By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of Wasiu Akinwande, a 44-year-old notorious hired killer and cultist kingpin, who has been terrorizing the Mushin area of Lagos State and its environs. Akinwande, also known as Olori Eso, was arrested in his hideout in Agbado,...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- FCT Police Command has launched investigation into a disturbing viral video showing a young woman found unconscious with her hands tied behind her in a hotel room located in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday June 17, 2025 arrested a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other members for alleged money laundering. The commission in...
US President Donald Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to carry out the “largest mass deportation program in history,” targeting undocumented immigrants in major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. Trump’s directive instructs ICE agents to “do all in their power” to deliver mass...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) have arrested another businessman, 44-year-old Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian for ingesting 53 wraps of the same class A drug while on his way to Tehran Khomeini, Islamic Republic of Iran....
A heartbreaking incident has occurred in Umuoba-Uratta, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, where a 20-month-old child, Emmanuel Eleweke, was killed by a stray bullet. The tragic event took place around 10 pm on Monday, leaving the family and community in shock. *Mysterious circumstances* The child’s mother,...
Police Command in Ondo State has arrested 46 suspects following a clash between rival cult groups that claimed five lives in Ondo town, Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
Lagos State Police Command has detained two men who allegedly defiled their daughters in the Surulere and Amukoko areas of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the detention while briefing newsmen on Monday at the command headquaters in Ikeja. He said that a 39-year-old man defiled...
Police Command in Lagos State has detained a woman for allegedly killing a 65-year-old man in the Oko-Oba, Abule-Egba area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Hundeyin said the command had recorded a significant breakthrough in...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT has arrested no fewer than 27 suspected drug peddlers during a coordinated raid in Gidan Drama, Malu Road, Apapa, Lagos State. The Nigerian Navy Ship’s spokesman, Lt. Hussaini Ibrahim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has raided an internet fraud training facility, commonly referred to as “Yahoo School”, operating in the Iju area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement, in Lagos on Tuesday. CSP Hundeyin said...
An Oyo State Family Court, Iyaganku, on Tuesday remanded a 29 -year-old man, Hamzat Abdullahi at Agodi Correctional facility, Ibadan, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with three male minors. The Presiding Magistrate, Mrs Serifat Adesina, did not take the plea of the suspect due to lack in jurisdiction. Adesina...
A 22-year-old female Japanese influencer was fatally stabbed during a livestream on a public street in Tokyo and died shortly thereafter. The alleged perpetrator was arrested at the scene, local media reported on Wednesday. Investigators discovered dozens of stab wounds on the young woman’s body, including on her head...
A 32-year-old woman has been arraigned before the Enugu North Magisterial District Court after giving a fake testimony in a Lagos church, police in Enugu have said. In a statement on Tuesday, the Command’s spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said the suspect, Loveth Alo, was apprehended on Feb. 1. According...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The acting Rector, Benue State Polytechnic Ugbokolo Engr. Dr. Emmanuel Barki has assured of the preparedness of the management of the institution to reposition it for better and unparalleled results. Speaking exclusively with NATIONAL ACCORD in Makurdi, the Acting Rector assured that the...
Oscar-winning U.S. actor, Gene Hackman, 95, his wife, Betsy Arakawa, 63, and their dog were found dead in their Santa Fe home, in New Mexico. Adan Mendoza, Santa Fe County Sheriff, in a statement said:”We can confirm that both Gene Hackman and his wife were found deceased Wednesday afternoon...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have busted a trans-border drug trafficking syndicate, arresting four members in intelligence-led operations during which multi-million-naira worth of tramadol pills concealed in the bumper and false bottom of sienna buses heading to border towns were...
A teacher accused of stabbing an 8-year-old student to death at an elementary school in the central city of Daejeon said she was “annoyed”after being excluded from a class, police said. “I got annoyed just three days after returning to work,” she was quoted as telling the police, after...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 47-year-old shopkeeper, Seydou Garuba, to life imprisonment for defiling his neighbour’s eight-year-old daughter. Justice Rahman Oshodi, in his judgment, held that the prosecution proved the charge of defilement against Garuba. He stated that the survivor’s evidence corroborated...
Police have vowed to fish out the suspected killer(s) of three siblings in Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of the Anambra State. The new Commissioner of Police (CP) in the state, Mr Ikioye Orutugu, made the vow, when he paid a condolence visit to the bereaved family and...