Crimes
Oyo school abductors demand release of terror suspects, ransom for freedom
By Deborah Nnamdi The terrorists holding teachers and pupils abducted from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have reportedly presented four conditions for the release of the captives. The abductors, who attacked schools in the Esinele, Yawota, and Alawusa communities on May 15, are said to…
Read More »Police rescue three abducted children, arrest two suspects in Akwa Ibom
By Deborah Nnamdi The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has rescued three abducted children and arrested two suspected child traffickers during a coordinated operation in Ekparakwa village, Mkpat Enin Local Government Area. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement issued in Uyo on Thursday. According to…
Read More »Ondo police arrest man for allegedly beating father to death
By Deborah Nnamdi The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old man, Nsikak Kingsley, for allegedly beating his father, Adone Peter, to death following a violent altercation in Oda Community, Akure South Local Government Area of the state. The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued on Thursday by…
Read More »Court sentences four to death over 2022 Owo Catholic Church massacre
By Deborah Nnamdi Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced four men to death by hanging for their roles in the June 5, 2022, terrorist attack on Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State, which claimed the lives of more than 40 worshippers and…
Read More »Ekiti LG Vice Chairman remanded over alleged staged kidnap plot
By Deborah Nnamdi A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has ordered the remand of the Vice Chairman of Ilejemeje Local Government Area, Grace Ogunleye, over her alleged involvement in a staged kidnapping incident. Chief Magistrate Abayomi Adeosun issued the remand order on Wednesday following Ogunleye’s arraignment on multiple charges…
Read More »Gunmen Abduct Adelabu’s Sister, Twin Sons in Ibadan
By Deborah Nnamdi Suspected gunmen have abducted the younger sister of former Minister of Power and All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship aspirant in Oyo State, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, along with her twin sons in Ibadan, the state capital. The victims were reportedly kidnapped on Wednesday morning in the Challenge area…
Read More »Gunmen attack immigration office in Oyo, cart away officers’ firearms
By Deborah Nnamdi Suspected gunmen on Tuesday night attacked the Nigeria Immigration Service office in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, and reportedly carted away firearms belonging to officers on duty. The attack occurred at about 10 p.m. at the immigration facility located along the Ogbomoso–Ilorin Motorway near the NNPC filling station. According…
Read More »Three FUTO students nabbed over alleged killing of 100-level student
The Imo State Police Command has arrested three students of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) in connection with the alleged killing of a 21-year-old undergraduate, Chinedu Chibuzor Christogonus. Christogonus, a 100-level Cyber Security student and member of the university’s Man O’ War organisation, reportedly died after he was…
Read More »Bandits abduct former defence spokesman, wife in Katsina attack
Suspected armed bandits have abducted retired Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, and his wife in Katsina State. The incident reportedly occurred on Saturday along the Katsina–Matazu road while the retired senior military officer and his wife were travelling. According to sources, armed men intercepted their…
Read More »Nigerian-born Catholic priest convicted of sexual assault in U.S.
A Nigerian-born Roman Catholic priest, Anthony Odiong, has been convicted by a jury in Texas, United States, for sexually assaulting women under his spiritual care, following a trial that exposed allegations of abuse of clerical authority. Odiong, 57, was found guilty on one count of first-degree sexual assault and two…
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