ONITSHA: POLICE ARREST TWO TENANTS FOR ALLEGED ROBBERY                 THE Police patrol team attached to Awada Division of the Nigeria Police has arrested two tenants of number four Sheba street, Fegge Onitsha, Awoke Samuel and Timothy Peter, in connection with a robbery incident …

ENUGU: POLICE ARREST  MAN OVER KILLING OF KINSMAN Enugu State Police Command has arrested one Emmanuel Ogbu, for allegedly shooting to death his kinsman, Mr Chukwuma Nwankwo, in Imeama-Ugbawka community, Nkanu East Local Government Area. The police also recovered a single barrel gun and one expended cartridge, which the suspect …

ONDO: DRAMA AS MADMAN SUSPECTED TO BE KIDNAPPER, SMASHES MOBILE PHONE  AFTER N1.5M ALERT         A suspected kidnapper identified as Dele, who disguised as a madman was arrested in Akure, the Ondo State capital, smashed and damaged his mobile phone, immediately he received an N1.5m alert on …

BENIN: COURT JAILS 49-YEAR-OLD WOMAN; CHRISTY EHIROBO FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING A Federal High Court, sitting in Benin, on Tuesday, sentenced a 49-year-old woman, Mrs Christy Ehirobo, to nine years imprisonment for human trafficking. Justice Mohammed Liman, in his judgment, held that human trafficking has become a problem in society, adding …

LAGOS: PASTOR ‘ABSCONDS WITH N1.2M CAR’ A 46-year-old pastor, Joseph Lawson, yesterday appeared at an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, Lagos charged with the theft of a car valued at N1.2 million. Prosecutor Clifford Ogu alleged that the accused committed the offence on October 1 at Oko-Oba, Lagos. He alleged that the …

ABIA: 24-YR-OLD MAN ORGANISES KIDNAP OF GIRLFRIEND’S MOTHER     TWENTY-FOUR years old man, Chinindu Innocent, arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team, IRT, for staging the kidnapping of the mother of his girlfriend, said he did it because the girlfriend’s mother could not …

LAGOS: 31-YEAR-OLD TOGOLESE SLEEPS WITH UNDERAGE GIRLS, REWARDS THEM WITH N50     The police have arrested a Togolese, Dominic Samson, 31, for allegedly sleeping with underage girls. He was said to have given them N50 each after the exercise. Samson was arrested last Monday around 8:50am by Ejigbo Police …

OYO: MY WIFE WAS IMPREGNATED BY HER LOVER FIVE MONTHS AFTER HAVING A BABY FOR ME –Husband An Islamic teacher, Abdulrazak Adeniyi, has accused his wife, Barakat, of child abandonment and adultery, sequel to which he has sued for divorce. Abdulrazak narrated to the court: “Just five months after Barakat gave birth …

OSUN: SIBLINGS IN FOREX SCAM AS 3,500 INVESTORS DEMAND N2BN DEPOSITS   The dream of no fewer than 3,500 people to make easy cash through forex trading has become a nightmare after they were defrauded of their money estimated at N2bn. PUNCH Metro learnt that the victims deposited money in a …

ENUGU:   POLICE ARREST FAKE LAWYER           The Police in Enugu State have arrested a man, Festus Ozonwanji, for allegedly claiming to be a lawyer in court. Police also said that the operatives recovered a seal believed to be that of the Nigerian Bar Association and …