Six members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, Oyo State chapter, were arrested in Ibadan between Wednesday and Thursday for allegedly causing trouble at motor parks. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Olugbenga Fadeyi, told Punch correspondent on the telephone that the suspects were apprehended by men of the Orita Challenge and … Continue reading Police arrest six NURTW members in Ibadan →

The Nigeria Police Force has said it is not aware of the Executive Order reportedly issued by President Muhammadu Buhari to revoke licences for firearms or short guns nationwide. The Executive Order, according to reports, is to take effect from June 1. The President was said to have signed the order on May 22, 2019, … Continue reading Executive order: We’re not aware of revocation of gun licences, says police →

The police in Ogun State have taken a 31-year-old man, Oluwaseun Fakoyejo, into custody for unlawful possession of arm and ammunition. The command said Fakoyejo was caught with a gun and four live cartridges on Wednesday at the main bowl of M.K.O. Abiola Stadium in Abeokuta, where the inauguration of the state governor, Dapo Abiodun, … Continue reading Man caught with gun during Ogun state governor’s inauguration →

• Motorcyclist commits suicide after killing wife, son • Eight traffic robbers nabbed A security guard with the Lagos State Polytechnic, Ikorodu, Cletus Williams, has been arrested by the police for allegedly killing his colleague, Okoro John, while on night duty on the school’s premises. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, in a … Continue reading LASPOTECH security guard allegedly kills colleague while on duty →

Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High Court in Igbosere, on Monday, sentenced a Beninese domestic help, Christian Yavine, to death for killing his employer’s 78-year-old mother, Mariam Abiola. The judge found 23-year-old Yavine guilty of severing Abiola’s head with a knife while she slept in her daughter’s residence in the Ipaja area of … Continue reading Court sentences Beninese to death for killing employer’s mother →

The 53-year-old trader could get 5-year jail term for sex acts with a 15-year-old girl A 53-year-old millionaire trader could get five-year jail term after pleading guilty to engaging in sex acts with a 15-year-old girl, once even putting his private plane in autopilot mode for the purpose. Stephen Bradley Mell, 53, of Bedminster, New … Continue reading US millionaire put plane on autopilot to have sex with minor, faces jail →

An Ijede Magistrates’ Court in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has sentenced two men to prison for stealing, burglary and causing damage to the property of a hotel. Saheed Mohammed and Hassan Jubril, who had earlier been arraigned on four counts of conspiracy to commit burglary, felony, stealing and damage to property, were said … Continue reading Two bag four years in prison for theft →

Some hoodlums beheaded a middle-aged businessman, identified simply as Chima, on Wednesday in the Rumuekini community in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the victim was shot before being beheaded by his assailants in the presence of his wife. An eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, stated that … Continue reading Hoodlums behead businessman in Rivers →

A member of a suspected gang of kidnappers in the Kpakungu community in the Chanchaga Local Government Area of Niger State has confessed to the abduction of one Halima Ibrahim on May 11, 2019. The suspect, Mohammed, 25, was said to have kidnapped his victim and held her in captivity for over two weeks while … Continue reading We’re interested in newly-wed women, says Niger kidnapping suspect →

  Chief Amusa Dunsin, who was abducted on Monday alongside one other in Ilare, Osun State, has been released. Dunsin, the head of hunters in Ibokun, headquarters of the Obokun Local Government Area of the state, and a woman identified simply as Tayo, were abducted along the Ilare/Esa Odo Road in Ilare. Close family sources … Continue reading Abduction: Community raises N1m for Osun chief, another’s release →