Three of the eight accused persons alleged to have raped and murdered a 24-year-old University of Ilorin student, Olajide Blessing Omowumi on June 2, 2021, have been convicted to death by hanging. The accused were presented before the court by the Kwara State government in a suit, No KWS/33c/c/2021 on an 11-count charge bordering on…
PR ARREST OF SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS. At about 1500hrs of 22/8/2022, a team of policemen and members of Miyetti Allah of Oro-Ago in a combined operation, went in search of a gang of armed robbers, whose stock-in-trade was mainly robbing unsuspecting citizens in the area ,of their money and goods on market days. The operation…
See List Of Beneficiaries From N109Billion Suspended Accountant-General Loot. A chief superintendent of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Hayatu Ahmed has revealed that suspended accountant-general of the federation, Ahmed Idris diverted public funds by compromising government account systems. He listed the account systems as the Treasury Single Account (TSA), government integrated financial management…
Kwara State Government recently mobilised the Nigerian Army to sweep forests in Ile Ire District of Ifelodun Local Government Area with a view to flushing out criminal elements hibernating in one of the agrarian belts of the state. This is an ongoing exercise whereby the state government engages the security agencies, including the police, to…
Kano State High Court Presided over by Justice Usman Naaba has sentenced the Kidnapper of a five year old Hanifa Abubakar to death by Hanging and a five year Imprisonment for all the five charges levelled against him. The Court also found guilty the 2nd defendant in the case Hashim Isiyaku in four charges and…
Terrorists have threatened to abduct Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari few weeks after his convoy was attacked in Katsina State. The convoy of an advance team of the president was attacked on its way to Buhari’s hometown of Daura ahead of Sallah. Two persons sustained injuries in the attack, which the presidency said was repelled. The…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested two suspected drug traffickers, Elvis Uche Iro, 53-year old and Uwaezuoke Ikenna Christian, 42-year old who reportedly excreted 165 wraps of cocaine. They were arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. The spokesman for the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, said in Abuja that the…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has intercepted 120 tons of dangerous animal hides and skins popularly known as ponmo in Lagos. The Director General of the NAFDAC Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye warned the general public, particularly consumers of ponmo against the activities of some unscrupulous businessmen and traders…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has arrested two middle aged men, Yunus Yusuf,32 and Ismail olamilekan 33, for allegedly engaging in black market business of the premium motor spirit, pms. According to the spokesman of the Corps in the State Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the two suspects were…
By Bilyaminu Gambo Kong-kol Kano is not only the commercial hub centre of the Northern Nigeria but also a city that pours out hard news that attracts national and global concerns. The inconclusive election and creation of four emirates in 2019, the dethronement of HRH. Muhammadu Sanusi II and the deaths of professors during Covid-19…
President Women Entrepreneur Development Forum Halima Zubairu Dambatta Calls for Speedy Judgement On Hanifa’s Death Worried by the kidnapping and gruesome murder of five-year-old, Hanifa Abubakar, by the proprietor of her school after collecting N6 million ransom from her parent, the President of Women Entrepreneur Development Forum Haiiya Halima Zubairu Dambatta has Called on Government…
Umar Goni, a Senior Secondary School 2 student, has been arrested by operatives of the Borno state Police Command for allegedly attempting to murder one of his junior colleagues. Goni was said to have used a razor blade to slit the throat of Jibrin Sadi Ramadan, his younger colleague, after a minor disagreement. It was…
The Kwara State Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps Makinde Iskil Ayinla has appealed to the POS operators and the entire people in the State to be wary of fraudulent act of certain criminal elements who are going around with the intention of defrauding them of their money. The Commandant dropped the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has said that it has discovered 706,189 illegal admissions conducted by universities, colleges of education, polytechnics, and other institutions. The JAMB Registrar, Isiaq Oloyede stated this during the Consultative Sensitization Meeting with selected stakeholders in Abuja, saying such could harm the country’s reputation. He said that public and…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested one Precious Ofure Omonkhoa for bitcoin investment scam. Wilson Uwujaren, Head of Media, announced the arrest in a statement on Friday. He said Precious was nabbed in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, following credible intelligence about his illegal activities. Precious allegedly posed as Moshem Cnich, a…
A lecturer in the Department of Pure and Applied Science, Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin . The suspect, Pelumi Adewole was arrested by the men of the State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) over offences bordering on Criminal intimidation, sexual harassment and examination malpractices among others. The…
A federal high court in Abuja has found ex-pensions boss, Abdulrasheed Maina guilty of Money Laundering charges. Maina, who was chairman of the now defunct Pension Reform Task Force, was found guilty of stealing over N2 billion belonging to Pensioners “most of whom have died without reaping the fruits of their labour,”. The presiding Judge,…
Parents of the13 pupils allegedly defiled by a grade school teacher, Mohammed Galadima in Karanbanda, Borgu Local Government Area of Niger state have called for sever punishment to be mete on the suspect. The parents, who said they were pained by what the teacher did to their children, said giving him a severe punishment would…
