At least 20 armed robbers stormed Alaafia Estate in Orogun, Ibadan, the Oyo state capital around 11pm on Sunday and operated till around 2am on Monday, dispossessing residents of valuables running into millions of naira. The robbers were said to have gained entry into the estate through a recently dredged carnal linking Barika, Agbowo, and…
Armed policemen in Abuja have opened fire on human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore during a protest to demand an end to insecurity in the country. Sowore was shot in the right side of the stomach towards the hip by gun-wielding policemen drafted to the Unity Fountain. The police who had already been stationed at the…
EX-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, on Sunday, gave the Nigerian government seven days to inaugurate the substantive Board of the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC). “It is against this background that I wish to call on Mr President, members of the National Assembly and Security Agencies to work towards the constitution of the substantive board…
No fewer than 200 students of an Islamiyya school located at Tegina in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State have been abducted. One person was shot dead while another is critically injured after gunmen carried out the kidnap operation around 4:30 pm on Sunday. A resident of the area, Zayyad Mohammed, confirmed the…
Two women have been rescued after they were kidnapped by body parts dealers when they went to Port Harcourt in search of jobs. The women were kidnapped during the week by two men in a bus and taken to a forest. While there, they had to watch others whose families couldn’t pay ransom get killed. The…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a Ponzi scheme operator and founder of InksNation, Omotade-Sparks Amos Sewanu. In a Twitter post on Friday, the anti-corruption agency noted that Sewanu had been arrested in Sokoto. The tweet read, “BREAKING: Fleeing Ponzi Scheme Operator, Omotade-Sparks Amos Sewanu, Nabbed by EFCC in Sokoto.” In November 2020,…
After sacking Benue State communities, dare-devil herders continued their reign of terror when they attacked Bali and Gassol councils in Taraba State, shooting dead scores of residents during a midnight raid. The separate attacks, which occurred in Sabon-Gida village of Gassol Council and Pangari village of Bali, were said to have been perpetrated by the…
Three young men, Toheeb Babalola, Jamiu Olajide and Taiwo Olamilekan have narrated how officers attached to the Osun State Police Command extorted N525,000 from them while on their way to Oyo state from Akure, Ondo state. They explained that they were stopped on May 26, 2021 around 1:30pm, at Osogbo Junction by policemen who wore…
The community in Obohia Amuda Isuochi in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State has banished a man identified as Obioma Ubani for 20 years. Obioma was accused of engaging in witchcraft and killing one Professor Chike Ubani through that means. He was adorned with raffia palms, popularly known as Omu while carrying along…
The Ibadan Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested 43-year-old Amos Olugbenga Olaniyan for allegedly defrauding people of over N128,000,000.00 (One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Million Naira) in a fraudulent investment scheme. The petitioners alleged that Amos, through his company, persuaded them to invest in a network scheme that offered a…