Category: Crime

The Lagos State Police Command, on Saturday disclosed the arrest of a man who allegedly stole an Uber car through deception. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest. He stated that the Akinpelu Police Division received a report on July 5, around 8:00 p.m., from an Uber driver, whose name was withheld. According…

The Ekiti State Police Command has initiated a manhunt for the individuals responsible for kidnapping Prof. Femi Olaofe, a former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University. Commissioner of Police Adeniran Akinwale has confirmed that efforts are underway to track down the kidnappers, and they have successfully recovered the professor’s vehicle, which was used during…

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has refuted any involvement in the death of a man discovered hanging by the gate of an estate along the Lagos-Shagamu Expressway in Ikorodu, Lagos. According to a statement from Adebayo Taofiq, Director of the Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA’s General Manager Olalekan Bakare-Oki clarified that the…

Gunmen have abducted three staff members including the acting Rector of Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, Dr. Emmanuel Barki. According to a report, Barki, two other management staff of the institution and their driver were kidnapped on their way to Ugbokolo after an official assignment in Makurdi, the state capital, on Thursday. It was gathered that…

An angry wife has cut off her husband’s penis after he allegedly moaned another woman’s name while making love in Baguio City, Philippines. The couple were said to be making love in their home last week when the husband allegedly moaned another woman’s name. His raging 55-year-old wife waited for him to fall asleep before…

Niger Republic has suffered another jailbreak following Thursday’s escape of an unspecified number of high-ranking terrorists and other criminals from prison. The incident happened at the Koutoukalé prison in Tillabéri region, regarded as the country’s most secure prison, which is about 50 kilometres northwest of Niamey, the state capital. It holds high-ranking terrorists and other…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers abducted the former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU), Professor Femi Olaofe, from his residence in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Thursday. The kidnappers are demanding a N50 million ransom for his release. Professor Olaofe, a native of Are-Ekiti in the Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State, recently…

The Lagos Police Command has apprehended a couple (names withheld) for allegedly attempting to sell their two-year-old son to finance their travel to Canada. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesperson for the command, confirmed the incident to journalists in Lagos on Thursday. According to Hundeyin, the couple, aged 28 and 22, was arrested on Tuesday during…

A yet-to-be-identified tricyclist has died by suicide after efforts to reportedly retrieve his seized tricycle from some government agents proved abortive in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the tricyclist was heading to a destination in the state when the officials intercepted him for an offence. Following the interception, the officers…