Crime

Police were searching for a gunman believed to have shot dead five Hondurans including an eight-year-old child at a house in Texas, the local sheriff said Saturday, in the latest mass shooting to hit the United States. Investigators believe the gunman had been firing his AR-15 style gun in a...

The Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Dr. Olufemi Olaleye, who is charged with defiling his wife’s 16-year-old niece, has denied the allegation and also accused his wife of framing him up to take over his house. Dr Olaleye, who is facing a two-count charge of defilement and sexual...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has asked a federal high court in Abuja to dismiss a suit filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against President-elect Bola Tinubu. The PDP and Dino Melaye, a chieftain of the party, had filed an order of mandamus to compel the NDLEA...

A 400-level student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Oluwatobi Ogunmola, who was declared missing a few days ago, has been found dead. PUNCH Metro reports that Ogunmola was declared missing during the week. An informed campus source told our correspondent that his body was found...

The Oyo State Police Command has paraded an 18-year-old man, Taofeek Adeagbo, for allegedly killing his father. The suspect’s mother, Rashidat, was also arrested for concealing the crime. Parading the suspects alongside 23 others in Ibadan, on Friday, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Adewale Osifeso, said the incident occurred...

Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed the bail application filed by detained alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu. In a ruling, Justice Ekwo held that the application was without merit and that the applicant failed to provide sufficient materials to move the court to exercise its...

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of one Oluwayemisi Samuel and her Son, Joshua Samuel, before Justice A.A Bello of the Kaduna State High Court for false information. The agency made this known in a statement shared via its website on...

The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has revealed the names of the police officers who were seen in a viral video assaulting two men with a machete. He stated that the Imo State Command had commenced the orderly room trial of six of the officers caught assaulting two...

Popular American singer, R. Kelly has been moved to a prison in North Carolina where he will serve his prison sentence. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed Kelly, whose full name is Robert Sylvester Kelly – was moved on Wednesday of last week from the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago...

A yet to be identified clergyman has been reportedly abducted at Nnobi Roundabout in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Eyewitnesses said the man who was driving Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the hoodlums stormed the...