A Nigerian national has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Police on the charge of duping at least 300 women out of crores of rupees on the pretext of marriage, officials said on Friday, May 27. The accused identified as Garuba Galumje,38, allegedly befriended women through social media and matrimonial websites, where he introduced himself as a…
At least four people have been killed in an attack on Ayilamo town in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered that the incident happened on Tuesday night, May 10, while the victims were asleep. According to Daily Trust, the gunmen stormed the community, broke into homes and shot the four…
A Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, Benue State has sentenced a 24-year-old woman, Mercy Sese, to 7 years in prison with the option of N4.5m fine for trafficking young girls to Mali for prostitution. The presiding judge, Justice AbduDogo sentenced the accused on Wednesday, May 11, after she pleaded guilty to a 7 count charge…
A young woman has been apprehended for allegedly killing her newborn baby in Kuru, Jos South Local Governemnt Area of Plateau State. According to witnesses, the suspect said to be a church chorister, killed the baby shortly after giving birth and was caught while trying to bury the body in the bush on Wednesday, May 11. It had…
The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Abdulrasheed Bawa, has said they are investigating the source of money used by aspirants to purchase party nomination forms ahead of the 2023 elections. Bawa stated this on Friday when he featured on Channels Television’s current affairs programme, Politics Today. “When it comes to the issue of monitoring election funds…
Operatives of state government-owned security outfit, the So-Safe Corps on Tuesday morning, April 26, arrested a mortuary attendant identified as Kushimo Lukman in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital for allegedly cutting off the head of a deceased boy. The So-Safe Corps said the suspect was “an acclaimed mortuary attendant working with MABOD at Oke-Yidi, Abule Oloni, Abeokuta.” So-Safe Corps…
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have apprehended one Promise Dogoh, a 23-year-old native of Kamnor community in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, who allegedly specializes in swapping ATM Cards, belonging to individuals at several ATM points in Rivers State and subsequently stealing money from their accounts. A statement released by DSP Grace Iringe-Koko,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has marked six residential houses and one plaza allegedly belonging to the embattled former Intelligence Response Team leader, Abba Kyari, in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, for investigation. The two-storey shopping plaza, Assurance Plaza, located along the Giwa Barracks Road in Maiduguri, has about 100 stores while six…
A woman has allegedly come forward to claim that she was assaulted by BRT driver Andrew Nice Omininikoron. Andrew Nice is the driver of the BRT bus Oluwabamise Toyosi Ayanwole boarded before she was found dead. He has been arrested and, upon questioning, denied being responsible for her death. Reacting to Andrew’s interview…
Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen have killed at least five people in Tse-Ahentse village in Ndzorov council ward of Guma Local Government Area in Benue State. Several others sustained gun wounds following the attack which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, March 8. The villagers who spoke to Daily Trust said they were…
