Category: Crime

Ondo State Police Command has re-arrested a convict who escaped during the March 22 jail break at Owo Correctional Centre. A statement by the command’s spokeswoman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami said: “Today, 4th of July, 2022 at about 0700hrs, information was received by men of Igbokoda Division, that one Ikuemelo Tosin ‘m’, AKA 4G network, a […]

A man has burnt his estranged wife, Lateefat, to death after she left him over domestic violence. It was learnt that the incident happened on Saturday in the Otun-Akute area of Ogun State. The victim was said to have had four children in a previous relationship before meeting the suspect. The state Police Public Relations […]

A victim of kidnapping, Mrs. Folakemi Fadoju, who recently regained her freedom has described the kidnappers’ den as a hell in the four days spent in the captivity of the hoodlums. It was gathered that the 41-year-old Fadoju and her son were kidnapped by some gunmen at her sawmill in Oka Area of Ondo town, […]

The death of an alleged member of the Eiye Confraternity, Ayo Akintunde, in prison, stalled proceedings on Wednesday at the Ikeja High Court, Lagos State. The deceased and his co-defendant, Abdulahi Gafar, were charged with membership of an unlawful society before Justice Oyindamola Ogala. The offence is contrary to Section 2(3) of the Unlawful Society […]

Inspector General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman Police lack operational vehicles, adequate personnel – Olowo raises alarm The Nigeria Police has said that it is still in shock over the terrorists attack at the St Francis Catholic Church, in Owo, Ondo state. No fewer than 40 worshipers were gruesomely murdered while many others were seriously […]

A Lagos High Court, sitting in Tafawa Balewa Square, on Wednesday fixed July 13 for the convicted kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, a.k.a. Evans, to open his defence. A kidnap victim, Chief Donatus Duru, had in 2018 filed a suit demanding for the return of 223,000 Pounds he paid as ransom while in the custody of […]