Killers of a corps member, Adebayo Mukaila, in Osogbo, capital of Osun State have been sentenced to death. They are a herb seller, Jelli Kareem; commercial cycle rider, Oludayo Oludele, and an electrician, Awodeji Muyiwa. The convicts pleaded not guilty when they were arraigned on 8 October 2020 alongside a vulcaniser, Anifowose Buliaminu, who they sold stolen recharge to after …

Operatives of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested the head of the Akarabata community in Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ba’ale Ige Babatunde, 50, with fresh cannabis plants that weighed 5kg. The operatives also raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate headed by a couple, Agbakoba Mmadu, and Agbakoba Chinwe, as well as their associate, Okoye Maryjane, where …

Bandits in their large numbers, late Saturday night, stormed the Danhonu community in the Millennium City of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and abducted two journalists reporting for  Blueprint Newspapers in the state. The reporters – Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe of The Nation, and AbdulRaheem Abdu (Blueprint) – were kidnapped alongside their wives and children. LEADERSHIP reports that Alhaji …

The Bauchi State police command has arrested one Bala Mohammed for luring and raping two girls aged 16 and 17 years in his room. All three, suspect and victims are residents of Unguwar Mahaukata Quarters in Bauchi metropolis. According to the Command’s Police public relations officer (PPRO), Superintendent (SP) Ahmed Mohammed Wakil in a press statement on Friday, the suspect …

A commercial driver plying the Edo/Osun State route, Olalekan Amos, has been arrested by the police for fleeing with electronic gadgets worth N4.5 million, he was meant to deliver in Osogbo, Osun State. Amos, who was among suspects arrested across the state for offences ranging from armed robbery to kidnapping and membership of unlawful groups, was paraded at the headquarters …

The management of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State has suspended the institution’s ongoing second-semester examination indefinitely. The decision followed the killing of a final-year student of the institution, identified as Olaoye Fabiyi, by suspected cultists. A statement on Thursday, by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Odubela Ayotunde, said all examinations on the campus have been suspended …

The Niger State government has carried out raids on some of the illegal mining sites across the state where many of the erring miners were arrested. Top on the list of those arrested include aged women, nursing mothers, their kids and children of school age. The state Ministry of Mineral Resources, Wednesday, embarked on a raid of some mining sites …

The Ekiti State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a notorious jailbreaker, Temitope Omotuyi, popularly known as Tope Jinadu, who was earlier arrested in 2012 for the offences of conspiracy and armed robbery. While parading the suspect in Ado-Ekiti, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Sunday Abutu said Jinadu and four other suspects were charged to court in 2012 …

Operatives of the Nigeria Police have arrested four suspects in connection with the death of the national chairman, Retired Members of the Nigerian Armed Forces, Brig. Gen. Harold Udokwere. A three-man armed robbery gang attacked and killed Udokwere in his house in the Kubusa area of the Federal Capital Territory on Saturday. After the incident, the FCT Commissioner of Police, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it has arrested two former employees of Union Bank in Makurdi, Benue State, for allegedly stealing N4,199,500 from the account of a deceased customer. The spokesperson of the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale, made this known in a statement released yesterday in Abuja. The suspects, according to the statement, are Idah Ogoh and …