Police arrest two for beheading and killing five in Lagos

Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspects, Saheed Lateef and Julius Augulere, for alleged involvement in the cult clash that left five people dead in Alasiya in the Abraham Adesanya area of the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. Two of the five corpses were beheaded; one victim was shot dead; […]

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Justice Ajumogobia arrested as corruption charge against her was struck out

Officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have apprehended Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, a dismissed judge of the Federal High Court, after the corruption charge against her was struck out. Her arrest took place on the premises of an Ikeja High Court, Lagos today April 16, when about 10 officials of the EFCC surrounded her […]

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Nigerian activist, commentator, jailed 12 years for false Facebook post

One Nigerian activist has been jailed for seven years for falsely accusing a public official of corruption. Ibrahim Wala, popularly called I G Wala, was jailed on Wednesday by Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Wala was found guilty of falsely accusing the head of a pilgrim commission […]

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PDP chieftain’s son assassinated in Benue

Unknown gunmen believed to be assassins have murdered the son of a PDP chieftain in Benue state, Prince Yandev Amaabai, Orkuma Amaabai. According to reports, Orkuma was assassinated by some alleged political thugs last night at his residence in the state shortly after returning from a sit out with friends. Prince Yandev Amaabai was the Director in charge of […]

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Three beheaded in a cult clash in Lagos on Sunday (Graphic photos)

Some suspected cultists were beheaded, during an alleged clash between rival cult groups in Lagos on Sunday morning. The fight took place on the main road around Abraham Adesanya, Ajah, Lagos, leaving many heads scattered all over the road. A resident of Ajah wrote: ‘everybody think is curtiz boys but i think this is a […]

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Five police officers arrested, one declared wanted, for killing girl, injuring man in Lagos (Graphic photos)

Lagos State Police Command have arrested five Police officers and declared an Inspector, Dania Ojo, wanted, for allegedly shooting dead a girl, Ada Ifeanyi, in the Apapa area of Lagos State. One Emmanuel Akomafuwa was said to have sustained life-threatening injuries as a result of the shooting that killed the 20-year-old girl. The policemen arrested […]

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A herbalist, friend, nabbed for allegedly killing man for ritual in Ogun (Photos)

Police in Ogun State have arrested a herbalist, Owolabi Mesioye, and his friend identified simply as Oloruntoyin, for allegedly killing an unidentified man for human sacrifice at Alaako-Ijeun Egboro area of Abeokuta, the state capital on March 28. According to the police, Oloruntoyin allegedly lured the unidentified victim to his house near Mesioye’s residence at […]

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Attempted rape, 2 Unilag male students nabbed, arraigned in court

Two male students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) who attempted to rape their female course mate on Thursday has appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on a 5-count charge. The male students identified as Ikedi Okpanlanedu, 21 and Samuel Idongesit, 20, are facing charges of conspiracy, attempted rape, assault, impersonation and […]

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Nigerian prisons congestion and matters arising

Prisons are public correctional institutions established by government where inmates — both suspects and convicts — are detained. Concerned citizens observe that over the years, the situation in Nigerian prison cells across the country has become miserable where many inmates who are awaiting trial languish. They observe that some of the inmates have even spent […]

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Nigerian female prostitute killed in Italy (Photo)

The evacuation of the body of the murdered Nigerian prostitute in Italy. Leopoldo Scalici, 41-year-old Italian man, has been arrested for allegedly killing a Nigerian prostitute, identified as Benedicta and dumping her body in a ditch. Italian website, Modena Today, reports that Scalici approached Benedicta on the streets of Modena Nord for sex over the […]

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Lagos govt re-arraigns 4 dismissed SARS officers (Photo)

The Lagos State government on Tuesday re-arraigned four ex-SARS officers before the state High Court, for abuse of office. The four dismissed officers attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the state Police Command were identified as Sergeants Adeoye Adekunle, Adeniran Adebowale, Agbi Lucky and Odighe Hehosa and they were arraigned on three counts bordering […]

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Ondo bank robbery, seven confirmed dead (Photos)

Seven people have been confirmed dead after an eleven-man gang of robbers attacked a branch of First Bank in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday afternoon. The robbers shot and killed seven people, including bank officials, a Police Inspector as well as two customers using the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). Five other persons who […]

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2 Nigerians gruesomely killed in new xenophobic attacks in South Africa

Two Nigerian men have been killed in a fresh xenophobic attacks in Johannesburg and Cape Town on April 5 and April 6 respectively. According to the Assistant Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Union in South Africa (NUSA), Odefa Ikele, one of the deceased persons, Goziem Akpenyi, was allegedly stabbed to death by three unknown […]

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Father, son remanded in prison custody for allegedly defiling, impregnating 13-year-old girl

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a father and his son for allegedly defiling and impregnating a 13-year old girl (name withheld) at Egbeda area of Lagos, Southwest Nigeria. The suspects are Kabiru Oke, 44 and Faruq Oke, 19. They were arrested at No 1 Olatikupo Street, Egbeda, where the victim lived with them. […]

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Son kills Nigerian man for not selling his land to sponsor him abroad (Graphic Photo)

Facebook user, Eric Doncleaono has just shared the sad story of how his uncle was murdered by his own first son for refusing to sell his land to sponsor him abroad. Narrating the story, he wrote: “Christopher first son Chidiebere Onoh, a notorious cultist conspired with his friend Sir King n kill his dad, just bcos his […]

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Young man nabbed with 2 freshly roasted human hands in Ekiti

Nifemi Opeloyeru, suspected yahoo boy, has been arrested with two freshly roasted human hands in Ijero Ekiti area of Ekiti State, Nigeria. It was gathered that on Monday, a robbery gang sent a letter to the town that they were coming to rob the residents, and due to that message, police officers and plain-clothed detectives […]

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2 suspected killers of LUTH doctor, Stephen Urueye, nabbed

The Lagos Police Command has arrested two persons suspected to have killed Dr. Stephen Urueye, a medical graduate of the University of Lagos, near the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi Araba. According to Channels Television, the suspects; Gbadebo Jimoh and Malik Adeboye, were arrested on Friday by police operatives from the Itire division. Both have been transferred […]

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Inspector Ogunyemi, the alleged killer of Kolade Johnson charged to court

Lagos State Police Command has charged Inspector Ogunyemi Olalekan, the alleged killer of football fan, Kolade Johnson to court. Ogunyemi was charged before a Chief Magistrate Court in Ebute-Metta, Lagos. His arraignment followed his dismissal barely 24 hours ago which might have been due to the peoples’ outcry. At the orderly room trial, the police […]

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