Edo police arrest officer in viral video caught extorting motorist
The police command in Edo has arrested Constable Victor Osabuohign caught demanding bribes from a motorist in a video circulated on social media.
ASP Jennifer...
Teenager kills self in Kwara for failing exam
A teenage boy, Adegoke Adeyemi, has killed himself for failing to pass promotional exam.
Adeyemi, a 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School, in Offa Local...
FG caused LAUTECH Student’s killing by kidnappers – Deceased’s friend
The killing of Rachel Opadele, a student of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, by her abductors has been blamed on the federal...
Ogun teenager arrested for sleeping with goat
Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps, have arrested an 18-year-old, Ibrahim Ismaila, for allegedly having sexual intercourse...
Herbalists drag CAC, Malami to court over refusal to register association
The Traditional Religious Practitioners’ Association (TRPA) in Nigeria has dragged the Corporate Affairs Commission, CAC, to the Federal High Court in Enugu.
TRPA is alleging...
Motorist stabs dispatch rider to death in Lagos
A motorist has killed a dispatch rider in Surulere area of Lagos State.
Neither the identity of the killer nor his victim has been made...
Cable thief electrocuted in Lagos
A cable thief has died of electrocution at Isale-Agbede in the Lagos Island area.
The male thief died in an attempt to steal a cable from a transformer...
LASTMA accused of causing hypertensive man’s death
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, is facing accusation of causing the death of a Bureau De Change operator, Modibo Usman.
Late Usman, a...
Man, 4 Friends who beat Girlfriend over Alleged Infidelity in viral Video Arrested
The Kwara State Police Command has said it detained a man identified as Jimoh AbdulFatai and four of his other friends for allegedly assaulting...
Benue: Man kidnaps own daughter; demands N2m ransom
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday heard that a farmer, Teryila Akperakya, 40, abducted his own daughter.
Mr Akperakya, who lives at Ukan Mbaded...
Man plucks out teen’s eyes in Bauchi
A 16-year-old boy was found in the pool of blood with his two eyes plucked by assailants in Bauchi metropolis.
The police command in the...
Soldier shoots fuel station attendant to death in Niger
A soldier on Monday killed a fuel station attendant in Minna, the Niger State capital, during a scuffle at the petrol station.
An eyewitness, who...
How ‘River goddess’ defrauded me of N36m, Woman tells Court
An 88-year-old woman, Tawakalitu Ilumoka, has told Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting at Ikeja, Lagos State, how she was allegedly...
Family Of Murdered Osun Poly Student Sues Police
The family of Afolabi Abiola, a 27-year-old student of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree who was brutally murdered by the Police, has sued the Nigeria...
Man arrested for alleged rape of lover’s nine-year-old niece
A man simply identified as Preye, 39, has been arrested for allegedly raping his lover’s nine-year-old niece for a period of four years in...
Benue female pupil sitting for WASSCE killed
Gunmen on Friday killed a female Senior Secondary School 3 student of St. Monica Girls Secondary School, Otukpo, Benue State.
The student was reportedly killed...
LAWMA worker arrested for faking kidnap
A worker with the Lagos Waste Management Authority, Rafiu Rahaman, has been arrested for faking his kidnap and demanding N5m ransom from his co-workers...
Two men remanded for allegedly impregnating 13-year-old
Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje of the Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on Thursday, has ordered the remand of one Sakiru Oladosu, 50, and Tola Rasaq, 40,...
Ondo Church Killing: Priest reveals how some worshippers escaped death
One of the priests at St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, Owo, Ondo State, Father Andrew Abayomi, has given an account of how the...
Why we arrest Oyo broadcaster – Police
The Nigeria Police Force has denied arresting a broadcaster and Managing Director of Agidigbo 88.7 FM, Oriyomi Hamzat, without a warrant of arrest.
The Force Public...
