A 24-year hair salon apprentice Blessing Okonkwo, resident of Kabang ward in Mubi town, headquarters of Mubi North LGA Adamawa state has sold her 4 years old biological brother Friday Okonkwo at the cost of N410N700,000, 000.00. Blessing, who confessed to the crime, told the Police that she initially demanded N700, 000 from the buyer, but later agreed on N400,000. According to her, she procured a grinding machine and handset with the money and gave...

Unidentified gunmen on has attacked Ogbaru Local Government secretariat in Anambra State, burning down four vehicles. The incident was suspected to have been carried out by secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). Videos circulating on social media showed several vehicles within the premises of the secretariat smouldering in fire. Police authorities in Anambra State have confirmed the attack, describing it at a cowardly act. In a press release by the state police command’s spokesperson,...

The Kano State Police Command has arrested nineteen suspects in connection with armed robbery, cattle rustling, kidnapping, and other banditry-related crimes. Superintendent of Police, Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the Command Police Public Relations Officer, who disclosed this to newsmen in Kano, attributed the success to robust crime prevention patrols and intelligence gathering. SP Kiyawa said the investigation is ongoing and the suspects will be charged in court, adding that two AK-47 rifles, one smoke pistol, one...

Justice H.I. Oshomah of the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State has convicted and sentenced twenty-four internet fraudsters to two years imprisonment with an option of fine of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150,000.00) each; the convicts also bagged six months Community Service. The judge also ordered that the mobile phones recovered from the fraudsters be auctioned through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and its proceeds paid into the Treasury...