Ola Ajayi – Ibadan A 34-year-old murder suspect, Abegunde Olaniyi has narrated how he killed an evangelist of the Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Oke Imole, Agbeni, Ibadan, Oyo State with a wooden object and took possession of her bank account. The suspect was among other suspects paraded by the Oyo State police command for alleged […]

By Dayo Johnson – Akure It was a sad Easter Monday in ldanre, Ondo state as a 71-year-old farmer, Eric Olowokande, killed his 52-year-old wife, Mojere, with blows during a fisticuff. A family source disclosed that the couple had a disagreement and in the process, the suspect rained some blows on the wife which led […]

By Aliyu Dangida – Dutse A 19-year-old motorcycle spare part seller, Muhammad Abdullahi, has been arrested by operatives of the Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) for allegedly sodomising a six-year-old boy. It was gathered that the mother of the boy on observing some changes in the boy’s behaviour […]

Shina Abubakar – Osogbo One of the arsonists terrorising villages in Ife-South Local Government Area of Osun by setting houses and other properties on fire was weekend killed by police operatives while another suspect was arrested. An eyewitness in Osun disclosed that the bandits arrived Odemuyiwa village very early in the morning, but luck ran […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado-Ekiti Feeling of apprehension and fear have enveloped Igede-Ekiti in Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government Area over the killing of one Mrs Tayo Ajayi, a staff of Irepodun Ifelodun Local Government Area of Ekiti State, by unknown gunmen. She was until her death, a staff of the Primary Health Centre Department of the […]

By Esther Onyegbula The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old father of two, Adetayo Razaq, for raping a minor in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The suspect was arrested on the 9th of April 2020 after the victim’s father reported at Ikorodu Police Station that his eight years old daughter was raped. It was […]

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 36 suspects who allegedly used the lockdown period to perpetuate crime in the state. Their arrest is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana and made available to newsmen on Saturday. Elkana said that 20 suspects were arrested on Friday within […]

The police in Ikorodu, Lagos, on Sunday arrested one  28-year-old man, who allegedly lured an eight-year-old girl with biscuits and defiled her. In a statement in Lagos,   DSP Bala Elkana,  Public Relations Officer of the state police command, said that the alleged crime occurred on Alladi Ijelu Street, Agunfoye, Ikorodu. He said that the suspect […]

By Esther Onyegbula Few days after two police officers; Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Adebayo Ojo and Sergeant Adeleke Mojisola were arrested for extortion, another officer Taloju Matins has been arrested for a similar offence. Taloju Matins attached to Ago Divisional Police Station Okota was arrested after a video of him collecting N40,000 from a […]

Some police operatives from the Ikorodu Police Station have arrested two suspected armed robbers:  Toheeb Sanusi, 21, and Adewale Adeshina, 24, around Benson area of Ikorodu in Lagos State. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bala Elkana, in a statement said that the policemen were supported by SARS operatives to effect the arrests […]