The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Oladimeji, on Tuesday, paraded 40 suspected cultists said to be members of the Eiye and Aiye Confraternities. They are being alleged to have committed a series of crimes ranging from armed robbery to killings within the state. At the state police headquarters in Abeokuta, the state capital, Oladimeji said the suspects had been …

The Magistrate’s court sitting in Yaba, Lagos has ordered the police to detain Afrobeat singer. Seun Kuti for additional 48 hours to enable their investigation into the alleged assault of one of its officers. The singer was taken to court on Tuesday afternoon and charged with assault on a police officer. The offence is contrary to Section 356 of the …

A 14-year-old boy, identified as Ayomide Adeghalu was reportedly tortured to death by the personnel of the Ondo State security outfit (Amotekun) over missing N500. According to reports, the incident occurred at Ogbonkowo area of Odojomu in Ondo town. The deceased, who hawked cooked rice for his stepmother was unable to account for the missing money from the sales he …

Two businessmen arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja for cocaine ingestion have allegedly excreted 193 pellets of the illicit drug after three days in observatory custody. The alleged traffickers, Onoh Ebere (49) and Christian Ifeanyi Ogbuji, (47), were arrested on 10th May upon their arrival from Uganda via …

No fewer than 38 residents of Takalafia and Gwanja communities in the Karu Local Government Area (LGA) of Nasarawa State have been reportedly killed by herdsmen who stormed the area recently. The Pastor-in-charge of the Evangelical Church Winning All in the area, Rev. Daniel Danbeki, and 37 others were gruesomely murdered by the assailants during the attack which lasted from …

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a man, Ajayi Famakinwa to 18 years imprisonment for impregnating a 15-year-old girl Famakinwa, 60, a pastor, was arrested by the police for committing the offence in 2021 at Ayede Ogbese in the Akure North Local Government Area of the state. The victim was said to be …

A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Friday ordered a housewife, Doosur Samuel to sweep the premises for 21 days for pouring hot water on a 15-year-old girl. The police charged Samuel who lives at Logo 1, Makurdi with causing grievous hurt punishable under section 248 of the penal code laws of Benue, 2004. Samuel pleaded guilty to the charge. Magistrate Kelvin …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), yesterday, arraigned one Wilson Daphey (aka Jefrey Guiseppe) before Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on a nine-count charge bordering on obtaining money under pretense and money laundering. Daphey allegedly manipulated and obtained the sum of £120,150 from one Ms Petra Goschenhofer with the assistance of Evans Nnamdi …

A private security guard identified as John Danjuma has allegedly butchered his former employer at her residence in the GRA axis of Port Harcourt on Tuesday. It was gathered that Danjuma was earlier arrested and is standing trial for allegedly stealing $10,000 (about N7.37 million) from the woman simply identified as Boma. Though he denied stealing the money, he was …

A 25-year-old electrician, Akonede Adekunle was on Tuesday arraigned in an Upper Area Court, New Karu, Nasarawa State for allegedly beating up his girlfriend for cheating on him. The defendant, who resides at One Man Village, Nasarawa State was arraigned on a four-count charge of criminal force, assault, causing grievous hurt and intimidation. Adekunle, however, denied committing the offence levelled …