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 …

In a developing case of a suspected kidnap ransom transaction in Delta State, a yet-to-be-identified Point of Sale (PoS) operator has spoken out, claiming she was unaware of the criminal activities behind a N4 million deposit into her account. The operator was questioned in a video by the Public Relations Officer for state Police Command, Superintendent Bright Edafe, and published …

A 33-year-old man, Nasiru Isa, was on Monday sentenced to seven years in jail for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl in Kano. The Federal High Court in Kano imposed the sentence on Monday, following Isa’s guilty plea to a one-count charge of sexual exploitation. Presiding judge, Justice S.M. Shu’aibu found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to seven years in …

The Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) has said that up tix of the journalists kidnapped on Thursday by gunmen suspected to be members of a secessionist group on their way to Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital, have been rescued. In a statement on Thursday, SWAN Secretary-General, Mr. Ikenna Okonkwo said: “We want to inform our teeming members across …

Gunmen, believed to be members of a secessionist group, have kidnapped some reporters on their way to cover the Africa Cup of Nations qualifier between hosts Super Eagles and The Mediterranean Knights of Libya holding on Friday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The abduction reportedly took place in Isseke, a notorious community in the Ihiala local government area. While some …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 50 year old man whose identity is yet unknown for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in Ubulu-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday when the minor, went to her grandmother’s house on the instruction of her mother in Ubulu-Uku. According to …

Six years after the bloody bank robbery operation in the ancient town of Offa, Kwara state which claimed the lives of several residents of the community, Justice Haleema Salman of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin on Thursday sentenced five suspects in the case to death by hanging. The court held that the convicts robbed and killed innocent citizens including …