An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, sentenced a 22-year-old graduate, Femi Ayoade, to life imprisonment for defiling a four-year-old girl inside a tricycle. Justice Abiola Soladoye who delivered the judgment, said the prosecution had proven the one-count charge of defilement beyond reasonable doubt. The judge described […]
Crime
NAPTIP rescue 24 trafficked victims including woman deceived, trafficked by own father
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 24 victims of human trafficking including a young woman deceived and trafficked by her own father, a retired senior law enforcement officer. The victims, rescued at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, were aged between 15 and 26, and […]
Pirates Abduct 17 Passengers on Calabar-Oron Route
Seventeen passengers traveling by boat on the Calabar-Oron waterways have been abducted by suspected pirates, the Cross River State Police Command confirmed on Friday. According to reports, the gunmen intercepted the boat en route to Oron in Akwa Ibom State, forcing passengers into their vessel before fleeing. Police Public Relations […]
Police Confirm Arrest Of Man Who Struck Relative To Death During Land Dispute
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Okwuchukwu Ezimuo, aged 45, over alleged killing of his relative during land dispute in Awka-Etiti, Idemili South LGA of Anambra State. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a release on Wednesday, said the […]
Anambra Police Command Achieves Yet Another Breakthrough As Operatives Arrest Three Suspects Over Car Snatching, Trucks Diversion, Child-stealing
_Recovers stolen item’s, vehicles in separate Operations_ The Anambra State Police Command says given the enhanced strategic positioning and security patrols emplacement and community/security stakeholders collaboration of the Commissioner of Police CP Ikioye, it has continued to stabilise the safety and security of the State.This is as Police Operatives attached […]
Rivers Police Debunk Report of Bank Robbery in Port Harcourt
The Rivers State Police Command has dismissed online reports claiming that armed robbers attacked a popular bank in Port Harcourt. Police spokesperson SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement on Wednesday, said the report was false and urged residents to disregard it. “The command categorically states that no such incident occurred […]
Man Stabs Relative to Death Over Land Dispute in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 45-year-old man, Okwuchukwu Ezimuo, for allegedly stabbing his relative, Joseph Dike, to death during a quarrel over a family land dispute in Umunocha Village, Awka-Etiti, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred on Monday evening, September 22, 2025, […]
NSCDC In Gombe Arrests Six Suspected Ritualists For Exhuming Two-day-old Corpse
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, has arrested six suspects for allegedly exhuming a corpse for ritual purposes in Kwami LGA, The Command’s spokesperson, SC Buhari Saad, in a statement on Friday, September 19, 2025, disclosed that the syndicate allegedly desecrated the grave of 85-year-old resident […]
Catholic Priest Assassinated in Enugu State
A Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Mathew Eya, was reportedly shot dead on Friday evening in Eha-Ndiagu community, Eha-Alumonah, Nsukka LGA of Enugu State.The cleric, who served as Parish Priest of St. Charles Catholic Church, was returning from Enugu, the state capital, when gunmen intercepted his vehicle near the site of […]
Drama as Police Arrest ‘Madman’ Cultivating Marijuana Farm in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 43-year-old man, Patrick Ojele, who pretended to be mentally unstable while secretly running a marijuana farm in Awka, the state capital. Police operatives attached to the Operations Department, Awka, nabbed the suspect during a routine patrol on September 17, 2025, along the […]
