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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibadan Zonal office on Tuesday secured the conviction of two internet fraudsters. The fraudsters are; Rasak Olayinka Balogun and Ayodeji Oluwaseun Olatona. They, however, pleaded guilty to separate one-count charge of criminal impersonation. DAILY POST gathered that the offence runs contrary to Section […]

Angry youths in six Local Government Areas of Akwa Ibom State have threatened to embark on a massive protest following the abandonment of 55.1 km Superhighway project which runs through their communities. The Superhighway that spanned through Ibeno, Eket, Esit Eket, Mbo and Urue Offong Oruko Local Government Areas of […]

Two persons have been confirmed dead while one other sustained injuries in an accident involving a Mitsubishi Lancer and a moving truck around Christopher University on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, the Spokesperson, Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps,TRACE, who confirmed the incident newsmen in Abeokuta said the accident […]

Reports reaching DAILY POST in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital said an unknown number of terrorists suspected to be factional fighters from the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP, on Monday afternoon, ambushed a convoy of military vehicles along the Maiduguri-Damaturu road. Travellers along the route said the incident […]

The Oyo State Police Command on Monday said it has no hand in the death of a notorious gang leader in Ibadan. Commissioner of Police, Mr. Nwachukwu Enwonwu, made this disclosure in a statement made available to DAILY POST. Our correspondent recalls that one Abiola Ebila, a notorious gang leader […]

The Chief Judge of Kaduna State, Muhammad Lawal Bello, has disclosed that the state records about 15 cases of rape every day. Lamenting the alarming rate of rape cases in the state, he said that most of the victims are within the ages of three months and twelve years of […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has revealed how alleged internet fraud kingpin, Onwuzuruike Ikenna Kingsley, was arrested. EFCC made the revelation on Monday before Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The prosecution presented its first witness, Abbas Suleiman, an […]

Two suspected kidnappers have been killed, while others escaped with various degrees of bullet wounds while trying to kidnap some commuters along Lokoja-Abuja expressway. DAILY POST learned that the suspected kidnappers, numbering about fifteen, armed with AK-47 rifles, ambushed commuters at about 3:20am on Monday at Idu Bridge, along Lokoja-Abuja […]

The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr. Mohammed Adamu has reacted to a video in circulation showing a security officer assaulting a citizen. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Mr Frank Mba in a statement on Monday in Abuja said the incident did not happen in Nigeria. According to him, the […]

An Osun State Magistrate court sitting in Osogbo, on Monday arraigned two women Rufiat Saliu, and Tosin Babatunde, for beating a Policeman in Ilesa. The women, Rufiat, 22, Tosin, 50, and one other at large were charged for assaulting a Policeman, Sergent Akinro Dayo and one Olatiran Olasebikan by striking […]

The Police in Jos have arrested a 39-year-old businessman, Abdul Abdul, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl after buying N20 sachet water in her mother’s makeshift store. Abdul, a married man and father of six who resides in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area, allegedly committed the crime on June […]

Batsari Local Government Development Forum (BALDF), on Monday, dismissed Nigerian military comments after bandits’ attack on Yar Gamji village last week. They said the assailants had a field day killing 18 villagers and escaped unchallenged. Coordinator of the Defence Media Operations (DMO), Maj. Gen. John Enenche, told the media that […]

The Magistrate Court of Cross River State in the Akwa Ikot Effanga Magisterial District has convicted a Director of Administration, Ministry of Finance and a traditional titleholder in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of the State. Delivering judgement in Calabar, Victoria S. S. Ebaye (Mrs) deputy chief registrar said that the […]

The Cross River State Police Command has paraded four suspected kidnappers and rescued one Cecilia Onega, 38 years. Parading the suspects at the State Police Headquarters, Diamond Hill in Calabar, Cross River State on Monday, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Irene Ugbo said the breakthrough was recorded by the […]

Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) has agreed to compensate the family of the grassroots football player, Taiwo Akinlus, who was electrocuted last week in Ejigbo area of Lagos State. The compensation package, as gathered by DAILY POST, will include expenses for the burial and the education of his children among […]

