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The fraudsters

Sibling fraudsters, one other jailed in Ilorin

Shekoni Kayode Taofeek and Shekoni Habeeb Damilare are the siblings.
de arrest over allegation that he been raping 14- year- old daughter

How 3 Lagos men drugged, raped, robbed lady they met on Facebook

The three suspects were arraigned on charges of conspiracy, rape, stealing, unlawful possession of stolen items, causing the breach of…
Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a final year medical student of UDUS, turns to street food vendor due prolonged strike by university lecturers (ASUU)

ASUU strike: Final year medical student turns food vendor in Sokoto

Abubakar-Rimi, who owned a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto metropolis explained that he ventured…
Hassan Ibrahim: Killed his 90-year-old father, to dispossess him of his ATM card.

Kwara man Hassan Ibrahim kills, buries father, steals his ATM CARD

“During investigation, the suspect confessed to have administered pain killer injection mixed with other substances on his father, who became…
LandWey estate development

LandWey unveils ‘The Future Cities’ project in Lagos

Ayilara added that the project provides answers to the predictions made by the United Nations (UN), that nearly all population…
Building

4-storey building collapses, injures 7 in Ibadan

Rescue teams including people in the neighbourhood and passers-by have been able to rescue seven people who are currently receiving…
Nyime Nbride remanded for defiling 12-year-old daughter

Nyime Nbride remanded for defiling 12-year-old daughter

An Ikeja Chief Magistrate's Court on Thursday ordered that a 30-year-old father, Nyime Nbride, be remanded in the Kirikiri Correctional…
Pastor Adeboye of RCCG and wife, Folu celebrate 55 wedding anniversary

Pastor Adeboye celebrates wife on 55th wedding anniversary

Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has taken to social media…

Ex-convict Sunday Emmanuel arrested for traffic robbery

The suspect, who was notorious for dispossessing motorists of their belongings, was arrested by officials of the Rapid Response Squad…
Medical doctor, Abass Adeyemi: Arrested over alleged murder of cab driver, Emmanuel Yobo Agbovinuere, in Benin, Edo State.

Osun doctor Abass Adeyemi kills cab driver with injection, steals car

Adeyemi who hails from Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State, was alleged to have killed the victim on 3…
Ice Prince

Nigerian rapper Ice Prince to remain in prison

Granting the request, the judge, H.O. Omisore noted that the defendant (Ice Prince) will be remanded until he perfects the…
Gunmen kill Divisional Police Officer in charge of Maru LG of Zamfara SP Kazeem Kareem, and Inspector Rabiu Umar early Sunday morning.

Police intercept man on ‘revenge mission’, seize gun

According to the spokesman, the suspect was on his way to confront the cultists who killed his brother when the…
Kogi Police Commissioner, Edward Egbuka

‘How police repelled robbery attacks on 3 banks in Kogi’

CP had ordered the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the Investigation Department (SCID) to begin investigations and unravel…
Kemi Badenoch

25 facts about Kemi Badenoch, the British-Nigerian in Liz Truss’ cabinet

Badenoch describes herself as a cultural Christian and notes that her maternal grandfather was a Methodist minister in Nigeria.
Sharia Court

Kaduna housewife seeks divorce over husband’s `unusual’ sex demands

Zainab Yunusa told the court that Garba demanded for sex even while she was menstruating and during the Ramadan fast.
Chioma David

Nigerian sex hawker, Chioma David in prison over $5,000 disappearance

By Paul Iyoghojie Chioma David, a suspected commercial worker in Nigeria’s commercial nerve Lagos has been sent to prison after…
The Osun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adegboyega Leye, made this known in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo.

1 dead, 2 injured in Ibadan multiple accidents

Adekanye said the police took the dead to a mortuary, while the injured were taken to Ibadan Central Hospital by…
Boat mishap

Baby, 4 women die in Jigawa boat mishap

Names of the deceased include Oneyaniwura Kasagama, 50; Lafiya Bulama, 40; Badejaka Kasagama, 40; Gimto Kasagama, 40; and Mai Madu…
An NGO, ActionAid Nigeria (AAN), has urged the Jigawa Government to declare a State of Emergency because of flood that had wrecked havoc across the 27 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the state.

Building collapse: Housewife dies, husband survives in Jigawa

The couple were sleeping when the building collapsed, spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the…
Libya bound Ajoke Micheal intercepted in Sokoto

9 women on the way to Libya intercepted in Kano

Abdullahi Babale, Zonal Coordinator of NAPTIP said the victims were all female, aged between 19 years and 55 years.
Abike Dabiri-Erewa chairman of NIDCOM

We’re in safe hands – Nigerians in Northern Cyprus counters Abike-Dabiri

Dabiri-Erewa had about a week ago cautioned Nigerians against going to Northern Cyprus to study, citing high incidents of murder…
Some rescued children

Police bust fake orphanage, rescue 15 children, arrest Rev. Sister, others in Rivers

Rev. Sister Wechinwu claimed that five of the children were recovered from mentally challenged women, while the others were brought…
Deserted Jibowu road

JUST IN: Pandemonium as Jibowu Lagos boils, intermittent gunshots heard

The clash has led to pandemonium in the area, with traffic gridlock building up and commercial activities paralysed.
Fraud

Lagos teenager docked for burglary

The prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi alleged that Adebanjo burgled a house belonging to one Mr Olusegun Abiodun.
Real reasons Ogun Speaker Oluomo was impeached

Ogun Assembly Speaker Oluomo, two others arraigned over N4.4bn fraud allegation

Others arraigned alongside the embattled Speaker are the Director of Finance of the State Assembly, Oladayo Samuel, as well as…

Pay us N80m or we kill DPO Sani Wednesday – Bandits threaten

Gyadi-Gyadi was kidnapped in June while travelling to his new duty station in Kaduna State's bandit-infested Birnin Gwari Local Government…
The suspects arrested

Baby factory uncovered in Ogun, two women arrested

Oyeyemi added that the suspect also confessed to the police that, she had sold up to three children from different…
ICPC

Rivers man Amadi, lover docked for attempted murder of wife

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A Chief Magistrate Court presided over by Rita Oguguo in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has remanded one…
2 women operating baby factory in Ogun

Police uncover baby factory in Ogun, arrest 2 women

The Nigerian Police Command in Ogun has arrested two women, Christiana-D’ivoire Iyama and Margaret Ogwu, for allegedly operating a baby…
One of the bodies evacuated by rescue officials on Monday.

Death toll in Lagos collapsed 7-storey building hits six

The building under construction caved in on Sunday, with about six people reportedly trapped.