A 71-year-old man, Mujitabat Maiyegun, was arraigned before Chief Magistrate O.O. Olatunji of the Tinubu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, on a three-count charge bordering on forgery, conspiracy, and conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace. The charge, dated November 12, 2025, was filed by the police through its prosecutor, ASP Ishola Samuel. Maiyegun, who was brought before the court in connection with an alleged forged land document relating to Maiyegun Family Land in Lekki Peninsula, pleaded not guilty to all counts. Upon arraignment, the defence counsel, Ernest Ukpai, objected to the proceedings. He told the court that the defendant…
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The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested three men for allegedly robbing a commercial tricyclist of his vehicle, PUNCH Metro has learnt. The suspects, identified as Yahaya Atta and Masud Abubakar of the Diplomat Area and Mustapha Mohammed of the Emir Yahaya Area, were said to have conspired to dispossess the rider, Usman Babangida, of his tricycle. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by the command’s spokesperson, DSP Ahmad Rufai, the incident occurred on October 13, 2025, around 9 p.m. when the suspects stopped the victim at the Diploma Area and posed as passengers heading to the Dambowa roundabout.…
The Kwara State Police Command has begun a manhunt for the killers of a hotel receptionist in Ilorin, identified simply as Yemi, whose death has unsettled residents and business owners in the area. PUNCH Metro gathered that the attack occurred in the early hours of Sunday when yet-to-be-identified assailants allegedly gained access to the hotel and strangled the young woman while she was on duty. Confirming the incident on Wednesday, the spokesperson for the command, SP Adetoun Ejire Adeyemi, said the case was reported by the hotel manager. She described the incident as a case of culpable homicide, adding that…
Four members of the same family were killed in the early hours of Wednesday after a fire swept through their home at Kundila Layin Baba Impossible in the Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State. The Kano State Fire Service spokesperson, Saminu Abdullahi, confirmed the tragedy in a statement, saying the blaze was reported at about 4.13 a.m. by one of the agency’s personnel, Abba Datti. Abdullahi explained that firefighters arrived to find the ground floor residence, a 40 by 30 feet structure, already engulfed in flames. By the time the fire was contained, two bedrooms, a parlour, a kitchen…
The Kwara State government has ordered the immediate closure of schools in five local government areas in the Kwara South senatorial district as part of measures to tackle growing security concerns in the region. Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, the state commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, in a statement, explained that the government has activated proactive security measures to ensure the safety of schoolchildren. The closure affects schools in Ifelodun, Ekiti, Irepodun, Isin, and Oke Ero local government areas, with the directive taking immediate effect. “The measures also cover the boarding schools in Irepodun, which could be targets of the…
Pregnant woman, three others dead as water tank collapses Tragedy struck Zugai village in Roni Local Government Area of Jigawa State when an overhead water tank collapsed on residents who had gathered to fetch water, killing four women, including a pregnant woman, and injuring several others. The tank, which supplies water from a solar-powered borehole, reportedly gave way while dozens of villagers were standing beneath it. Eyewitness Imrana Miko said, “Three people died on the spot, while many others sustained injuries and were rushed to the hospital.” Another resident attributed the collapse to structural weakness, explaining that the supporting pillars…
Two Nigerian-born men have been sentenced to federal prison in the United States for their involvement in a sophisticated fraud network that drained the life savings of elderly Americans. In Charlotte, North Carolina, on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 40-year-old Olumide Olorunfunmi and 43-year-old Emmanuel Unuigbe were each sentenced to 30 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. They were also ordered to jointly repay more than $4.6 million, the amount prosecutors said was stolen from over 125 victims. Investigators said the duo operated a three-year scam between 2020 and 2023, targeting vulnerable seniors seeking companionship or trying…
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a prison escapee in connection with the murder of Christabel Egedefe, a 26-year-old woman, at Agbor in Ika South Local Government Area. Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Bright Edafe, said the suspect had broken into the victim’s house on October 23, 2025, and killed her after she refused to surrender her motorcycle keys. The assailant also stole her mobile phones during the robbery. Edafe stated that the suspect revealed he had escaped from Oko Correctional Centre during the End SARS 2020 jailbreak. “The Divisional Police Officer of Agbor received a complaint on October…
The Cross River State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a married couple for allegedly possessing 360 bags of marijuana, weighing 4.706 tonnes, in Yakurr Local Government Area. The suspects, 52-year-old teacher Mr. Onun Ikoli and his wife, Mrs. Itam Onun, reportedly told investigators that the drugs belonged to a tenant who had fled the scene. Mrs. Onun, explaining her presence in NDLEA custody, said, “I was arrested and brought here because I am the landlady. My husband and I collected N50,000 for a single room from a tenant, unaware that he was a drug…
The Chairman of Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area in Kebbi State, Hussaini Aliyu, has disclosed the full list of 25 schoolgirls abducted from the Maga community. Aliyu dismissed claims attributed to U.S. lawmaker Riley Moore, which suggested that the incident occurred in a Christian enclave. He clarified that all the abducted schoolgirls are Muslims, describing the assertion as misleading and capable of stoking unnecessary religious tensions. He added that the Zuru Emirate, where Maga is located, has a long-standing history of peaceful coexistence and has never witnessed religious crises. The local government chairman urged the U.S. lawmaker to refrain from making…