The Senate has called upon the nation’s security chiefs to appear before them in response to the recent spate of killings in Plateau State. Those invited include the Chief of Army staff; Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff; Hassan Abubakar; the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; and the Inspector-General of Police,…
The Southern Nigeria Christian Association has conveyed its indignation and outrage regarding the mass killing of numerous Plateau State residents on Christmas Eve. Armed men had stormed Plateau communities as they were preparing for Christmas and killed over 100 people, with hundreds of houses destroyed. In a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday, the…
President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the heinous and brutal attacks in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State, which resulted in the tragic loss of over sixty lives on Christmas Eve, December 24. A statement released by Ajuri Ngelali, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, states that the President has…
Godwin Emefiele, a former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, has been released from the Kuje Correctional Centre upon satisfying the conditions of his bail. According to The PUNCH, it was learned that Emefiele was released on Friday, December 22 2023. The spokesperson for the Kuje Correctional Centre, FCT, Adamu Duza, confirmed the development…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken down an Instagram post that quoted former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke, discussing money laundering charges filed against her. The social media post earlier seen by our correspondent claimed that the former minister spoke in an interview with journalists in the United Kingdom. However, further…
The investigator also stated that the accounts where the billions were lodged have been traced. Reports have emerged that the former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, illegally lodged billions of naira in no fewer than 593 bank accounts in the United States, United Kingdom, and China, without the approval of the apex bank’s…
A woman who assumed a male identity and deceived her partner into engaging in penetrative s*x has been handed a prison sentence of over 20 years. Blade Silvano, aged 40, was convicted of two charges of s*xual assault by penetration at Cambridge Crown Court on May 23 and has recently been sentenced to 10 years…
The Police Recruitment Board has given its approval for the screening of successful applicants for recruitment into the constable cadre of the Nigeria Police Force to commence on January 8, 2024. Ikechukwu Ani, Head of press and Public Relations, said in a statement on Thursday that the board met at the corporate headquarters of the…
A 60-year-old American man from Florida has been accused of something truly horrifying with his wife’s dead body. The man allegedly kept the deceased body of his wife on the floor of the living room for days, even as their two dogs chewed her foot off. The man, Gary Johnson, 60, said he left her…
The suspect was caught while he was trying to escape from the scene. A 26-year-old man identified as Monday Agbowade, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defining an 11-year-old girl in Araromi Village via Idi-Oke in the state. According to an eye witness, who claimed to have seen…
An angry husband has allegedly beheaded his wife for taking too long to make him a cup of tea The suspect, identified as Dharamveer, 52, killed his wife Sundari with a sword at their home in the village of Faljagadh, near the capital Delhi in Uttar Pradesh state, cops say. He stabbed his 50-year-old wife 15 times with the…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old, Muhammad Ibrahim, for the gruesome murder of his girlfriend in the Bayan Gari area of Bauchi. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, December 20, 2023, said the suspect stabbed Emmanuella Ande to death with a knife…
The police minister has given an update on the ongoing investigations into the sudden death of Kiernan Jarryd, known as AKA. Recall that on February 10, outside of a restaurant on Florida Road in Durban, South Africa, the renowned hip-hop musician was cruelly shot and died. The minister revealed in an interview with Faith Mangope…
Lawal Babangida, 31, was sentenced to six months in prison on Thursday by a Grade I Area Court in Dei-Dei, Abuja, for impersonating a military official. The court charged Babangida, who lives in Tungamaji village, Abuja, with impersonation, criminal intimidation, and extortion. The convict, however, pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the court for…
On Tuesday, December 12, 2023, the Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Bengaluru Police in India apprehended a Nigerian man, Leonard Okwudili, in the Ramamurthy Nagar district of Bengaluru. During his arrest, police confiscated 16 kilogrammes of MDMA and 500 grams of cocaine worth Rs 21 crore from him. According to the police, the drugs were meant…
Gunmen have attacked the team bus of the Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure, injuring some officials and a crew member. Michael Akintunde, the media officer of the club, who disclosed this in a statement, said that the incident occurred at about 5.30 p.m. on Thursday, December 7, 2023, along the Ore-Benin Motorway. He said…
Over 50 thugs, popularly called Kalare Boys, have denounced criminal activities and surrendered themselves to the Gombe State Police Command. Spokesperson of the command, Asp Mahid Muazu Abubakar, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, said the thugs also surrendered their offensive weapons, which include knives and machetes, to the police….
Olunife, a Nigerian X user, has recounted a rather shocking story about a Nigerian man in the United Kingdom. Olunife disclosed that the Nigerian man reportedly killed his wife, who was also with him in the UK. According to her, the couple relocated to the UK this year. She added that the incident happened after the mother of…
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Ikeja High Court cautions the public against placing charms in his courtroom. Justice Oshodi gave the warning on Monday as the trial of five men charged with the murder of one Ifeanyi Etunmuse began. “No one should leave charms in my courtroom. It should not be repeated. A talisman was…
Toyin Bamidele, a female student at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, in Kwara State, has died. The student was allegedly hacked to death by unknown assailants suspected of being cultists. The Higher National Diploma student of Food Technology was said to have been murdered in her rented apartment outside the campus on Thursday, November 16, 2023. Toyin,…
