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I’ve Sold Over 42 Children, Trafficker Confesses

I’ve Sold Over 42 Children, Trafficker Confesses

A 45-year-old child trafficker, Alimot Haruna, has confessed to selling off over 42 children into child labour in the last five years to the police at Lagos State Command. Sunday Telegraph learnt that the suspect…

Gunmen Kidnap Police Inspectors, AK47 Rifles In Delta

Gunmen Kidnap Police Inspectors, AK47 Rifles In Delta

Three mobile police officers from PMF 51, Oghara, have been reportedly kidnapped by suspected herders in the Ohoror hamlet on the East-West Road in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. Sunday Telegraph learned…

Gombe LG Officials, Traffickers Connive To Sell Baby For N400,000

Mrs Tina Raphael, a 60-year-old woman from Anambra State has been arrested by the Gombe State Police Command over her involvement in a case of suspected child trafficking. In an interview with Saturday PUNCH, Raphael said she…

Trailer’s Driver Falls Off Bridge On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

Trailer’s Driver Falls Off Bridge On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

A yet-to-be-identified trailer driver reportedly fell over the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway’s Kara bridge between Berger, Lagos State, and Isheri, Ogun State. According to the Nigeria Police Force, the trailer collided with the bridge, leaving the front…

Police Arrest Fake EFCC Officers For Armed Robbery At MOUAU

Police Arrest Fake EFCC Officers For Armed Robbery At MOUAU

Abia State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a gang dressed as officers of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) at the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, (MOUAU) to deceive, intimidate and…

FRSC Records 1,196 Road Crash, 604 Dead In Oyo, Osun and Ondo

FRSC Records 1,196 Road Crash, 604 Dead In Oyo, Osun and Ondo

The Federal Road Safety Commission’s Zonal Command, has reported that between January and December 2023, 604 people died in 1196 road crashes in Osun, Oyo, and Ondo States. Meshach Jatau, the FRSC Zonal Commander in…

ALLEGED DEMOLITION: FHA Denies Disobeying Court Order

ALLEGED DEMOLITION: FHA Denies Disobeying Court Order

The Federal Housing Authority (FHA) has informed Justice Akintunde Savage of the Lagos High Court, Ikeja, that it did not breach any court order which had restricted it from demolishing 600 houses at 6th Avenue,…

Alleged Defilement: Court Orders Remand Of Defendant In Kirikiri

Alleged Defilement: Court Orders Remand Of Defendant In Kirikiri

The Lagos State Sexual Of- fences and Domestic Violence Court, Ikeja, presided over by Justice Rahman Oshodi has ordered that a man, Onyeka Mbaka, be remanded in the Kirikiri Maximum Correctional Centre, pending the entertainment…

Alleged N4.8BN Fraud: Lawyers to Adopt Final Addresses on Ibeto’s Appeal, May 7

Alleged N4.8BN Fraud: Lawyers to Adopt Final Addresses on Ibeto’s Appeal, May 7

Barring any last-minute change, law- yers involved in the N4.8bn fraud charge slammed against the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development Company, Chief Cletus Ibeto, will on May 7, 2024, adopt their final written addresses before…

EFCC to Court: How Man Defrauded Victim N19M Over Land Purchase

EFCC to Court: How Man Defrauded Victim N19M Over Land Purchase

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has informed Justice Mojisola Dada of an Ikeja Special Offences Court, that a man, Murtala Adebayo, allegedly defrauded one Mr Gafar Ademolake to the tune of N19m under…