Due to cybercrime, four minors were detained in Adamawa. Police operatives in Adamawa State have arrested four teenage boys over alleged cybercrime in the capital, Yola. The suspects have already told the police that they have been hacking people’s bank accounts and defrauding them since December last year. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman … Read more
In an Imo gunfight, police shoot two kidnappers and free the victim. The police command in Imo State has reportedly killed two suspected kidnappers and rescued their victim along Umuezorokam- Avu in Owerri West Local Government Area., LGA. The command also recovered one locally-made cut-to-size gun, two cutlasses, and charms in their possession. Henry Okoye, … Read more
Man, 63, kills wife after she forbids him from having sex A former staff of Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board, Aminu Mahdi has been arrested for allegedly beating his wife to death. Aminu, who is 63 years old and hails from Yelwa Ward in Mubi North Local Government Area, allegedly descended on his second … Read more
Gully erosion puts Jigawa villages at jeopardy Gully erosion is threatening to sack Kore community, Garki Local Government Area of Jigawa State. Malam Musa, a resident, told Gists Villa that for over 40 years the town has been under the threat of being destroyed by landslides due to erosion. According to him, “the gully is … Read more
I cut off my father’s penis for monetary ritual—a 20-year-old guy admits in Ogun A 20-year-old boy, simply identified as Ridwan, has confessed that he killed his biological father for money ritual in Ogun State. He was arrested on Thursday by men of the Ogun State So-Safe Corps at Oshoku village, Ijebu North Local Government … Read more
Four siblings in Enugu are trapped and killed when a building collapses. Tragedy struck in Mgbemena, Coal Camp, Enugu North Local Government Area of Enugu State as a building which collapsed on Friday claimed the lives of four siblings. The chairman of the Enugu Capital Territory Development Agency (ECTDA), Hon. Uche Anya, who visited the … Read more
Renowned drug dealer found in Yobe with 6.8 kg of cannabis is apprehended by NDLEA Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Yobe State Command, have rearrested a suspected drug dealer, Abubakar Usman, who has been wanted since 2022. The Command’s Principal Staff Officer, Media and Advocacy, Ramatu SB, disclosed this in a … Read more
Road accident in Osun claims six lives. Six persons have been confirmed dead in a multiple road accident on Saturday morning at Imesi-Ile. This was made known in a First Information Report, FIR, by the spokesperson of the Osun Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, Agnes Ogungbemi, on behalf of the Sector … Read more
Kano: Police offer two alleged criminals a N1 million reward. Police in Kano State have declared two suspected criminals wanted, placing a N500,000 bounty on each of them. Commissioner of Police, Muhammed Sani Gumel, stated this while parading Sadiq Ahmad, popularly known as Big Star, one of the criminals terrorizing people within the Kano Metropolis. … Read more
Ogun government clamps down on sidewalk vendors and confiscates merchandise The Ogun State Government has clamped down on traders displaying their wares on walkways and roadsides in Abeokuta, the State capital. A task force set up by the government had given a three-day ultimatum to street traders across Ogun to stop blocking walkways and roadsides. … Read more