Category: Metro
Police arrest two officers over serial killer’s escape in Ibadan
Two policemen have been arrested in connection with the escape of Sunday Shodipe, the prime suspect in the serial killings that rocked Akinyele Local [...]
EFCC re-arrests Instagram billionaire, Mompha for alleged money laundering
Popular social media personality and self acclaimed Instagram billionaire, Ismaila Mustapha, more popularly known as Mompha, has been rearrested by th [...]
Blasphemy: US agency kicks as Kano court jails 13-year-old boy for 10 years
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has faulted the judgment of an Upper Sharia Court in Kano State sentencing a 13-year-o [...]
Quantity surveyor bags 50-year imprisonment for raping student
An Ikeja sexual offences and domestic violence court has sentenced John Otema, an alumnus of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), to 50-year imprisonment [...]
Police rescue another man locked up for 15 years by father in Kano
The police command in Kano State, yesterday, rescued another man who was allegedly placed in solitary confinement by his father for 15 years in the st [...]
Serial killer escapes from police custody in Oyo
The Oyo state police command, on Sunday, confirmed the escape of Sunday Shodipe, a suspected serial killer, from its custody.
Olugbenga Fadeyi, the [...]
Renowned Ifa priest hosts witches, wizards in Osun
Renowned Ifa priest, Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon, during the week, hosted the maiden anniversary of Progressive Witches and Wizards Association in Osun. T [...]
Singer, Michael Owolabi raise alarm on chemical toxicity from companies in his community in Ogun
“I write this from a painful heart. On the right-hand side is my community, Oloko near Obasanjo farms, Sango Otta, Ogun State precisely where I and my [...]
Muslim Lawyers’ Association okays death sentence judgment on Kano singer
The Muslim Lawyers’ Association (MULAN), Kano State branch has okayed the death sentence judgment against singer, Sharrif Yahaya for blaspheming the h [...]
Gunmen kill Bauchi lawmaker, abduct wives, one-year-old daughter
Gunmen have killed Musa Baraza, a member of the Bauchi state house of assembly, and abducted his wives and one-year-old daughter.
The incident happ [...]