Category: Crime

The police in Lagos State have apprehended Toibu Hassan, a 25-year-old man, for allegedly being in possession of a pistol. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson in the state, confirmed the arrest via a post on his social media handle on Saturday. Hassan was reportedly arrested in the Agege area of the state at 6:00…

Two officers of the Nigeria Police Force were reportedly murdered on Friday night when a group of dangerous criminals attacked a police checkpoint at the well-known Opobo Junction, near the Aba-Ikot Ekpene Expressway in Abia State. Another officer reportedly sustained some injuries from the attack, which unsettled residents of the area. It was reported that…

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ogbomoso has barred the Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Afolabi Ghandi Olaoye and the kingmakers led by Chief Sobalaje Otolorin from removing the Chief Imam of the town, Sheik Teliat Yunus Ayilara. It could be recalled that both the Soun and the Chief Imam have been at loggerheads in…

A video has surfaced online showing operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) breaking into a hotel room and assaulting a woman. The footage, recorded by a Closed-Circuit Television (CCTV) camera, emerged on Thursday and depicts the incident at the Regional Hotel in Ojo, Lagos. In the video, EFCC agents can be seen…

The trial of Willie Obiano, former governor of Anambra State, continued on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja with two prosecution witnesses disclosing how they supplied Obiano cash in both naira and dollars through his proxies. Ugochukwu Chinedu, Prosecution Witness, PW3, and a former banker between November…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Odofin Adekunle Christopher, an investigator with the EFCC, against one Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka, an alleged serial fraudster, before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos. Alaka was arraigned on Tuesday, June 25,…

The Caretaker Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area, Victor Iorzaa has confirmed bandits’ imposition of N20 million on residents of Logo, Katsina Ala and Ukum council areas. It was reported that bandits levied the N20 million as monthly tax to be paid by all the households in the area. Addressing newsmen, Iorzaa said: “It is…

An Ajah-based cobbler, Oluwaseun Jacobs, has been arraigned and remanded in prison for allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos State. In a press statement on Tuesday, Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer Mayowa Adejobi reported that the suspect committed the offense at Chevron Roundabout, Lekki, on June 22, 2024. Describing the assault on the…

A trigger-happy police officer from the Nsukka Urban Police Division has reportedly shot and killed a young man, identified as Amuche, on Echara Road in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. The incident, SaharaReporters gathered, happened on Sunday night. According to eyewitnesses, a group of plainclothes police officers had gone out for a night…

The Ogun State Police Command has detained a man for allegedly exhuming and beheading a body in the Car Wash area of the state for ritualistic purposes. In a phone interview with the Punch correspondent on Tuesday, the command’s public relations officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed that the suspect, Lekan Akinyemi, was arrested on Monday after…