An undergraduate student of the University of Abuja, Abiodun Allen, has been sentenced to death by a Lagos State High Court for stabbing his younger brother, Wale, to death over their father’s property. Abiodun was convicted of one count of murder contrary to Section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. It was … Continue reading Undergraduate to die by hanging for killing brother →

Their modus operandi is unique. It could be that man in your neighbourhood who  doesn’t seem to have any visible means of livelihood but lives big and drives the best cars. He might even have a business front but lives larger than the business that you begin to wonder if his lifestyle is strictly derived … Continue reading 419: The world of the Nigerian phenomenon →

  Three Nigerian youths that posed as foreigners to defraud their supposed foreign lovers, through Internet, have been convicted and sentenced to prison by  Justice Fatun Riman of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The trio of Daniel Iluobe, Ifeanyi Chukwudi Paul and Godwin Joseph Ovboke, defrauded their supposed female lovers … Continue reading Fake lovers jailed for internet fraud →

The Niger State Police Command on Sunday arrested one Garba Sani for allegedly using a cutlass to kill his neighbour, Nura Mallam, following a misunderstanding in Shantali Dukku community, in the Rijau Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the deceased’s father, Maje Mallam, reported the matter to the police in the … Continue reading Man kills neighbour with cutlass in Niger →

Some gunmen have attacked a senior magistrate, Mr Adamu Kuvo, who was abducted in his house in the Agwada, Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, on May 6. The men slashed their victim’s face with a knife, stabbed him in the eyes and also cut off part of his lips for paying N400,000 out … Continue reading Gunmen attack abducted Nasarawa magistrate for failing to pay N5m ransom →

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three suspected robbers for allegedly snatching a motorcycle belonging to one Saheed Oloyo in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. The suspects are Adeleke Lateef, Lekan Bashiru and Chinedu Uzozie. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, said the assailants injured Oloyo with a … Continue reading Command arrests three motorcycle snatchers →

Three suspected cult members have been arrested with female underwear allegedly tied with charms in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun  State. The suspects – Olagboye Abidemi, 32; Olasemojo Michael, 28; and Wasiu Waheed, 23 – were reportedly members of the Eiye Confraternity. They were arrested on Friday by men of the Ogun State … Continue reading Hoodlums steal female underwear in Ogun →

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said that it will arraign musician, Afeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley, anytime from now. The singer was arrested last Friday by the EFCC in connection with alleged Internet fraud and money laundering. The EFCC’s acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, in an interview with our correspondent, confirmed … Continue reading We’ll arraign Naira Marley, others – EFCC →

Men  of the Rapid Response Squad have arrested two ex-convicts and one other suspect for alleged robbery in the Lekki area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the suspects, Emmanuel Michael, Mohammed Abubakar and Simeon Michael, allegedly robbed a 25-year-old woman in Lekki Phase I on Monday, May 6, 2019. It was learnt that the … Continue reading Ex-convicts, other arrested for robbery in Lagos →

No fewer than five people have been killed in a supremacy fight between suspected members of the Eiye and Aiye cults in the Ikorodu Local Government Area of Lagos State. Residents, who spoke to PUNCH Metro during visits to scenes of the attacks, identified the victims as Oladipupo Bamitogba, Yosi, Ibrahim Abiodun, Sesan and Rasak Busari, aka Aro. … Continue reading Cult members kill five in Lagos community →