Police arrest rape suspect, detain cops for N100,000 bribe
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Wisdom Onyeaju, over the alleged defilement of a 15-year-old girl in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the state.…
Community discipline teenager for stealing yams, warn othersÂ
A 17-year-old boy, simply identified as Ipo Agba, has been paraded naked around Ajegbole community in Gabu Ward of Yala Local Government Area of Cross River State for allegedly stealing…
OAU 300-level student dies in sleep, campus, department in mourning
Tragedy struck in the early hours of yesterday when a 300-level student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, identified as Timilehin Adetoye Toromade, reportedly died in his sleep,…
Court jails ex-Lagos education director for N48m stealing
A Lagos State Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 64-year-old former Lagos State education director, Olawale Solomon Feleti, to two years and five months’…
Airport police arrest crypto fraudster over N1.25bn fraud
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, Airport Police Command, have arrested a 20-year-old suspected internet fraudster for allegedly defrauding foreign victims, mostly in the United States, of about N1.25bn and…
12 arrested as commandos gunmen attack Rivers estate, shoot resident
At least 12 suspects have been arrested following an attack on an estate in Mbodo, Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State on Monday afternoon, during which a resident…
Alleged sexual offences: Chris Okafor fails to appear at Lagos police
The Senior Pastor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor, did not honour a police invitation on Monday in connection with allegations of multiple rape and other offences…
Delta: Police face brutality, extortion claims over New Year arrests
Allegations of police brutality, extortion and abuse of power have followed the Delta State Police Command after at least 43 suspected hoodlums were arrested during a midnight raid in the…
Akwa Ibom community demands justice over killing of 13-year-old boy
The season of joy turned to mourning in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, after a 13-year-old boy, Timothy Daniel, was allegedly shot dead by a soldier in the early hours…
How policemen forced me to pay N70,000 at gunpoint – Lagos plumber
A Lagos-based plumber, Nifemi Oyerinde, has accused some police officers of extorting N70,000 from him at gunpoint during a stop-and-search operation near the Otedola Bridge area of Lagos State. Oyerinde,…