The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired assassins in Beji, Bosso Local Government Area, for allegedly plotting to kill a man over a marital grudge. Police spokesperson SP Wasiu Abiodun, who confirmed the arrest in Minna on Saturday, said operatives and vigilantes intercepted the suspects during a patrol around the Beji railway crossing on August 23. A search reportedly uncovered a locally made pistol, a live cartridge, and ₦13,000 cash. The suspects, aged 40 and 35, allegedly confessed they were contracted by one Dogo of Beji to eliminate a man who had married his former wife. According…
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A staff member of the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Owo, Pastor Ayodeji Akesinro, who was abducted two days ago, has been rescued. Akesinro, who also serves as a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, was seized from his residence at Upenme in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State on Thursday evening. Confirming his release, a labour leader said details of the rescue operation remain sketchy but expressed gratitude for his safe return. “We are glad to announce the safe release of our colleague, Pastor (MLS) Akesinro Ayodeji, who was abducted in Owo. We give glory to God…
The Benue State Police Command has arrested a suspected notorious kidnap kingpin, Yusuf Muhamed, also known as “OC Torture,” along with 21 others linked to abductions in Ogbadibo Local Government Area. Muhamed, who is physically challenged, was captured during a special operation in Orokam after operatives trailed him for several days. He was reportedly identified by some of his victims, who confirmed his role in multiple abductions and acts of torture. Security sources said the arrest followed a surge in kidnappings in the area, including the killing of a woman and her visiting son during a botched abduction. The wave…
Former lawmaker and Zamfara State Coordinator of the Tinubu/Shettima Campaign Organisation in the 2023 presidential election, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has resigned from the All Progressives Congress alongside his political structure. Marafa, who represented Zamfara Central Senatorial District between 2011 and 2019, announced his exit after a two-day meeting of his supporters under the Senator Kabiru Marafa Consultative Forum, held in Kaduna on August 27 and 28. In a communiqué signed by leaders of the forum, including Bashir Mafara and Mannir Tsafe, the group said the mass resignation was in protest against “sustained injustice, mistrust, marginalisation, and deliberate neglect of Zamfara…
Tension flared in Onosa community, Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Friday, as residents staged a protest over the alleged killing of a commercial motorcyclist by policemen attached to the Elemoro Division. The incident, which reportedly occurred on Thursday night during a police operation to seize motorcycles, was said to have claimed the life of one rider identified as Muazu Abdullahi. Eyewitnesses alleged that the motorcyclists resisted the officers, prompting the police to open fire. The killing sparked outrage, with residents mounting roadblocks and setting bonfires along the Lekki-Epe Expressway, disrupting traffic for hours. In videos shared online, protesters were seen chanting…
The Edo State High Court sitting in Benin City has convicted and sentenced two brothers, Teddy Hart and Rooney Hart, along with 10 others, for offences related to internet fraud. Justice M. Itsueli delivered the judgment on Thursday following separate one-count charges filed against the convicts by the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The other convicts are Thompson Ogbeide, Iria Blessed, Igbinomwania Godspower, Ojiezele Felix, Akhigbe Gideon, Osazuwa Oghomwen, Agbonifo Iziegbe, Lucky Osagie, Osemwegie Michael, and Victor Ojeisemi. They were arraigned on charges bordering on advance fee fraud, obtaining by false pretence, possession of…
The Abia State Police Command has arrested a suspect, identified as Emeka Edwin Chukwuma from Umuchu in Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, in connection with a stolen vehicle. Police spokesperson, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, noting that operatives of the command’s Scorpion Squad recovered a Toyota Highlander SUV with registration number BBR667RM during the operation. According to the statement, the vehicle had been reported stolen in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, in 2022, before intelligence revealed it was moved to Abia. Acting on the tip-off, police operatives tracked and apprehended Chukwuma on August 22, 2025.…
A 40-year-old Nigerian, Daniel Chima Inweregbu, has pleaded guilty in the United States to charges of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, as well as money laundering, in connection with a romance scam that defrauded multiple American women of more than $405,000. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, noting that Inweregbu entered the plea on August 21, 2025, before Judge Nanette Jolivette Brown. According to court documents, between July 2017 and December 2018, Inweregbu and his accomplices operated a scheme using a fictitious online persona named “Larry Pham”…
The Centre for Human and Socio-Economic Rights (CHSR) has condemned the killing of four traders during a violent clash between land grabbers and shop owners at the Owode-Onirin Motor Spare Parts Market in Lagos, calling for justice and accountability. Speaking at a press conference in Lagos on Friday, CHSR President, Alex Omotehinse, described the incident as a “barbaric massacre,” accusing land grabbers and their alleged police collaborators of unleashing terror on innocent traders. The violence, which erupted on Wednesday, also left a police officer critically injured and caused major disruptions to commercial activities in the area. Families of the victims…
The National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) has confirmed the death of two passengers in a boat accident at Jaranja River in Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The incident, which occurred on Friday afternoon, is the third fatal boat mishap in the state this month. NIWA’s Area Manager in Sokoto, Bala Bello, said nine survivors were rescued while search efforts were ongoing to recover one missing passenger. Bello attributed the tragedy to overloading, negligence, and disregard for safety rules. He added that a combined rescue team made up of NIWA officials, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), the State…