Three men, including two Nigerians—Imafedia Adevokhai and Osazuwa Peter Okunoghae—have been sentenced to federal prison in the United States for their involvement in a tax refund fraud scheme. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, Abe McGlothin Jr., in a statement released …
Man Allegedly Beats Daughter To Death And Buries Her In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Kamoru Ojo for allegedly murdering his 27-year-old daughter, Shakirat Ojo, and burying her in a shallow grave at their residence in Afromedia, Ojo. The incident reportedly occurred on March 26 but was only reported to the Okokomaiko Police Division on April 3, 2025, after a …
Hoodlums Vandalize Key Gas Pipeline In Bayelsa
Hoodlums suspected of being oil thieves have vandalized the Ogboinbiri/Obiobi 24-inch gas pipeline, located between Angiama and Angiamagbene in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The pipeline, previously operated by the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, is now under the management of Oando Plc. The Bayelsa …
Police Rescue 14 Passengers Abducted In Otukpo, Benue
The Benue Police Command has successfully rescued 14 passengers of a Benue Links bus who were abducted by unknown gunmen on Thursday evening in Otukpo Local Government Area. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, SP Sewuese Anene, explained that the attack occurred on April 3, around the Otukpo Burnt …
Group Seeks Minister’s Intervention In Abduction And Forced Conversion Of Christian Teenager
The child rights advocacy group, Operation Save Nigerian Children, has petitioned the Minister of Women Affairs, Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, over the alleged abduction and forced conversion of a 16-year-old Christian girl, Miss Georgia Miracle, in Adamawa State. In a petition submitted on Friday and signed by the group’s convener, Ighorhiohwunu Aghogho, the organization …
Gunmen Kill 2, Abduct 12 In Benue Attack
Gunmen ambushed an 18-seater bus belonging to the Benue State Transport Company, known as Benue Links, on Thursday night, killing the driver and a front-seat passenger, while abducting several others. The bus had departed from Makurdi, the state capital, and was heading to Otukpo when it was attacked near Ikobi, …
Plateau Attacks: 52 Killed
The death toll from recent attacks by gunmen in several communities in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State has now risen to 52. The Chairman of the Bokkos Cultural Development Council Vanguard, Farmasum Fuddang, confirmed the tragic update to journalists in Jos on Friday. The increase in fatalities followed …
Delta Man Killed By Kidnappers In Front Of His Wife And Children
A man named Godwin Anuka, who was kidnapped by suspected Fulani herders along with his wife and two children in the Ubulu-Uku area of Delta State, has been killed in front of his family. Harrison Gwamnishu, the Senior Special Assistant on Civil Society and Youth Mobilization to the Delta State Governor, shared …
Doctor Sues Former Lagos Task Force Chief For Contempt
A medical doctor Ojo Ademola has filed a notice of consequences of disobedience to court order before a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja against a onetime head of the Lagos State Task Force, Engineer Peter Omotosho, Starmark Finance Company Limited and one other over their alleged flagrant disobedience to the court order restraining them …