The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps on Tuesday paraded a 20-year-old Okada rider, Aliyu, who threw his four-month-old son into a river. The state commandant of the corps, Mr George Edem, told newsmen that the suspect committed the act at Tamanine village in Borgu Local Government Area of the state. Edem said that the … Continue reading Man arrested for dumping baby in river →

A yet-to-be identified tipper lorry driver has been crushed to death by a commercial bus driver in the Kara-Ibafo area of the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. The tipper lorry driver was said to be fleeing from an angry mob of traffic hawkers, who descended on him for knocking down one of their … Continue reading Driver rescuing accident victim dies while fleeing from mob →

The police in Enugu State, on Monday, paraded the Financial Secretary of the All Progressives Congress in Ebonyi State, Mr Okenwa Uka, and 19 others for allegedly belonging to the Norsemen Vikings Confraternity. Also paraded were nine other suspects, who were arrested in various parts of Enugu State for various crimes ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, murder … Continue reading Ebonyi APC chieftain, 19 others paraded for cultism →

• Two tricycle thieves apprehended The Lagos State Task Force on Environment and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit has arrested 11 members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers for causing mayhem in the state. The union members were arrested on Saturday and Sunday for causing mayhem in the Yaya-Abatan garage, Ogba area of the … Continue reading Mayhem: Lagos task force nabs 11 NURTW members →

The abducted mother of former coach Samson Siasia has yet to regain her freedom 55 days after she was kidnapped. It was gathered on Sunday that 80-year-old Mrs Beauty Ogere Siasia was still in the kidnappers’ den and clues about her whereabouts had remained vague. She was whisked away on July 15 by heavily armed … Continue reading Siasia’s mother still held 55 days after abduction →

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has handed over a 19-year-old female candidate, Rejoice Mordi, to the police in Abuja, for allegedly falsifying her 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination score from 164 to 264. The candidate confessed to JAMB officials that she got the fake UTME result from an agent, identified only as Iyanuoluwa via … Continue reading JAMB nabs 19-year-old for falsifying UTME score →

The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police Force, Ikoyi, Lagos State, has secured the conviction of two fake visa agents, Ismaila Adefila and Busari Kabiru, who defrauded the United States consulate in Lagos of N50m. The convicts were sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment each by Magistrate Folashade Botoku of the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court after … Continue reading Men jailed seven years for defrauding US consulate →

A security expert, Mr Jackson Ojo, has accused police deployed in some sections of the Benin-Ore Expressway of conniving with hoodlums to attack motorists and passengers on the road. Ojo, who is a Fellow of the International Institute of Professional Securities, made the allegation in an interview with one of our correspondents in Lagos on … Continue reading Police conniving with criminals on Benin-Ore Expressway –Security expert →

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the alleged assassination of Nofisat Ibrahim, a staff member of the Oba branch of a commercial bank in Akure, the state capital. The deceased, who operated the Point of Sales service was allegedly assassinated on Wednesday evening at Oke Ogba area of the … Continue reading Ondo police arrest bank managers, businesswoman over banker’s death →

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Friday arrested Oyediran Joseph, said to be one of the “most wanted” suspected internet fraudsters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. EFCC said the 36-year-old suspect was arrested in Ilorin, Kwara State recently. The Zonal Head of the Commission, Sharu Isyaku, told reporters … Continue reading EFCC arrests Oyediran Joseph, one of the suspects wanted by FBI →