Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, September 18, 2023, admitted in evidence more documents tendered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, against Ismail Mustapha, also known as Mompha, through its third prosecution witness, Ayotunde Solademi, a staff of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, Office...
IGP Orders Swift Operation To Curb Ogun Cult Killings
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has ordered swift operations to be carried out to curb the unwarranted killings caused by cult clashes in Sagamu, Ogun State. This was disclosed by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a terse statement Monday on X, formerly Twitter. The Force spokesman said the Ogun...
DPO’s Murder: Fubara Suspends Monarch, Places N100m Bounty On Suspect’s Head
Governor Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers State, on Saturday, has ordered the indefinite suspension of a monarch in relation to the “gruesome murder” of the Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim, by “a bunch of criminals”. This comes days after Bako was killed in the Odiemudie Community in the Ahoada East Local Government Area (LGA) of...
Actor Danny Masterson Sentenced To 30 Years For Rapes
“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was sentenced Thursday to at least 30 years in prison for raping two women at his home two decades ago. The US actor was convicted in May of drugging and then raping fellow members of the Church of Scientology between 2001 and 2003 at his home in the swanky...
Troops Ambush Insurgents In Zamfara, Foil Attack By Suspected IPOB Members In Imo
Troops of 34 Artillery Brigade, operating in the 82 Division Nigerian Army, Area of Responsibility have foiled an attack by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) on its Forward Operating Base at Ukwuorji, along Owerri – Onitsha Expressway. This is according to a Tuesday statement by the...
Soldiers Robbed, Killed My Aide, Says Sen Adeola Yayi
Chairman of Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Solomon Adeola, has alleged that gunmen believed to be soldiers of the Nigerian Army at checkpoints in Ikeja axis of Lagos State are responsible for the killing of his senior aide, Mr Adeniyi Oluwatosin Sanni. Sanni was killed in the early hours of Saturday, August 5, 2023. Recall...
Police Arrest Bishop Over Evangelist Happiness’ Death
Police authorities in Abia State have confirmed the arrest and detention of the General Overseer of Agape Evangelical Ministry popularly called Bishop Timothy Otu. Bishop Otu is held over the death of a female evangelist attached to a Pentecostal church in Aba. The lady reportedly died during suspected rounds of sex at a guest house in...
NDLEA Arrest Singers Zinoleesky And Mohbad For Drug Offences
Nigeria’s narcotics agency on Thursday arrested two popular singers and four others with illicit drugs in a dawn raid on their apartment in the commercial hub of Lagos, an official said. National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) spokesman Femi Babafemi told said some quantities of cannabis and “Molly” — a term used for MDMA —...
Troops Raid IPOB/ESN Hideout In Enugu, Bust Gunrunner Syndicate In Obudu
In a series of coordinated operations, Nigerian Army troops of the 82 Division, operating in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Department of State Services (DSS), and other security agencies, achieved significant breakthroughs against criminal elements in Enugu and Cross River states. In the first operation, carried out under the banner of Operation UDO...
Colombian Drug Lord ‘Otoniel’ Sentenced To 45 Years In US Prison
Dairo Antonio Usuga, one of Colombia’s most notorious drug lords, was sentenced to 45 years in prison Tuesday by a US federal judge. Usuga, 51, who pleaded guilty to cocaine smuggling charges earlier this year, was the leader of Colombia’s largest narco-trafficking gang, the Clan del Golfo, or Gulf Clan. Known as “Otoniel,” Usuga was...