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Nigerian singer accused of defrauding Briton £9,300, American $2,000 arrested

Nigerian singer accused of defrauding Briton £9,300, American $2,000 arrested

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Chidubem is accused of defrauding a Briton, Susan Mclean, the sum of £9,300.00 and an American Diana Rosado Gonzalax, the…
Pastor Oyenekan Oluwaseyi, 3 others nabbed with human skull in Ogun

Pastor Oyenekan Oluwaseyi, 3 others nabbed with human skull in Ogun

Michael Adesina

2 years ago

The three others arrested alongside Oluwaseyi are 30-year-old Ibrahim Agbowewe, 40-year-old Suleiman Ogunbunmi, and 57-year-old Gafari Akinsanya.
Police arrest 23-year- old Akaninyene Isaac for hacking mother to death over food in Oruk Uso Otoro village, Abak LG of Akwa Ibom State.

Akwa Ibom man Akaninyene Isaac hacks mother to death over food

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

The police spokesperson added that Isaac confessed to killing his mother with a cutlass for failure to provide him food…
NDLEA says it has arrested 241 drug dealers and recovered 3,667.734kg of various types of illicit drugs in Kano within three months.

NDLEA celebrates 10-year jail term on notorious Kano cannabis trafficker

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

Sambo was among seven drug traffickers arrested and convicted by the Kano state Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
Three notorious burglars have been arrested by the police in Kano for stealing about 671 mobile phones from shops they broke into.

Three notorious burglars caught with 671 stolen phones in Kano

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

Kano state Police Command spokesman, Su Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa in statement said the arrest of the suspects followed reports by…
LASUTH-delivered conjoined twins die

Conjoined twins delivered at LASUTH die

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Fabamwo noted that the successful delivery of the twins was celebrated by the hospital being the first of such at…
Lagos reopens Ladipo Market

Lagos reopens Ladipo Market

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

According to the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Mr. Tokunbo Wahab, business activities would commence at the popular…
Kano CP shuns Gov. Yusuf's order, says police will abide by court order

Police arrest 30 hoodlums for attempting to disrupt mass wedding in Kano

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The state government, on Saturday sponsored over 6,000 couples on a mass wedding that attracted dignitaries from within and outside…
Bauchi

Lagos apprentice jailed for life for defiling employer’s 9-year-old daughter

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

The prosecution submitted that the father of the survivor reported the case to the police, after the survivor summoned up…
Lagos ordered motorists to vacate bridges

LASG issues seven-day ultimatum to motorists to vacate bridges in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The Special Adviser to the Lagos State Governor on Transportation, Sola Giwa issued the 7-day 'Vacation Order' based on the…
Lagos shuts private hospital for transfusing unscreened blood

Lagos shuts private hospital for transfusing unscreened blood

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The Executive Secretary of the LSBTS. Dr. Bodunrin Osikomaiya, who disclosed this at the weekend, said that the health facility…
Zamfara Govt says FG has given N214,285 to each of the 14 female students of the Federal University Gusau (FUG) recently rescued from bandits.

Bandits: Varsity warns students to vacate off-campus residences on outskirts of Zamfara 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

By Ibrahim G. Ahmad Federal University, Gusau on Sunday warned students resident in off-campus area of Damba on the outskirts…
Wife pours acid on husband's face over N15,000 in Rivers

Wife pours acid on husband’s face over N15,000 in Rivers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

In anger, the woman who is a mother of two girls, poured acid on the face of her husband and…
Court jails two for selling fake Patience Jonathan’s gold in Maiduguri

Court jails two for selling fake Patience Jonathan’s gold in Maiduguri

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

They were arraigned on May 16, 2022, before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri, on two-count…
EFCC arraigns “Mama Boko Haram”, two others for N150m fraud

EFCC arraigns “Mama Boko Haram”, two others for N150m fraud

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil (a.k.a Mama Boko Haram) alongside Tahiru Saidu Daura…
Lagos to prosecute 11 Lekki night club staff for brutalising LASEPA officials

