Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of the Kwara State High Court has convicted and sentenced 29-year-old Usman Muhammed to prison for romance scam. The convict was prosecuted by the Ilorin zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a one-count charge of impersonation. The charge read: “That you, Usman Muhammed (a.k.a Adepeju Omolara and […]

By Davies Iheamnachor – Port Harcourt The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has redeemed the N30,000,000 bounty he promised anyone with information that would lead to the arrest of the notorious criminal captured and killed last week, Honest Digbara, a.k.a, Bobosky. The Secretary to the State Government, Dr Tammy Danagogo, while handing over the […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure Six persons were killed while seven others sustained injuries in a multiple auto crash along Akure/ Ilesha highway in Ondo state. Eyewitness account said the accident happened at lsarun junction in lgbara- Oke in Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State on Wednesday evening. The crash involved three vehicles including a […]

…Recover victim’s landed property, vehicles from suspect …She is my girlfriend, suspect claims By Evelyn Usman A 43-year-old man, Sylvester Ehiarinmian, is presently cooling his heels in the custody of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, for allegedly swindling a United States based Nigerian woman of several millions of naira and landed properties located in […]

Jihadists aligned to the Islamic State have killed 11 villagers in two separate attacks in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state, militia leaders said Wednesday. Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in several pickup trucks opened fire on Wasaram, 90 kilometres (55 miles) from regional capital Maiduguri on Tuesday, killing eight villagers and injuring 20, […]