His Worship Osondu Chukwuani, of Court 1, Enugu North, in the case of Levi Obieze and cohorts, recommends that a higher court presides over the case, as the Magistrate Court has no jurisdiction to try capital offences. The Magistrate stated this after the defendants pleaded not guilty to the seven-count charge against them; Recall that Levi Obieze aka ‘E dey play, e dey show’ was arrested at Badagry-Seme border as he tried to flee the...

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have arrested 16 years 16-year-old Ijai Anthony of Pallam District in Madagali LGA, who killed his stepmother during an altercation. Adamawa State Command Police Public Relations Officer, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, in a statement, said the suspect struck his stepmother, Rhoda Anthony, on the head with a piece of wood. The statement said: “Preliminary investigation reveals that a physical confrontation erupted between two co-wives, Rhoda Anthony, aged 55,...

The Director of Planning and Gender-Based Focal Person at the Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Mary Isa, said no fewer than 1,000 cases of rape and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) were recorded in Niger State between January and July 2025. The Director said the cases were reported from various NGOs and compiled on a central dashboard for tracking and reporting to the National Dashboard. To address the issue, the Director said the ministry...

The Kogi State Police Command said hours after police launched a manhunt for Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, the suspected killer of photo-journalist Mr Ayo Aiyepeku, he was allegedly committed suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this on Thursday in Lokoja, said Ovye-Aya said Pelumi’s corpse was discovered in a hotel room in Lokoja. “The hotel management alerted us early Thursday morning to a corpse lying in one of the rooms. “Upon responding, we discovered...

The Federal Government has announced that more than 730 individuals have been convicted for terrorism-related offences in Nigeria, as part of coordinated national efforts to strengthen the country’s anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering frameworks. The figure was disclosed on Monday by the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Rear Admiral Adamu Laka (retd), during an inspection visit by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) ahead of a major evaluation of Nigeria’s compliance with...

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 567 suspects for various offences within the second quarter of 2025. The state Commissioner of Police, CP. Dankombo Morris disclosed this Monday while briefing Journalists at the Command’s headquarters, Yola, said the suspects were arrested for Kidnapping, Culpable homicide, Armed robbery, Child trafficking, shila gangsterism, Rape, and sexual offences. “Out of the five hundred and sixty-seven (567) suspects arrested, the key suspects amongst them include: Mrs. Ngozi Abdulwahab, 43...