The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Hassan Yusuf, for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex-lover, Busayo Falola ablaze. The suspect reportedly burnt down the whole building situated at 127, Old Schorlar Palace, Igan Road, Ago-Iwoye in the Ijebu-North Local Government Area of the state  to protest the ex-lover’s alleged refusal to reconcile with him. In …

The death toll in Wednesday’s armed herdsmen attack on Umogidi village, Enetekpa Adoka district of Otukpo Local Government Area, Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State has risen to 51. This is just as angry youths of neighbouring Apa LGA, where a traditional ruler in the Ugbobi community and many others were also murdered by the marauders, took over the …

Bandits have abducted over 80 children in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The children, who are between the ages of 12 and 17, were kidnapped on Friday morning, according to BBC Hausa. Some parents of the abducted children who spoke to the British media outlet said the victims were in the bush fetching firewood at about 8 am …

A pastor, Dr Owen Abraham has allegedly absconded with 52 phones, money and other valuables of worshippers that attended a crusade he organised at Aponrin in Agbowo area of Ibadan, Oyo State. According to some of his victims, the crusader said he was led by God to come to Ibadan from The Gambia for the crusade. On the last day …

A retired officer of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Jacob Agada has been killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Lafia, the capital of Nasarawa State. Agada was found dead a few hours after he was kidnapped by the gunmen who mounted roadblocks around Ombi II, Lafia on Thursday night and whisked him away. The victim was reportedly returning to …

A robbery suspect in a Delta State community, Emmanuel Chinagorom, has confessed that the quest to give his mother a befitting burial led him into crime. It was gathered that Chinagorom confessed to the crime when he was arrested by members of the Agbor Gha-Ihun Vigilante Group in Agbor. It was also gathered that the 24-year-old suspect specialised in stealing …

Three persons were killed by suspected armed herdsmen on Tuesday afternoon in Umogidi village in the Enetekpa Adoka district of Otukpo Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. The attack on the Umogidi community came to less than 24 houses after a monarch and his subjects were killed by the marauders in Ugbobi village in Apa LGA in what locals …

Obukobo Oghenerukhewe, also known as Mayor, was shot and killed by gunmen on Tuesday, according to the Edo State Police Command, which said it was a cult-related killing. Mayor was a final-year student at the University of Benin (UNIBEN). State command Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor said the late Mayor, who was also the Chief of the Kegites …

The police in Adamawa State have apprehended a 30-year-old man for raping a seven-year-old in Numan, and another 53-year-old man for raping a nine-year old girl in Gwalti village, Numan Local Government Area. A statement by the command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje gave the names of the suspects as Murtala Muhammed, 30, who is a resident of behind Demsa Guest Inn; …

Controversial hip-hop artist Habeeb Okikiola, better known by his stage name Portable, has been released from the Ilaro Correctional Center where he had been detained earlier on Monday. An Ogun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ifo in the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State had earlier in the day granted him bail in the sum of N300, 000. The …