A 21-year-old final year student of Adekunle Ajasin University Akungba Akoko (AAUA), Ondo State, Olubodun Sanni, has confessed stabbing a 20-year-old female student of same institution, Adekunle Ifeoluwa, to death over her iPhone XR. The victim, Adebisi, was a 300-level economics student at the institution and lived off a campus hostel with her killer. Police sources said the suspect confessed …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a suspected one-chance robbery leader, Ndubisi George, aged 49. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin disclosed this in a statement on his X handle on Monday. ‘One chance’ is commonly used in Nigeria to refer to a robbery that takes place when criminals disguising as commercial drivers pick up …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared Mrs. Margaret Emefiele, wife of a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, and three others, wanted for money laundering. Mrs. Emefiele, Mr. Eric Odoh, Anita Omoile and her husband, Jonathan Omoile, were declared wanted on Friday night for allegedly conspiring with the former CBN Governor …

With cryptocurrency fraud and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) scams making headlines, I had thought Nigerian email schemes were a thing of the past, akin to the bygone days when a scammer might offer to sell you the Brooklyn Bridge. So I was surprised to come across an article about a 62-year-old Swedish divorcee named Maria Grette. She had set up a dating profile and soon …

A witness simply identified as TKJ has alleged that suspended dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Calabar (UNICAL) Prof. Cyril Ndifon pressurised her to trade her virginity in exchange for admission into the institution. TKJ, who is the star witness and second prosecution witness (PW2) of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), made the …

An angry mob on Sunday apprehended and severely beat a 28-year-old suspected thief who was allegedly caught burgling a shop along Airport Road in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. A passerby witnessed the suspect in the act of burgling a woman’s shop and raised an alarm, attracting the attention of security personnel from a nearby popular hotel. …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will arraign the immediate-past governor of Anambra State, Chuef Willie Obiano, before Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, over alleged money laundering to the tune of N4,008,573,350. The PUNCH gathered on Tuesday that the ex-governor will be arraigned on nine count charges. The development comes over a week …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command had once again rescued an abductee, Suleiman Sabo, from kidnappers in Sauka, along Airport Road, Abuja, on Sunday. The victim, who sustained injuries from being manhandled by the kidnappers, was rescued by FCT police officers at about 11:30 am on Sunday. Revealing details of the development in a statement on Sunday, the FCT …

The Adamawa State Police Command said it has arrested some suspects in connection with the beheading of a young lady in a hotel in Yola, the state capital. Also arrested were three employees of the hotel, identified as Jacob, and Yifarta, who are receptionists, and a security guard, Isah, who were on duty at the time of the incident at …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Chinaza Phillip, suspected to be a notorious kidnapper terrorizing the nation’s capital. In a statement, the command’s Public Relations Officer, Superintendent Josephine Adeh said the suspect was arrested in Kaduna State on Thursday. She said the suspect, who was handed over to the FCT Command on Friday, …