Lagos to prosecute 11 Lekki night club staff for brutalising LASEPA officials

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources Tokunbo Wahab, who spoke in the aftermath of the arrest of the 11 employees…

Dominic Joshua reflects on past mistakes, embarks on making amends

Michael Adesina

2 years ago

Dominic Joshua's narrative serves as a testament to acknowledgment, genuine remorse, and an unwavering pursuit of redemption.
Opebi-ojota link bridge

Opebi link bridge: Plan your movement as Lagos shuts critical road

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Osiyemi said consequently motorists heading towards Opebi Road would be allowed to use one side of the Opebi Road Carriageway…
Goni Muhammad and Seidu Seriki Hamani: Court Jails Two for Selling fake Patience Jonathan’s gold in Maiduguri

Court Jails 2 for selling fake Patience Jonathan’s gold in Maiduguri

Michael Adesina

2 years ago

Their conviction was secured by Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, September 28,…
Sokoto district head Umar Mohammed bags 5 years in jail over drug dealing

Sokoto district head Umar Mohammed bags 5 years in jail over drug dealing

Michael Adesina

2 years ago

A search of the bus led to the seizure of Four Million, Eight Hundred and Eighty Thousand US Dollars ($4,880,000),…
Former Kano governor Rabi’u Kwankwaso has advised beneficiaries of the 1, 800 mass weddings conducted in the state on Friday not to form the habit of checking their spouse's phones if they wanted their wedding to last.

‘Don’t peep at your spouses’ phones’ Kwankwaso advises brides in Kano mass wedding

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

Kwankwaso lauded the political commitment demonstrated by Gov. Abba Yusuf for making the exercise a reality
Wahab and others during the tour

‘Illegality cannot beget legality:’ Lagos vows demolition of buildings on drainage alignment

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

"At ikota, the level of encroachments is just unimaginable, people have built on the canal path and we resolved that…
Police say a civilian was killed while an Inspector was shot in a foiled attack on police personnel by gunmen in Nasarawa State.

Father of 11-year-old boy buried alive on the run

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Passers-by rescued the 11-year-old on Wednesday after he had been buried by his stepbrother in a bush at the Silo…
Favour Nwala Nwankwo, a mother of one who bathed her husband with hot vegetable oil in Rivers State explains her action, begs for forgiveness

‘Why I poured hot oil on my husband’

Ayorinde Oluokun

2 years ago

Giving insight into what led to the despicable act, Favour said she and her husband have been having issues which…
Kano: Wanted serial car thief Saminu, nabbed in Sabon Gari

Kano: Wanted serial car thief Saminu, nabbed in Sabon Gari

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

According to the spokesman of Kano State Police Command, Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, Saminu, a serial car thief…
Court set to deliver judgment in $1.2m Visa scam fraud trial of American businessman Ramirez

Court set to deliver judgment in $1.2m Visa scam fraud trial of American businessman Ramirez

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, is prosecuting Ramirez alongside his companies, USA NOW LLC, Eagle Ford Instalodge Group…
International “Catcher”, Osondu Igwilo’s accomplice jailed 16 years in Lagos

International “Catcher”, Osondu Igwilo’s accomplice jailed 16 years in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

Dele Oyewale, EFCC's spokesman, said the convict was first arraigned on three-count charges on June 7, 2022 and subsequently re-arraigned,…
FCT Police Commissioner, Haruna Garba

62 Nigerians claim missing manhood, 51 suspects arrested

Nimot Sulaimon

2 years ago

Of these 62 cases, 51 suspects have already been apprehended and charged with offences related to misinformation and causing public…
LASACO boosts Lagos housing provision with new homes

LASACO boosts Lagos housing provision with new homes

Kazeem Ugbodaga

2 years ago

 The Managing Director/CEO, LASACO Properties Limited, Olumide Jayeola, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen, stated that…
Fire burns 82 people to death, destroys N25.37bn properties in Lagos

No casualty recorded in Ijora tanker explosion

Nimot Sulaimon

2 years ago

The fiery incident consumed 13 vehicles, which included two buses, two cars, a trailer loaded with sardines and detergents, a…
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