Folashade Olalude, a woman, was charged by the police on Friday in the Ebute-Metta Chief Magistrate Court with cyberbullying and threatening to kill a businessman. The police have filed four counts against the defendant, who was hauled before Chief Magistrate Olwatosin Fowowe-Erusiafe, pertaining to conspiracy, intent to steal, cyberbullying, and threat to kill. Mr. Henry Obiazi, the prosecutor, informed the court that between 2015 and 2022, the defendant and other individuals who are currently at large plotted together to perpetrate the alleged offenses. Obiazi informed the court that the defendant had made multiple demands of over N5 million from one…
Author: Mathew Aremu
Following a fire that broke out close to the Tudun Wada Juma’at Mosque in Kano, seven family members perished, according to Alhaji Saminu Abdullah, a representative of the Kano State Fire Service. In Kano, Abdullahi reported on Monday that a father, mother, and five of their children were impacted by the Sunday night incident. “At approximately 12:25 in the morning, a call regarding a fire breaking out in a structure at Tudun Wada Quarters was received by one Ibrahim Sani at the Dakata Fire Station. “We promptly dispatched our firefighting vehicle to the scene at approximately 12:30 am upon receiving…
Three out of eleven residents of the Sagwari Estate Layout in the Dutsen-Alhaji neighborhood of the Federal Capital Territory, including a 13-year-old secondary school student named Folorunsho Ariyo, have reportedly been killed by kidnappers. On Sunday, January 7, at around 7:30 p.m., kidnappers broke into the Sagwari village and took 11 people hostage, including a woman and her four children as well as a bartender and receptionist from a neighboring hotel. The pastor fled while the gunmen took their victims up to the mountain, according to a hotel employee who told our correspondent about the kidnappers’ raid. The estate security…
In Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area, Anambra State, a mentally disturbed guy who was brought to a church (name withheld) for deliverance stabbed another worshipper deeply with a cutlass. According to information obtained by our correspondent, the incident occurred on Sunday as the victim was being match-matched by the pastor, who was leading the man in a deliverance session. During a battle with the pastor, other members, and witnesses, the mentally disturbed man grabbed a cutlass off the altar and attacked one of the members while the prayers were still going on. “The man of God claimed he could…
The Anambra State Police Command reported that it has neutralized one of the thugs and stopped a robbery attempt in Ubiahuikwem, Ihiala Local Government Area. This was revealed in a statement released on Monday by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, the spokesman for the Anambra Police Command. He also said that the exercise was conducted on the suspected robbers by the police special crack squad that Commissioner of Police CP Aderemi Adeoye had stationed in Ihiala. He reported that two motorcycles and one automatic pump action rifle had been taken from the thugs. The statement said, “Weeks before Christmas, the Anambra State…
One suspect, 28-year-old Michael Desmond, has been arrested by members of the Nigerian police Rapid Response Squad in Lagos. He is suspected of attempting to extract money from a stranded driver whose car broke down on Otunba Jobi Fele Way, Central Business District, Ikeja. The Lagos State Police Command announced this on their X account on Monday. “Rapid Response Squad (RRS) operatives in response to a distress call rescued a motorist (name withheld) who was held hostage by two miscreants bent on extorting him after his vehicle broke down on Otunba Jobi Fele Way, Central Business District, Ikeja,” the command…
The Nigerian armed forces are still among the greatest in the world, according to Speaker of the House of Representatives Abbas Tajudeen, who also praised them for their bravery, patriotism, and contributions to the country. Abbas, the representative for Kaduna State’s Zaria Federal Constituency, made this declaration in a special statement on Monday in observance of Armed Forces Remembrance Day, which is a day set aside to honor and grieve for Nigeria’s fallen heroes. Abbas pointed out that the country would not have been able to experience success if the nation was not safe and secure for businesses and other…
The abductors of Rev. Gideon Haanongon, the caretaker chairman of the Ukum Local Government Area, were urged to free the governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, and his aides on Saturday. In addition to promising that his administration was prepared to deal with kidnappers and other criminal elements in the area in order to be beneficial to society, Governor Alia made the announcement at Akume Atongo Stadium during the funeral of Chief Fezaanga Wombo, the Ter Katsina Ala and paramount monarch of Katsina Ala. Haanongon and three other people were kidnapped by gunmen on Saturday. On his route…
Gunmen who kidnapped Najeebah and her five sisters in Abuja are said to have slain the young woman. The HUB Metro discovered that on January 9, Najeebah, her sisters, and their father were taken hostage. It was learned that the gunmen later freed their father and instructed him to go obtain N60 million as payment before Friday, January 12, in order to free her girls. Nigerians were asked to deposit whatever money they had into a bank account in an effort to raise funds, but as of Friday, not enough money had been raised. As a result, it is said…
Gunmen who kidnapped Najeebah and her five sisters in Abuja are said to have slain the young woman. The HUB Metro discovered that on January 9, Najeebah, her sisters, and their father were taken hostage. It was learned that the gunmen later freed their father and instructed him to go obtain N60 million as payment before Friday, January 12, in order to free her girls. Nigerians were asked to deposit whatever money they had into a bank account in an effort to raise funds, but as of Friday, not enough money had been raised. As a result, it is said…
