The police in Bauchi State have detained 11 suspects over alleged murder of a 29-year-old man in Bauchi metropolis. The spokesman for the command, Ahmad Wakil, confirmed the incident on Monday in Bauchi. He said operatives of the command apprehended the suspects on October 25, after two of the assailants attacked the victim at…
A suspected ritualist, Obi-Levi Obieze, 40, was on Wednesday arraigned before the Enugu North Magistrates’ Court over alleged kidnapping and ritual killings in Enugu State. Obieze, popularly known as “E dey play, E dey show,” was arraigned alongside Sebastine Offor, 64, and Ejike Odinwamkpa, 38. The trio faces a three-count charge bordering on conspiracy, kidnapping,…
The Enugu Police Command has rebuted the online report alleging that the woman reportedly murdered in a hotel in Nsukka, Enugu State, had her vital organs harvested. The command’s Spokesman, SP Daniel Ndukwe, made the rebutal in a statement issued in Enugu and made available to newsmen on Tuesday. According to him, the report is…
Authorities in southern Nigeria have apprehended two alleged members of a notorious cult gang believed to be responsible for the murder of Superintendent Bako Angbashim, the former Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ahoada Division, in Rivers State. Angbashim was brutally killed in September 2023 during an ambush by cultists in Oduemude, a remote community in…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two principal suspects in connection with the brutal murder and burning of a young woman on May 24, 2025, in the ‘Gangare’ area near the canal behind Mile 12 Market, Lagos. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Monday…
A former University of Lagos Student, Chidinma Ojukwu, accused of killing Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, on Tuesday said that statements she made during police interrogation were false and under duress. Ojukwu testified in her defence before Justice Yetunde Adesanya at a Lagos State High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square. She is…
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained two suspects for prosecution over their alleged involvement in a fight that resulted in a man’s death. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed this in a statement on Sunday in Lagos. He said that the incident happened on Saturday at NPA Road, Victoria Island area of…
Eight people who allegedly helped the perpetrator in the brutal murder of history teacher Samuel Paty are set to stand trial in a Paris court on Monday, four years after the incident. The crime, classified as an Islamist-motivated terrorist act, shocked France and sparked international outrage. In October 2020, the suspect, an 18-year-old with Russian-Chechen…
