‘Parents pressure children to be trafficked for prostitution’

Okechukwu Nwanguma

The Executive Director of Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre (RULAAC) in a chat with ABIODUN ADESOGA speaks on children trafficking and the enormous pressure some parents place on their children.

Ex-Kwara Scholarship Board forged 326 signatures, says witness

Juliana Francis

A prosecution witness has told Justice Sikiru Oyinloye of a Kwara State High Court, sitting in Ilorin, that the signatures of 326 students listed by the Kwara Scholarship Board under the leadership of Alhaja Fatimoh Yusuf to be beneficiaries of the N50million state bursary were forged.

RRS arrests 18 suspected cultists over murder of eight people

Juliana Francis

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Lagos State Police Command, have arrested 18 suspected cultists for allegedly killing eight people.

Police smash gang using stolen SIMs, BVN to empty bank accounts

Taiwo Jimoh

A 37-year-old alleged serial robber, Raphael Ejuwa, has been arrested for buying stolen phones, Subscriber identification Module (SIM) and Automated Teller Machine (ATM) from an alleged thief.

My son didn’t kill any lawyer, cries distraught mother

…Police, DPP at logger heads

Juliana Francis

Grace

A distraught mother, Mrs Grace Ajayi, whose 32-year-old son, Richard Osakue Ajayi, has been incarcerated at Nasarawa Correctional Centre over allegation of murder, has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, to do everything possible to ensure her son was released.

Two arrested over alleged assassination, kidnapping

Juliana Francis

IGP Mohammed Adamu

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested two suspects, who allegedly specialised in armed robbery, kidnapping and assassination in Anambra State.

We used phantom contracts to defraud businessman N14m, says scavenger

Juliana Francis

Four men, who specialised in scavenging through waste bins at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, for discarded business proposals, in order to use them to defraud unsuspecting businessmen, have been arrested.

Panic as thugs storm Lagos communities, injure 50, loot shops

Taiwo Jimoh

At least 50 people were injured and property worth millions of naira destroyed after suspected thugs, yesterday, stormed Finniger and Abule-Ado areas of Satellite town, Lagos State.

Remand me in EFCC Custody, Blogger behind fake EFCC cell tweet Begs

Juliana Francis

Mr Chukwuebuka Washington Dikeocha, the blogger who sensationally published fake pictures of “EFCC Cell” through his Twitter handle, @TheRealDayne, yesterday begged to be remanded in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC).

N37m fraud: Court remands fake NNPC official

Emmanuel Masha, Port Harcourt

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, has remanded Ebioenang Monday George, in prison custody for posing as an official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC).

Woman steals five-month-old baby, flees

Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Aba

A woman, identified simply as Jane, has been arrested for allegedly stealing a five-month-old baby from its mother at Ebem in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State on Monday.

Drug Trafficking: How NDLEA aids release of Nigerian held in Saudi Arabia

Juliana Francis

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), yesterday revealed efforts it made to ensure that Ibrahim Ibrahim Abubakar, a Nigerian held by Saudi Arabia authority for drug trafficking was set free.

Forgive me for lying to Nigerians, begged blogger arrested over fake tweet

Emmanuel Masha, Port Harcourt

A blogger, Dikeocha Chukwuebuka, arrested by Port Harcourt Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for publishing fake story on the commission, has asked for clemency.

Police kill 17 bandits, recover 189 rustled animals in Katsina -PPRO

The Police in Katsina State said that they have killed 17 suspected bandits and recovered 189 rustled animals in Kankara Local Government Area of the state.

Another Man alighted from Uber jumps into Lagoon

Taiwo Jimoh

Barely 10 days after a man alighted from a call cab and jumped into the Lagos Lagoon another young man has leapt from an UBER car and jumped into the Lagoon on third mainland Bridge Lagos State.

Five bankers arraigned for stealing depositors’ N37m

Juliana Francis

The Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday, arraigned five bankers for stealing depositors N37million.

Robbery victims recall encounters with armed gangs in Lagos

Patience Ogbo and Adesoga Abiodun

Armed gangs are beginning to make life and movement unbearable for citizens of Lagos State.

VC expelled me for reporting relative to police –Stabbed undergraduate

Taiwo Jimoh and Okey Maduforo

An undergraduate of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Anambra State, has accused her Vice Chancellor, Professor Greg Nwakoby, of expelling her unjustly.

Rescue my daughter from Boko Haram, Leah Sharibu’s mom begs UK Govt

IGP, Mohammed Adamu

Leah Sharibu’s mother, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, has begged the British Prime Minister to do everything possible to rescue her daughter from Boko Haram enclave in Nigeria.

Rebecca, who visited London, went there with the issue of Leah’s rescue on her agenda.

Suspected assassins kill man, rape daughter in Delta

Dominic Adewole, ASABA

A middle aged man, Daniel Benwari, has been assassinated in his home at Abuelo Quarters of Issele-Azagba, in Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State.

Teenager stabs boyfriend to death over N3000

Kunle Olayeni, Abeokuta 

Police in Ogun State have arrested a teenager, Idowu Abosede, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, Aliyu Ibrahim, to death. 

Man jumps off Third Mainland Bridge after lover jilts him

Taiwo Jimoh

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that a 23-year-old man, Princewell David, jumped off the Third Mainland Bridge on Thursday morning.

Human trafficking, organ harvesting are networks full of deceits, says NAPTIP boss

Mr Daniel Atokolo is the Lagos State Zonal Commander, National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). In this chat with JULIANA FRANCIS, Atokolo speaks on trafficking of babies and other sundry issues.

Maryam Sanda appeals against death sentence

Tunde Oyesina, Abuja 

Three weeks after she was sentenced to death by an Abuja High Court following the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, Maryam Sanda has approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, praying it to set aside the verdict and acquit her.

Gunmen kill two policemen, injure another at checkpoint

Adewale Momoh, Akure

Gunmen yesterday killed two policemen and injured one at Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State.

Four-year-old girl disappears on way to hairstylist in Lagos

Juliana Francis

A distraught mother, Fatima Adedokun, has urged Nigerians to join her in searching for her missing daughter.

Couple accused of stealing N2.7m from sterling bank, arraigned

Juliana Francis

A couple, Akinwole Oluwaseun Dosunmu and his wife, Motunrayo Olanike Dosunmum, have been arraigned over allegation of stealing N2.7million from Sterling Bank.