21-year-old man allegedly shot dead at close range by officers of the IGP Monitoring Unit in Rivers State. The grief that beclouded Mrs Ebi Agori, wife of a retired naval officer, when she lost her son terribly escalated when she learnt that the officers … Continue reading Power-drunk IG team’s cops shoot boy dead, dispose of corpse in Rivers →

Men of the Operation Puff Adder of the Osun State Police Command, on Friday, rescued one Bewaji Oladipo, who was abducted in the Command area of Iyana -Ipaja, Lagos State. It was learnt that Oladipo was abducted at an Automated Teller Machine point in the Command area by a four-man gang of kidnappers, two of whom were … Continue reading Man abducted in Lagos rescued in Osun →