Tope Akinusi, 35, was remanded at the Kirikiri Correctional Center on Monday by an Ikeja Magistrates’ court in Lagos State’s Ogba district after it was claimed that he attempted to steal from the Gospel Faith Mission International Church in the state’s Ayobo district. The Magistrate, Mrs L. A Owolabi, made the remand order after the defendant who is facing two-count …

In Bayelsa State, a man named Alexander Diri was allegedly attacked and killed by herdsmen. According to reports, the incident took place on Monday in the state’s Yenagoa Local Government Area, close to the Zarama-Yambiri community. The lifeless body of the deceased, who was said to be 49 years old, was discovered on Tuesday near the Zarama Market junction on …

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 44 notorious suspects for criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, thuggery and possession of dangerous weapons in Niger state Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said all the suspects have been transferred to SCID for discreet investigation and they will be arraigned in court for prosecution with capital offense charges. “Following the recent report …

A 24-year-old suspect, Moses Opeyemi, who was arrested by officers of the Western Nigeria Security Network (codenamed Amotekun), Oyo State, as he wanted to sell a stolen car, has said that he brought the vehicle to Ibadan to cover his tracks, not knowing he would be caught. Opeyemi, a mechanic at Ketu area of Lagos State, and one other suspect, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Maiduguri Zonal Office on Monday secured a five-year jail term against the Auditor General for Local Government in Yobe State, Alhaji Idris Yahaya. Yahaya, who is standing trial over alleged misappropriation, was found guilty and convicted by Justice Muhammad Lawu Lawan of the Yobe State High Court on a one-count charge of criminal …

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the rescue of a journalist, Olusegun Oduneye, three days after he was kidnapped by gunmen at Mobalufon, in the Ijebu Ode area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Monday, said after the journalist was kidnapped on Thursday, the abductors …

A 24-year-old Nigerian man, Gideon Vitallis has been arrested by operatives of the National Intelligence Bureau (NIB) for allegedly murdering a cash point operator, Patience Ago Quaye at the Twumasiwaa Memorial Clinic in Accra, Ghana. Thirty-two-year-old Patience, who worked at the centre, was allegedly found dead in a store room at the facility last Wednesday after she had been missing …

A Makurdi Magistrate’s Court on Monday remanded two students – Ugosor Japhet and Gwebe Ageba – over alleged culpable homicide and armed robbery. The suspects were arrested for allegedly killing a student of the Benue State University, Erkaa Naomi Dooshima. The Magistrate, Mrs Erdoo Ter did not take the plea of the defendants for want of jurisdiction. She ordered the …

No fewer than 35 persons have been killed in the Southern Kaduna area of Kaduna and Katsina States. Of the figure, 17, including a policeman, were reportedly killed in  Zangon-Kataf communities in Southern Kaduna. Eighteen persons were killed in the Kankara council area of Katsina State. According to The Nation, the trouble started in the Zangon-Kataf area on Thursday when …

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 24-year-old security guard, Barnabas Job over the alleged murder of a 26-year-old housemaid, Thereza Ekibi. The spokesman of the command, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the development on Sunday, said that the housemaid was allegedly murdered in her bedroom by the suspect at the same house they both work …