The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre has commenced an analysis of a documentary detailing allegations that a Nigerian socialite posed as the Crown Prince of Dubai to defraud a foreign victim of millions of dollars. The Commissioner of Police…

Operatives of the police cybercrime unit in Gurgaon, India, have arrested two Nigerians for allegedly impersonating directors of Indian companies on WhatsApp to defraud unsuspecting employees. The police disclosed that the suspects deceived victims into transferring money into bank accounts…

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has impounded 27 commercial and private vehicles during a coordinated enforcement operation targeting widespread violations of loading regulations across major roads in the state. The early-morning exercise formed part of a renewed statewide crackdown…

A UK court has sentenced 40-year-old Adedapo Adegbola to life imprisonment for the murder of his former girlfriend, 23-year-old university student Steph Irons, in Nottingham, England. According to Irish Reports on Thursday, Adegbola was sentenced by Nottingham Crown Court after…

At least five people were killed, and several others are missing after armed bandits ambushed residents of Kyaram while they were returning from Maga Market in Bukkuyyum Local Government Area of Zamfara State.The attack which occurred on Wednesday evening, caused…

An Abia State resident, Uchechukwu Uchegbu, is in police custody after he allegedly assaulted his father, Emmanuel Uchegbu, during a long-standing property dispute, an incident the family says preceded the elderly man’s death. PUNCH Metro learnt on Thursday from a…

A combined team of security operatives has arrested six suspected kidnappers in Edo State. The suspects were arrested in the forest in Agbede, Etsako West Local Government Area. The Public Relations Officer of the Edo State Police  Command, ASP Eno Ikoedem,…

The management of Kwara State University, Malete, has confirmed the death of a 400-level student, Idris Agboluaje, in an auto crash in Malete on Wednesday. The institution’s Registrar, Dr Kikelomo Sallee, said in a statement on Thursday that Agboluaje, a…

A Magistrate Court in Kano has ordered the remand of three men accused of killing a woman and her six children in Dorayi Chiranci, saying it lacks jurisdiction to try the case. The suspects—Umar Auwal, Yakubu Dayyabu and Isiyaku Yakubu—were…

The Anambra State Government has assured that justice will be served in the case of an alleged attack on JSS3 student Miracle Amah of Community Secondary School, Agulu, by her guardian, Mrs Osinachi Edeh. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that…

The Benue State Police Command has taken three individuals into custody over an alleged cattle rustling operation in Naka, the headquarters of Gwer West Local Government Area. Security sources disclosed that the arrests were made after the Divisional Police Officer…

Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services to investigate alleged tampering with exhibits in an ongoing N10bn fraud trial. The order followed a disclosure by…

The Yobe State Police Command said its operatives have apprehended an 18-year-old suspect for alleged theft and burglary within the Damaturu neighbourhood. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in a statement he issued to journalists…

Tears flowed freely on Thursday at the Sir Kashim Ibrahim Government House, Kaduna, as survivors of the recent church abduction in Kurmin Wali, Kajuru Local Government Area, relived weeks of fear, hunger and brutality in the hands of bandits. A…

The commercial motorcyclist, Oluwasegun Oluwarotimi, who was shot by an operative of the Ondo State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps, has given up the ghost, four years after pursuing justice. Oluwasegun was shot on August 9, 2021,…