Gunmen in Nigerian Army camouflage have kidnapped a 13-year-old boy at the Obada-Oko in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. It was learnt that the gunmen invaded Destiny Estate in Obada-Oko at 9:15pm on Saturday and started shooting before they whisked away the boy identified as Gbolahan Ajibola. It …

The family of Oluwakemi Odugbesan is mourning her death after succumbing to the injuries she sustained when hoodlums attacked her on Oduntan Street in the Ikosi Isheri Local Government Area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Oluwakemi was on her way home after attending a vigil in the Alapere …

A mother of three, identified simply as Mama Esther, has been hospitalised after she slumped when her shop was demolished by officials of the Police Officers’ Wives Association. It was gathered that POWA had given the tenants in its market at Pedro in the Somolu area of Lagos State a …

A human right lawyer, Aishat Temin, has condemned the act of a cleric who allegedly beat a student to coma for stealing money from a local safe (piggy bank). The police had arrested the cleric identified as Moshood Alabi, who allegedly beat up one of his pupils in his Quranic …

The Corporate Affairs Commission on Sunday stated that following the successful deployment of an end-to-end registration module, it was now prioritizing the reduction of the registration circle for new companies to just three hours before the end of year 2021. Registrar-General of the commission, Garba Ababukar, gave the indication at …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two suspects for the alleged killing of one Osita Anwuanwu, 64, in the Arida area of Ikotun. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Sunday that the daughter of the deceased said he had an …

A man, Ibrahim Daneji, has been arraigned before Justice Mohammed Tukur of the Kaduna State High Court over an N53m fertiliser scam. Daneji was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on 15 counts bordering on criminal breach of trust to the tune of N53m. The EFCC in a …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibadan zonal office, on Wednesday, arrested six suspected fraudsters in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The suspected fraudsters were arrested at the Main Stay Hotel, Akala Express area of Ibadan. They are Saheed Olatunji, Bandele Olarewaju John, Yusuf Akinkunmi Azeez, Fuja Quoreeb Oluwadamilare, Odueso …

The Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, was thrown into mourning on Wednesday as one of its former lecturers, identified as Dr Olatunde Adegbuyi, was found dead in his car. The don, who was said to be a lecturer at the Department of Earth Sciences of the university, was reportedly hale …

The police in Ebonyi State, on Tuesday night, repelled another attack by gunmen on one of their stations in the state. One of the assailants, it was gathered, was killed in the ensuing gun duel between the hoodlums and the police. Also, one of the policemen, who repelled the attack, …