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Three persons involved in the killing of Olufunke Olakuri, daughter of Afenifere Leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, have been sentenced to death by hanging. They were sentenced by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure. Presiding Judge, Justice William Olamide, however, discharged and acquitted the fourth suspect, Auwàla Abubakar, who is the spokesman of Miyetti […]

Police in Ondo State has debunked rumour of six persons being shot dead at the Sabo Area of Ondo town of the state on Wednesday night by gunmen. SP Funmilayo Odunlami, command’s spokesperson, made this clarification in a statement signed and tagged: “Attack on Hausa Community; An Unhealthy Rumour To Stir Still Water.” The PPRO […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned three suspected fraudsters, including Helen Oyelowo, Manshop Christopher and Paul A. Okache, for obtaining the sum of N3.8m under false pretence. They were arraigned before Justice J.O.E. Adeyemi-Ajayi on June 7, 2022 on fourteen count charge bordering on obtaining under false pretence. Specifically, the trio are accused […]

A two-year-old boy accidentally shot and killed his father in Florida after his parents left a loaded gun unattended, local authorities said Monday. When police officers, alerted by a 911 call, arrived at the victim’s home near Orlando on May 26, they found the child’s mother Marie Ayala providing CPR to her husband, Reggie Mabry. […]

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Niger Area Command has seized more than 101 units of exotic cars,  cloths, rugs and consumables worth N755.3 million in different parts of its area of coverage. According to the service, the consumables include table water,  wines, ketchup, spaghetti, basmati rice, tomato paste, foreign parboiled rice, whipped cream, vegetable oil […]

The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, on Wednesday in Lyon, France, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Interpol National Central Bureau for Nigeria, granting it unhindered access to its criminal records so as to enhance its operations. The agreement on Direct Access to and Use of Interpol Information […]

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested 92 suspected internet fraudsters (aka Yahoo Boys) in a sting operation in the early hours of Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at various locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The 92 suspects were arrested for alleged internet fraud activities at […]

A Nigerian man based in Texas who shot his wife and killed his mother-in-law before fleeing with his 3-month-old son has died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said. The man identified as Obinna Igbokwe, 41, shot himself in the North Texas city of Corsicana as authorities pursued him overnight, according to the Montgomery County […]

Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, have killed a soldier and abducted a Lebanese engineer at Ogbonmo Ijebu-Owo, Owo local government area. Witnesses said the gunmen also killed driver of the Lebanese. According to the witness. “The man we call white engineer has been kidnapped. His driver and his security soldier were killed. The gunmen fired […]

A gunman murdered 19 children and two teachers in the deadliest U.S. school shooting for nearly a decade, prompting President Joe Biden to urge Americans to confront the country’s gun lobby and pressure Congress to tighten gun laws. Authorities said Salvador Ramos, 18, on Tuesday shot his grandmother, who survived, before fleeing and crashing his […]