Category: Metro
Police rearrest Ibadan serial killer, Shodipe
Sunday Shodipe, the serial killer who fled police custody in Ibadan, Oyo state capital, on August 11, has been rearrested.
Olugbenga Fadeyi, police [...]
Southern Kaduna killings: Fulani-Hausa communities reconcile
A truce has been reached in Kaduna State as the Atyap, Fulani and Hausa communities in Zangon-Kataf local government area unanimously agreed to end th [...]
Arrested paedophile claims he was checking daughter’s virginity
A 40-year-old man, Gbenga Taiwo claimed that he wanted to check if his 15-year-old daughter's virginity after defilement allegations were levell [...]
Container falls on two again in Lagos killing them instantly
An empty 40ft container has claimed two lives in an accident at Ijesha area of Lagos, an official said. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the Director Ge [...]
Gunmen break into Ibadan police station, kill corporal
A police corporal was reportedly shot dead after gunmen invaded a police station at Ikolaba area of Ibadan, Oyo state capital, on Friday. The deceas [...]
Police invite Mailafia to Abuja, Monday
The Nigeria Police Force has invited a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr. Obadiah Mailafia to its Abuja office on Monday. The [...]
Police place N500,000 bounty on escaped serial killer in Oyo
The Police Command in Oyo State has announced N500,000 bounty for useful information that can lead to the re-arrest of Sunday Shodipe.
Shodipe, 19, [...]
Arotile: Court frees two suspects, to charge third suspect
A Chief Magistrate Court 1 in Kaduna on Thursday set free two of the three suspected killers of Flying Officer Tolulope Arotile, but the first suspec [...]
Man abducts baby in Rivers, dumps nursing mother in septic tank
A man identified simply as Chinedu has abducted a baby and mother and later dumped the woman in a septic tank at Igwuruta, Ikwerre Local Government Ar [...]
Police rescue another man chained by father for 30 years in Kano
Murtala Muhammad, a 55-year-old man, has been rescued by the police in Kano after being chained and locked up in a room by his father for 30 years. Mu [...]