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The shocking details of how Mr. Sunday Ogofotha, a guest at Century Home Hotel, Owheologbo, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State, was murdered while attending a funeral have begun to unfold. The Delta State Police Command paraded four suspects in connection with the gruesome crime at the Police Headquarters, revealing a chilling conspiracy. …
The Delta State Police Command has uncovered the body of a site engineer, Chigozie Udalor, who was allegedly killed and buried in a shallow grave by his employees. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, made this known in a statement on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Udalor, who was overseeing his cousin’s construction …
LAGOS—The Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, said it has uncovered a building in the Iju area of Lagos State used for internet fraud training Popularly called “Yahoo School,” the command said four Yahoo experts, among them two siblings, who had been running the school, were arrested alongside six trainees, who were undergoing training in cybercrime …
A High Court in the Eastern Cape division of South Africa has acquitted Timothy Omotoso, a Nigerian televangelist, accused of raping young women in his church. Omotoso and his two co-defendants were arraigned on a 32-count charge bordering on rape and human trafficking News24 reported that Omotoso would be deported to Nigeria immediately after the …
A South African court found a Nigerian televangelist not guilty on 32 charges Wednesday, eight years after he was jailed on accusations of raping and sexually assaulting several young women from his church. Eastern Cape High Court judge Irma Schoeman said the prosecution had mishandled its case against Tim Omotoso, 66, senior pastor at the …
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has begun investigating Okorie Sunday, arrested at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, with $578,000 by the Nigeria Customs Service. EFCC spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, saying that the suspect would be charged to court following the investigation’s conclusion. Oyewale explained that …
A suspected vandal in connection with the vandalism of a transformer belonging to the Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) has been found dead in Eket, Akwa Ibom. Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket on Saturday, the Regional Manager of PHEDC, Mr Anthony Etim, said that incident happened at …
The Ondo State Command has arraigned 12 suspected kidnappers arrested in the state. A statement by the command’s spokesperson Funmi Odunlami, in Akure, the state capital, said the 12 suspects were arraigned in court about kidnapping. Odunlami said that they include Usman Mohammed, Komolafe Sunday, Olalekan Temitope, Umaru Abubakar Sanda, Amodu Yusuf, Usman Mohammed and …
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a 22-year-old member of an armed robbery syndicate specializing in car theft. The command’s spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest and detention in a statement to journalists on Saturday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the suspect was apprehended in the Ikotun area of the state through …
The Abia State Police Command, said it had launched investigation into the death of one Joseph Urum, an employee of Do Good Farm, Abiriba, Ohafia Local Government Area of the state, vowing to unravel the truth behind the death. Read Also: State of emergency: Akpabio opens up on alleged $15,000 bribe to senators This is as the doctor …