Crime

Akinwummi Ambode, Lagos State Gov. 2-month old baby sold for N450,000 in Lagos 51-year-old woman, Rose Edward, is in police net for allegedly buying a 2-month-old baby for N450,000. According to agency report, Cordelia Nwanwe, the Akwa Ibom Police Command’s spokesperson, told journalists that a homeopathic doctor, Eneyo Nyang, was arrested in connection with the crime. He said Ms. Edward, …

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Niger Govt. Appeals to Mokwa/ Katcha Local Govts to embrace peace over disputed land matters Olabode ‎Adaramola The Niger State Government has sent a passionate appeal to the warring Mokwa and Katcha Local Governments to sheath their swards, eschew violence and embrace peace in order to live peacefully with one another in in the overall interests of all concerned. Making …

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Ogun Police nabbed fake assistant custom comptroller, fake female Police Inspector Folake Sokoya Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man who has been parading himself as an Assistant Comptroller of Custom and using the service uniform to extort money from unsuspecting members of the public and organisations. The suspect, Wasiu Ariyo was arrested after writing to Nestle Nigeria Plc, Agbara, …

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Prove you are not a fugitive, Court tells Kasamu Folake Sokoya   An Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta on Tuesday dismissed the application filed by the Senator representing the Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kasamu seeking to stop another lawmaker, Honourable Oladipupo Adebutu who is representing the Ikenne/Sagamu/Remo North in the House of Representatives in Abuja, from referring to him (Kasamu) as …

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Police foil kidnap of Oba of Ibeju-Lekki …arrest five Lagos landlord kidnappers Folake sokoya   The Nigeria Police Force has disclosed that it foiled an attempt to kidnap a top rated traditional ruler in Lagos State, Oba Rafiu Salami, who is the Onibeju of Ibeju-Lekki Kingdom, Lagos, when it apprehended five members of the gang of kidnappers, who abducted three …

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The Senate has announced the engagement of international forensic experts to probe the involvement of Minister of Trade and Investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, Diamond Bank and IBTC Bank, among others in a case of alleged repatriation of $13.9 billion by telecoms giant, MTN. Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Insurance and other Financial Institutions, Sen. Rafui Ibrahim (APC, Kwara) disclosed …

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Buhari promise Chibok release girls the best the world can offer President Muhammadu Buhari has said that the 21 Chibok girls who were released from the captivity of Boko Haram insurgents last Thursday had seen the worst the world had to offer. He promised that it was now time for them to experience the best that the world could offer …

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APGA in Niger tackles govt over Minna -Suleja road rehabilitation works ‎Olabode ‎Adaramola The Niger State chapter of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has berated the state government on its handling of rehabilitation of Minna-Suleja road, accusing the government of just wasting the tax payers’ money without tangible results. The state government had recently awarded the contract for the …

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Niger House member berates govt over refusal to approve 7.5percent CPS Olabode Adaramola A member of the Niger State House House of Assembly, Hon. Malik Madaki Bosso , has criticised ed state the governor , Alhajii Abubakar Sani Bello over his inability to assent to the 7.5percent Contributory Pension Scheme law, repealed by the state assembly despite it’s suspension over …

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I am not dead, I am alive – Bida Super-Polygamist Olaode Adaramola The rumoured sudden death of the famous 92 year old Bida super-polygamist and Islamic cleric, Alhaji Muhammad Bello Masaba has been found to be untrue. Social media had been awash since last weekend Saturday night announcing the death of the controversial cleric in his Masaba quarters of Bida, …

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