Local News

The corpse of a missing 12-year-old boy, John Soyinka was reportedly found at Kotogbo community inside Asero Estate, Abeokuta, on Monday with some of his body parts missing. According to reports, on Wednesday, Soyinka was declared missing about a week ago, and the incident was reported at the Obantoko Police Station, Abeokuta. A resident of the area, said that the school boy went missing after trying to check on a […]

Asaba police operatives have arrested a 52-year old suspected fraudster, Samsom Ibiloma, for allegedly impersonating the Secretary to the Delta State Government, Kingsley Emu, to defraud unsuspecting job seekers. The Public Relations Officer, Delta state Command, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement. Edafe said the suspect is a member of a syndicate that specializes in impersonating top government officials. He said, this syndicate has been operating under the alias […]

A father of four, Lukman Soladoye has appeared before a Shari’a court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Tuesday, for beating his wife, Kemi Soladoye, and their four children. Soladoye said he beat his wife and children to correct them when they were wrong adding that he loves his family and wanted the best for them. The wife, through her counsel B.A Tanko said she had wanted a divorce due […]

The Delta State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers and recovered one AK-47 magazine in Agbor-Obi, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement in Asaba, on Thursday. Edafe disclosed that operatives of Agbor Area Command while acting on credible intelligence, stormed Kelubia Street Agbor-Obi and apprehended four suspects. He also said that the command […]

Two female officials of the Lagos Waste Management Authority, LWMA were knocked down by a vehicle around the Charlie Boy area inward Gbagada, Lagos State, on Monday. An eyewitness disclosed that they two women were hit by a Sienna vehicle while they were carrying out their duty. The eyewitness said, they women died on the spot, while the driver has been arrested and handed over to the police.

A commercial motorcyclist has been reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident occurred on Sunday night at Olorunda Aba town in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo state. According to an eyewitness, the motorcyclist was conveying his assailants to an unknown destination before he was attacked and killed by the gunmen who went away with his motorcycle.  

The Lagos commercial drivers holds protest against the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and Task force on Monday, leaving commuters stranded. According to report, the commercial drivers embarked on the strike to protest against extortion.  

The Rivers State Police Command have arrested a man, on Sunday, for allegedly stabbing his female tenant and her husband at Ekwulobia Street in Mile 3, Diobu, in Port Harcourt. The incident occurred when the landlord went furious after the lady, turned down his love advances, inflicting several machete cuts on her. He also attacked and macheted her husband who tried to rescue his wife and inflicted machete cuts on […]

The Oyo State police has on Friday, paraded a 45-year-old suspected ritualist identified as Hassan Kolawole with a fresh human head in Ibadan. Kolawole was paraded at the Command Headquarters at Eleyele in Ibadan North-West Local Government Area of the state, alongside nine others who were arrested for various crimes at different locations within the state. They were paraded by the state Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, through the Police […]