Kogi: Vigilante Arrest Man Disguised In Female Attire A young man who gave his name as Musa disguised himself like a Woman in Zariagi community has been arrested by the Kogi State vigilante group in charge of Adavi local government, on Wednesday. His suspicious feminine walk gave him away and the vigilante having notice the…
Mumini Abubakar, a student of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend and buried her corpse in a shallow grave. According to the Adamawa State Police Command, the student committed the crime allegedly in connivance with Huzaifa Shuaib and Rabiu Adamu. Abubakar impregnated his girlfriend, Franca Elisha, a…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a 27 year old suspected thief for stealing Toyota Camry saloon red color car with regs.no EPE 294 GT. The Command’s public relations officer, Babawale Zaid Afolabi stated this in a statement made available to newsmen in llorin. According to him,…
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, on Monday paraded a 32 years old serial house breaker Olaleke Tope for stealing plasma Television This was contained in a release signed by the command’s public relations officer, Babawale Zaid Afolabi and made avaịlable to the newsmen in llorin on Monday. Tope a…
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps said that it has arrested one Bello Muhammed, 28 for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a minor while in his captivity. This was contained in a release signed by the command’s public relations officer, Babawale Zaid Afolabi and made avaịlable to the newsmen in…
A timely arrival of an operative of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Kwara State Command saved life of a day old baby girl who was abandoned at a dump site in the early hours on Friday. According to the NSCDC spokesman in Kwara State, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, the incident occured in Dokoyirigi Compound,,…
Embattled Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abass, otherwise known as Hushpuppi, has said that he bribed DCP Abba Kyari, following the conclusion of a $1.1 million scam deal. Politics Nigeria understands that federal authorities in the United States, have been probing Hushpuppi since his arrest last year (2020). Arrested in Dubai, the United Arab Emirate (UAE), and…
Magistrate Yusuf Ibrahim of the Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old house wife, Mrs. Kayode to six months imprisonment for adultery. The court, however, granted the second accused bail in the sum of N200,000. The police charged Kayode, a civil servant and her alleged partner, Iroghama Charles, 39, both of Chukukun village, Gwagwalada,…
A 36-year-old lady, Chioma Afam, who wears a hijab to evade security scrutiny has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in Benue state along with her partner, Peace Chidinma Caleb, 22, for trying to smuggle a total of 296,000 tablets of Diazepam and Exol-5 from Onitsha, Anambra state to…
The joint border patrol of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nigeria Immigration Service and the Nigeria Police in Kwara State has rescued a 12 years old boy, who is suspected to be a kidnap victim. This was revealed in a release signed by the public relations officer of the NSCDC in Kwara State,…
The Department of State Service (DSS) has present 40 evidences at the continued hearing in the trial of rape and murder of a 300-level student of the University of Ilorin, Olajide Blessing Omowumi. Among the exhibits tendered by the DSS operative, Mr. Igwe Imo, included a wooden toy gun, allegedly used by the suspects to…
A market chairman in Delta state simply identified as Okpako has reportedly died during a sexual romp with his wife’s salesgirl. According to The Nation, the Chairman of Igbudu Market Mile ‘2’ in Warri South council area of Delta state died at a hotel (name withheld) located at Odibo Extension in the Igbudu area of…
By Abdullahi Jalaludeen The Nigeria Custom service Kano Jigawa Command says it has intercepted the sum of one hundred and eighty four thousand eight hundred US Dollars, and One Million seven hundred and twenty three Thousand ,three hundred and Ten Saudi riyals at Malam Aminu Kano international Airport. The Comptroller of NSC ,Kano jigawa command…
The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Alhaji Abdulfatah Ahmed, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The former Kwara governor is being interrogated by a crack team of operatives at the EFCC headquarters in the Jabi area of Abuja, the nation’s capital. He was said to have arrived the EFCC…
Some Gunmen have seized the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Kogi state, Alhaji Wakili Damina. The state Secretary of MACBAN, Mr Adamu Abubakar, told newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday that Damina was abducted on April 30 by some armed men dressed in army camouflage. He said witnesses said…
Today, 3rd May 2021, at about 0630am, along Ajase Ipo/Ilorin road, a team of operation Harmony on a stop and search duty, stopped one suspected commercial bus and in the process of searching a bag, one boy took to his heels while his partner was held, the bag was searched and a freshly severed head…
The kwara State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested 26 suspects for vandalizing electric armoured cables and other valuable items. This is in fulfilment of the Corp’s statutory functions and mandate to protect critical national assets and infrastructure. The NSCDC State Commandant, Makinde Iskil Ayinla in his statement disclosed…
Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju James alias Baba Ijesa is currently in police net for allegedly defiling a minor. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Lagos State Police Command, Olumuyiwa Adejobi disclosed this in a press statement released to journalist in Lagos. According to Adejobi, “a case of defilement was reported on Monday, 19 April, 2021 by…
The Kwara State Command, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has arrested one Muhammadu Mailemu of Sango area Banni, community for allegedly raping a Ten year old girl. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the command, Zaid Afolabi, the victim’s father, Usman Mojana of Gaa Mojana, Banni reported the case…
Former Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde has been arrested for alleged financial impropriety to the tune of N900 million by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other related Offence Commission (ICPC). The Ex-JAMB registrar was arrested in Abuja for allegedly committing multiple frauds while heading…
