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Operatives of the Ogun State Police command have arrested no fewer than seven men said to be members of a serial ritual killer syndicate in different parts of Abeokuta over the murder of one Sunday Okosun and three other unknown persons.…

For reportedly cutting the genital organ of his employer, Oluwo Shakiru, and assaulting his wife over loss of equipment, a 40-year-old logger identified as Ogidan Yussuf, has been apprehended. Ogidan Yussuf, said to be a resident of…

Operatives of the Osun state police command have rescued a six-year-old girl locked up, malnourished and maltreated for months by her guardian at Isale-Osun, Osogbo. This was contained in a statement released on Tuesday by the public…

Justice F.A Olubanjo of the Federal High Court in Asaba, Delta State, has ordered eight online fraudsters, commonly known as "Yahoo Boys," to forfeit considerable property, the profits of crime, to the federal government. They were also…

24-year-old lady simply identified as Mercy, has escaped from a den of ritual killers after being lured with a fake lucrative job offer in Italy. According to SaharaReporters, Mercy, who is based in Warri, Delta State, was told by a…

Six suspected kidnappers have been arrested by operatives of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), in collaboration with the Hunters Group of Nigeria, in Kogi State. Parading the suspects on Tuesday, the Kogi State…

Tragedy as at least 20 people mostly women and children reportedly lost their lives in Badau village, Bagwai LGA of Kano state following a boat mishap. WITHIN NIGERIA assembled that the incident happened around 6pm on Tuesday.…

Oyo State government has suspended a female student of Jericho High School, Ibadan for allegedly conspiring with her mother to assault another student, some teachers and parents. It was gathered that the girl and her mother hired…

Troops of Exercise Golden Dawn foiled an attempt by alleged members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to kidnap some medical personnel in Imo. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed…

A food seller, Olayinka Ogunleye, was allegedly stabbed by one Opeyemi Rufai during an argument bordering on N400 at the Baonik Hotel, Magboro, in the Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State. Rufai, while lodging at the hotel,…

Gunmen suspected to be robbers attacked Ifelodun Microfinance Bank, Ikirun, in Osun State, after which they broke an Automated Teller Machine, ATM, and carted away the money in it. The robbers, who were in police uniform, reportedly…

Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad of the Nigerian Police Force have arrested a total of thirty-two (32) notorious suspects for their complicity in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, illegal possession of…

Rotimi Albert, a prosecution witness in the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the murder of SUPER TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, has narrated how family and friends found his body in the mortuary on his birthday.…

21-year-old photographer, Muhammed Zubairu, has been remanded in prison custody over the death of his pregnant girlfriend, Miss Sane Fidelis in Adamawa State. Muhammed, of Sabon Pegi, Mayo Belwa Local Government Area, was arraigned…

Operatives of the Cross River State Police Command have arrested a guard, Godswill Ezekiel Ugbe, for attempting to sell his employer’s car, estimated to cost N3 million for only N350,000. The suspect was accosted by the Anti-Kidnapping…

26-year-old unemployed man, Mustapha Baba, has been remanded in prison for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in his residence, Ayobo area of Lagos state. Baba was on Tuesday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for…

A seven-year sentence has been imposed on a civil servant in the Ondo State Public Service. Kamilu Aminu, a civil servant with the State Hospital Management Board, was found guilty of stealing N7 million. Aminu, who worked at the…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has revealed that the ministry of labour and the University College Hospital Ibadan are involved in illegal recruitment. Bolaji Owasanoye, ICPC chairman said…

Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), Bolaji Owasanoye has disclosed that 257 projects amounting to N20.138 billion were duplicated in the 2021 budget. This was disclosed by the ICPC…

29-year-old ex-convict, Joshua Ajayi Oluwatobi has been convicted for impersonating the Dean Student Affairs, University of Ilorin and others to defraud unsuspecting students seeking to pay school fees and hostel accommodation. Justice…

Bola Adegoke, widow of Timothy Adegoke, the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) MBA student who was found dead at the Hilton Hotel and Resorts, Ile-Ife, Osun State, revealed how her husband was monitored before his death. She also noted…

The Zamfara State Police command said it has rescued twenty four kidnapped victims from the bandits enclaves. The rescue was carried out through the police tactical operatives in various locations of the State. According to the State…

Bandits have reportedly written to the Christian community in Zamfara State, to close churches or risk ferocious attacks. According to SaharaReporters, the state police spokesperson, DSP Mohammed Shehu,  said the police were aware of the…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have shot Kogi State Commissioner for Environment, Adewale Omofaiye while on his way to Lokoja, the state capital, The attackers were said to have laid an ambush for the commissioner before he was shot…

The lawmaker representing Ohaukwu north in the Ebonyi state house of assembly, Chinedu Awo has been reportedly attacked by gunmen. This was made known on Monday by the police spokesperson in Ebonyi, Loveth Odah. According to the PPRO,…