Autopsy on the corpse of popular singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has been completed, the police declared in Ikeja on Thursday. Police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said the police was awaiting the result of the autopsy. The body of the late singer, who...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A fierce argument between locals and herders had led to the death of a herder and the severe injury of a reverend in charge of Baptist Church, in Nasarawa State. The ugly incident happened yesterday Monday, in the morning in Boher village,...
The Police Command in Cross River, says it has discovered a factory producing guns and explosives at Osomba community in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. A team of the command’s Anti Cultism and Kidnapping Squad, led by SP Ogini Chukwuma uncovered the factory and recovered cache of...
Sixty-nine (69) gay suspects who were apprehended on Aug. 27 in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta during a gay wedding ceremony, have been released on bail. Counsel to the suspects, Mr Ochuko Ohimor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Warri...
The police in Osun have called on illegal gun owners to voluntarily surrender them at the nearest Divisional Police Headquarters. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Yemisi Opalola, Osun Police Spokesperson. Opalola explained that the move was in compliance with the directive of the...
Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji, has urged the police to unravel the mysteries surrounding the death of a singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. This is contained in a statement issued in Ado-Ekiti on Tuesday and signed by the Governor’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr Yinka Oyebode. According to the...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Police Command has arrested four persons for alleged involvements in banditry and kidnapping activities in the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Sewuese Anene, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Makurdi. He said the suspects identified as Ordoonku...
The Police Command in Plateau, has arrested two other medical doctors in connection with the alleged harvest of vital human organs by one Noah Kekere, a suspected quack doctor. DSP Alabo Alfred, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN),...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered that a 36-year-old business woman, Lois Iliya, be remanded in a correctional centre over alleged lesbianism with a minor. The defendant was charged by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) with unnatural offence, contrary to section 259...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – There was palpable tension in Rafin Zurfi Community in Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State as youths and women on Monday, blocked the ever-busy Bauchi – Dass road, protesting the detention of the Rafin Zurfi traditional ruler (Mai Angwa Rafin Zurfi), Patrick...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A twelve years old JSS two student of Junior Secondary School, Kurmin Tagwaye II, in Akwanga, Favour Williams, was last week Monday, found death in a mysterious way in her father’s farm. Favour, allegedly hung her self in the farm in Kurmin twagwaye II...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, has ordered the deployment of more men to rescue a Rev Father and three other persons abducted on Sunday in the state. Recall that the victims were abducted along Eke-Egede axis of...
The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspected cultists following the killing of eight persons over the weekend in Sagamu as rival cult groups clashed. Speaking at a news conference in Abeokuta on Monday, Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police, said the remote cause of...
The police in Katsina State have urged Nigerians to ignore a video on social media alleging diversion of palliatives by its officers. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Katsina, ASP Aliyu Abubakar-Sadiq. The police said that the video was not...
The police have arrested a 40-year-old man, Adetomiwa Adeyinka, at Ahmadiyya Ijaiye, Ojokoro area of Lagos, for allegedly strangling his girlfriend who visited him in his house and sleeping with her corpse. Adeyinka, on September 12, went to the police, and lied that the lady, 36-year-old Chinonso Okomadu, who...
The police command in Kaduna State has confirmed that two persons were killed and three others kidnapped by suspected bandits on Sept. 15 in a community in the state. The command’s Acting Public Relations Officer, Mr Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in an interview with the News Agency...
The Bauchi State Police Command has placed operatives and residents on high alert for possible security threat at ember months in the state. This is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil made available to newsmen on Saturday in Bauchi. He said the...
Over 50,000 Nigerians have signed a petition calling for the ban of Marlian Music label. The petition was launched on change.org following the death of former Marlian Music signee, Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba aka Mohbad, who died on Tuesday, September 12. The talented singer died a year after...
Police operatives, soldiers and officials of the Department of State Service (DSS), have stormed a camp at Eke-agbebor Isu, Onicha Local Government Area (LGA) of Ebonyi state, said to belong to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). This is contained in a press statement issued in Abakaliki...
In a harrowing turn of events, the village of Giyawa in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into chaos leading to the death of four persons sequel to bandits’ attack.. ASP Ahmed Rufai, the State Police Command’s spokesman, confirmed the terrifying situation to newsmen on...