Abducted Anglican priest, Canon Olowolagba, who was kidnapped alongside his wife, and two children has regained freedom. The family was kidnapped on Sunday, 22 December, along Ise Akoko-Iboropa road in Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. Earlier, the Bishop of Akoko Anglican Diocese, Babajide Bada, who confirmed the incident on Saturday, said the abductors demanded N75 million ransom. …

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have ambushed an Ado-Ekiti-bound 18-passenger bus at Emure Ile, kidnapping all the passengers on board. The incident occurred on the outskirts of Emure-Owo on Sunday night, at the boundary between Ekiti and Ondo states, as the bus was returning from Onitsha. A source at the Road Transport Employers Association of Nigeria (RTEAN), Ado-Ekiti Motor Terminal …

The Jigawa State Police Command has made significant strides in combatting crime, arresting 1,254 suspects across various criminal activities, including armed robbery, cattle rustling, drug dealing, theft, and rape, in 2024. In an interactive session with journalists at the Command’s headquarters in Dutse on Tuesday, Commissioner of Police (CP) AT Abdullahi revealed the remarkable successes achieved in the past year. …

Police in Benue State have arrested a lecturer of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi (JOSTUM), Dr. Ichor Tersagh, for allegedly masterminding the kidnap of the wife of one of his colleagues at the university, Mrs Susan Anyagh. The victim’s husband, Paul Anyagh, is the chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities, JOSTUM (formerly Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi) …

The Nigerian Police Force, Sokoto State command has arrested one, Austin Anthony ‘m’ 44 years old and 32 years old Mansur Abubakar ’m’ for car theft in the state. This is according to a press statement made available to newsmen in the state on Monday by the spokesman of the command, ASP Ahmed Rufai. The statement said, “on the 05/12/2024 …

The Bauchi State Police Command has announced the arrest of a suspected drug dealer in the state, Kabiru Adamu, (popularly known as ‘Suck and Die’). even as it said it had begun a probe to apprehend the remaining suspects and recover additional stolen goods by suspected criminal elements in the state. A statement on Tuesday by the command’s Police Public …

Two Nigerians, Anthony Ibekie and Samuel Aniukwu, have been sentenced by a United States federal jury to 30 years combined jail term for defrauding some US citizens of $3,500,000. This was contained in a press release made available on the US Department of Justice website and obtained by PUNCH Metro on Monday. According to the statement, the duo of Ibekie …

The Police in Ebonyi have busted an organ harvesting ring responsible for the death of at least three persons in the state. Spokesperson of the Police, Joshua Ukandu, stated this in Abakaliki yesterday. He noted that four suspected members of the organ harvesting ring were arrested following a painstaking investigation and credible intelligence into the matter. The spokesperson said the …

A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has ordered the remand of a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, for allegedly stabbing her colleague, Habib Salau, aged 17, to death. The magistrate ordered her remanded at the Ondo State Juvenile Home, in Akure, pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The …

The Ogun State Police Command has taken into custody 28-year-old Ogunlana Yemisi for allegedly assaulting her husband, Idowu Adebowale, 31, with a sharp object. The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists on Monday. Adebowale was said to have reported to the police on Monday that his wife attacked him with …