A 12-year-old boy, Abdulkareem Mu’azu, had allegedly defiled four brothers at Sabon Gari quarters in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The incident triggered when the Mother of the victim discovered some changes and abnormalities in one of her 8-year-old child. She said after examining the victim, he narrated […]

Gunmen in the early hours of Monday, 13th of July, 2020 kidnapped a former Senator, Zik Sunday Ambuno in Bachama village, Karim Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State. A Police Corporal, Mustapha Nuhu who is an Imam of police headquarters Jalingo was also picked up by some armed men […]

The Oyo State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Monday said it has arrested no fewer than eight (8) suspects who specialized in motorcycles snatching in Ibadan metropolis. NSCDC Commandant, Mr. Iskilu Akinsanya made this disclosure while parading the suspects in Ibadan, the state capital. […]

Police in Anambra State have arrested a 60-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old girl in Nkwelle Ezunaka, near Onitsha. The police said he carried out the act on Sunday afternoon in his room at Sunrise Estate, and had previously done so. A press release by SP Haruna Mohammed, the […]

A staff of one of the international non-governmental organisations (INGO)- Street Child, operating in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, has been arrested by police for allegedly defiling a 10y-ear-old girl. He was said to have lured the girl into his room at Mashidimami area of the state. Speaking to newsmen, […]

Seven policemen lost their lives on Sunday evening along Kaduna-Zaria road. According to a military personnel who was close to the scene of the accident, the speeding 18 seater vehicle somersaulted around Jaji Military Cantonment. DAILY POST could not ascertain where the policemen were coming from, but it was learnt […]

One Mr Badmus Folarin, has explained to the police why he maltreated a 10-year-old boy, Sunday David by burning him with a hot knife. Police said Folarin admitted punishing the boy because he opened a tin of Milo belonging to his mother and licked out of it. The incident, DAILY […]

Nigeria Police operatives have rescued an American lady confined in a Lagos hotel where she was held against her wish for over a year. Force spokesman, Frank Mba, made this known in a statement on Sunday. The victim, from Washington DC, is a retired civil servant in the United States. […]

Another notorious gang leader in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, Abiola Ebila, has been killed. DAILY POST gathered that Ebila was killed around Kudeti area of Ibadan around 12 pm on Sunday. DAILY POST recalls that the killing of Ebila is coming few weeks after Ebila gang killed another gang […]

Nigeria Police Cybercrime Unit and Interpol National Central Bureau (NCB) have arrested three Nigerians; Samson Inegbenosun, 30; Blessed Junior, 32; and Muhammed Zakari, 36. The suspects are all men from Uromi in Edo State, for cyber-related offences including Advance Fee Fraud, money laundering and romance scam. Force Spokesman, Frank Mba, […]

Enioluwa Adedayo, aka Judgement, a notorious criminal, has revealed how the Nigeria Police freed him. This was after his arrest for multiple robberies in Lagos and Oyo States. Adedayo, 23, is regarded as one of the most dreaded robbers in Ibadan. Judgement and his gang, with motorcycles, dispossessed victims of […]

Suspected fraudster, Isiaka Olatunde, 35, has revealed how he and his brother, Ismaila Olatunji, used the names of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Leader, and ex-National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki, to effectuate a scam. They swindled a contractor, Ganiuyu Orimoyi, of N25million after claiming they could help him […]

The Kwara State Fire service, on Saturday announced the discovery of the corpse of a 26-year-old man. The service identified him as Abdulwaheed Abdullateef, declared missing four days ago by his family. The rescue operation team of the service discovered the lifeless body of the missing man at Moro River […]

The Federal government has received 22 stranded Nigerians from Lebanon. The Chairman, House Committee on Diaspora, Hon. Tolulope Akande-Sadipe K disclosed this on Saturday at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. She said also, on the repatriation flight was Peace Busari, a Nigerian lady put up for sale by her […]

Suspected Gunmen on Saturday killed 20 people in Chibuak and Kigudu II communities in Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State in a renewed violent attack. The Parish Priest of Damakasuwa Outstation, Rev. Fr. Aaron Tanko, who oversees the two communities, confirmed to DAILY POST that, 20 persons were killed […]