The Ogun State Police Command has detained three people for allegedly robbing some students of Gateway Polytechnic Saapade, Ogun State. This was revealed to our correspondent on Friday by Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer. According to Odutola, the suspects, Musa Adamu, Marasa Aliu, and Yahaya Muhammad, were taken into custody on January 8, 2024, in response to a report of a break-in at a student’s home in the Obalende neighborhood of Isara Remo. Two students were killed in robbery incidents that occurred in the school between November and the beginning of December of last year. According to reports,…
Adetokunbo Kayode, a former minister of defense, has advised Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the governor of Ondo State, to be focused and focused on the right course of action for the state. After a protracted illness, Rotimi Akeredolu, the previous governor, passed away on December 27, 2023, and Aiyedatiwa took over as governor. Aiyedatiwa has been conferring with both internal and external parties since taking office. The governor has mandated that all contractors return to building sites over the next three months in order to rebuild and overlay 60 kilometers of state roads with asphalt. In a statement released on Sunday, the…
Atiku Abubakar, a 2023 presidential contender and a former vice president of Nigeria, has expressed regret for Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar’s unfortunate death at the hands of her kidnappers in Abuja. In a statement posted on his official account on Sunday, Atiku emphasized the necessity of a revised security framework to stop kidnappers and bandits from operating freely throughout the nation. He asked security services to step up their attempts to free the captives who are still alive. He expressed his sadness over the stories of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar’s horrific death. She and her siblings were kidnapped and had been held captive by…
The bodies of two people were discovered beneath an empty diesel truck at the Barracks Bus Stop on the Lagos–Badagry Expressway, according to information released by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority on Saturday. According to a statement made on Saturday by LASTMA’s Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq, the accident happened at the same spot where Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had arrested a soldier for breaking traffic laws. According to Taofiq, the two bodies that had been discovered belonged to motorbike riders who were going in a “one-way” direction. He stated that the motorbike rider passed unexpectedly at a…
The Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway’s Toll-Gate saw an accident on Saturday that left one man dead and three others injured, according to the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps. The collision involved an articulated vehicle. The incident happened at approximately 5:06 am, according to Mr. Adekunle Ajibade, the South-West Area Commander of TRACEC, who spoke with NAN in Ota, Ogun, on Saturday. According to Ajibade, the car with the license plate XA356 ALD was traveling from Sango-Ota to Lagos when it lost control from speeding and collided with four people who were waiting to board a bus at the Toll-Gate. He said…
Two people have been taken into custody by the Nigeria Police Force’s Ondo State Command in relation to the reported death of socialite Oladoyinbo Sunday, the command stated on Friday. Sunday’s lifeless body was recovered in Ijapo Estate in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on December 10, 2024, by policemen. According to a statement made by Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, the Police Public Relations Officer, the suspects were apprehended after the state command gathered intelligence. The PPRO stated, “One Atinuke Adeniyi, age 29, was apprehended by the SWAT team through intelligence-led policing. She claimed that she and the deceased were having…
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has stated that it uncovered two dead bodies under an empty diesel truck at the Barracks Bus Stop along the Lagos–Badagry Expressway. The LASTMA Public Relations Officer, Adebayo Taofiq, revealed this in a statement that was made accessible to PUNCH Online on Saturday. Taofiq went on to say that the collision happened in the same spot where Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos State, had just issued an arrest warrant for a soldier for breaking traffic laws. According to Taofiq, the other two passengers perished at the site, while the motorcycle rider passed away…
Two cults, the Neo Black Movement, also known as Aye, and the Sagamu chapter of the National Association of Airlords (also known as Eiye Confraternity), have apologized in writing to Oba Adewale Ajayi, the Akarigbo of Remoland, and asked for forgiveness for their transgressions. In an internationally circulated letter, the two groups begged for forgiveness and vowed to follow national laws. Aye’s letter was dated December 26, 2023, however the letter from the Eiye Confraternity was dated December 22, 2023. Sagamu was involved in deadly cult conflicts that are reported to have taken the lives of at least thirty people.…
In the Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, a bus driver named Philip Fiama reportedly accused a co-tenant of having an affair with his wife, leading to Fiama’s death by stabbing. According to information obtained by City Round, the incident happened at the deceased’s home in Sobande Close, Alagbole, Ajuwon, on January 7 at approximately 6:30 p.m. Adamawa State native Fiama was reported to have pulled his co-tenant aside and questioned him about why he was reportedly having an affair with his wife. This allegedly sparked a brawl in which the suspect—identified as Ikem Emmanuel—killed Fiama by stabbing her.…
Dikko Radda, the governor of Katsina State, expressed his condolences to the families of the seven people who perished in a collision on the Kaduna-Abuja Highway on Friday, aboard one of the state’s mass transit vehicles. It was discovered that the bus driver and two children were among the dead. In a statement made in Katsina on Friday night, Ibrahim Mohammed, the chief press secretary for the governor, linked the Thursday disaster to ongoing highway repairs. The statement said, in part, “Katsina State Governor, Malam Dikko Umaru Radda, extends his sincere condolences to the families affected by the fatal accident…