Five applicants — including a disengaged sunset teacher — were on Monday arrested for presenting fake NCE certificates at the ongoing screening for the Kwara State teachers’ recruitment exercise in Ilorin, the state capital. The arrests were made as the government commenced the result verification/interview phase of the exercise. This is according to a statement…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday at a Federal High Court, played an audio recording in the trial of former senator from Kaduna State, Shehu Sani, who was charged with an alleged 25, 000 dollar bribe. At the resumed hearing, the EFCC played the audio recording, which is in Hausa language, said…
By Abdullahi jalaluddeen The Kano state police Command says it has arrested over one hundred suspects for committing various criminal offences in the last two weeks in the state. The state commissioner of police Sama’ila Dikko stated this while briefing journalist at the headquarters of Kano police command . He said twenty seven people were…
The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a serving corps member at the Jigawa State House of Assembly, Nazim Usman Gomna and a 400Level student of AL-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Idris Shuaibu Suleiman, over offences bordering on theft to the tune of N9.1million. Nasim and Idris were arraigned on…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has uncovered quantities of cocaine and heroin in the palace of a traditional ruler in Anambra state. This was confirmed in a statement issued by NDLEA Director of Media and advocacy, Femi Babafemi, on Monday. The statement said its operatives at the Anambra command recovered 58.5…
The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University Gusau, Prof. Magaji Garba has been apprehended by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N260 million contract scam. The Vice-Chancellor was held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. According to a source, the accused, in 2018 fraudulently obtained the sum of N260 million from a contractor, Alhaji Shehu…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin zonal office has secured the conviction of a 45-year-old driver, Adetunji Oluwasegun for fraudulently converting to personal use a sum Two Million Naira that was erroneously transferred into his account. A statement by the EFCC Head of Media & PublicityUwujaren says that Oluwasegun pleaded guilty to the…
Kaduna State University (KASU), has sacked Dr Idowu Abbas of the Geography Department, over alleged sexual harassment. The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Abdullahi Ashafa, confirmed this in a statement in Kaduna, Friday. Ashafa said that the university’s Senior Staff Disciplinary Committee, chaired by the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), investigated the alleged sexual harassment against the lecturer….
On Thursday a married lady was reported dead in the her married man friend’s house. The incident occurred at the MCC Road area of Imo state. The police spokesman in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, confirmed the incident. He affirmed that investigation had commenced to unravel the cause of death. A source told newsmen that the…
The Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja has convicted a former Managing Director of Finbank plc, Okey Nwosu and three other directors of the bank for stealing depositors money. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Justice Lateefat Okunnu convicted the four for stealing over ₦18 billion from…
A Twenty three year old HND 1 Student of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara State, Oladipo Opeyemi Juwon has been sentenced to nine months imprisonment by Justice Mahmood Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin over his involvement in internet scam. A statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin…
As at the time of filing this report, the former pensions reform chairman was still being attended to by court-assigned medical officers.
The Public Accounts Committee of the House, initiated the inquiry in the course of engaging tertiary institutions and other agencies on their financial audit reports for 2018-2019.
The court in Vienna said Grasser was involved in kickbacks of more than €9 million (£8.1m)
To curb these acts of criminalities, I hereby declare a 24-hour curfew in Ilorin metropolis from midnight today October 23rd, 2020. This is in line with Sections 1, 2 and 4 of the Public Order Act Chapter 382 Laws of Federation of Nigeria 2004.
Kwara State Government has raised the alarm over plots by some anarchists to launch violent attacks on public properties in the state as part of their grand plan to destabilise the country to achieve sinister objectives.
The suspects allegedly packaged and marketed plagiarised academic theses to desperate students to assist them to unlawfully fulfil the requirement for the award of different degrees across the country.
A 19-year-old lady who was allegedly raped by four men in Hathras district in northern India has been cremated by Indian Police.
For the first time, the expert on gender violence would be dedicating her annual report to focus on female truth-tellers and the physical and psychological threats that we so unevenly face
If govt can’t secure women’s safety, we can secure it ourselves’, Police files 110 cases Wasim Khalid Srinagar: With 45 days having passed since the first hair-chopping case was reported in Kashmir, the police are still clueless about who the…
If govt can’t secure women’s safety, we can secure it ourselves’, Police files 110 cases Wasim Khalid Srinagar: With 45 days having passed since the first hair-chopping case was reported in Kashmir, the police are still clueless about who the…
If govt can’t secure women’s safety, we can secure it ourselves’, Police files 110 cases Wasim Khalid Srinagar: With 45 days having passed since the first hair-chopping case was reported in Kashmir, the police are still clueless about who the…
If govt can’t secure women’s safety, we can secure it ourselves’, Police files 110 cases Wasim Khalid Srinagar: With 45 days having passed since the first hair-chopping case was reported in Kashmir, the police are still clueless about who the…
