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Three suspected ritualists were yesterday smoked out of an abandoned drainage in the Ile Zik axis of Lagos-Abeokuta highway. Human parts concealed in some sachets were reportedly found in the drainage. Many tunnels were also seen in the area adjacent to a perimeter fence of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja. LAGOS—Another suspected ritualists’ den was uncovered, yesterday, at Ile Zik Bus Stop, along Lagos/Abeokuta expressway, barely 24 hours after a similar discovery was made along same axis, during which two persons suspected to be operating in the den were set ablaze. Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/08/another-ritualists-den-uncovered-in-lagos-manhole-5-nabbed/

An alleged rapist was tied up and beaten with sticks by a several women after he was accused of sexually assaulting a child. In a video believed to be filmed in India, three women surround a man, tie his hands behind his back and drag him across the ground with a long rope while using sticks to beat him. Dozens of women and children look on as the women take turns swatting the man with large sticks. In a video believed to be filmed in India, three women surround a man, tie his hands behind his back and drag him across the ground with a long rope while using sticks to beat him Sexual assault continues to be a national issue in India, where the number of reported rapes in the country is in the tens of thousands each year The man doesn't appear to fight the beating, and instead lies on the ground as the women continue to hit him with sticks.  Footage ends with a clip of a police officer speaking...

The Bauchi State Police Command has revealed that the suspected killers of blogger Abdulhakeem Bauchin Bauchi were hired by one of his girlfriends who felt betrayed following his intention to marry another woman. It would be recalled that on March 12, 2017, Bauchin Bauchi was killed by unknown persons and his decomposing body was recovered three days later . See previous report However, on the March 17 , police detectives attached to Anti kidnapping unit of the Command arrested four suspects but the deceased vehicle was no where to be seen. See report  A statement issued on today, Wednesday, June 28th, by spokesperson for the Command, SP Haruna Mohammed said on May 27 , Police detectives successfully recovered the deceased Mercedes Benz 300 model at Edo State and arrested two additional suspects as follows:  1.Earnest Danladi 'm' aged 30 years of Pankshin LGA of Plateau State 2.Freedo...

An 80-year-old farmer in Eastern Ghana who has 12 wives and over one hundred children, and is still exploring for more women - almost committed incest with his own daughter after proposing to her. According to reports, the aged man has within 40 years given birth to over 100 children with 12 women, all of who are married to him in a polygamous marriage. On the occasion of 2017 Father’s Day, the children and the wives marched to Asilenu’s residence on Sunday. “If I get a lady today, I will marry her and have more children. As for men, even in old age we can still father children. I’m not impotent,” Asilenu told TV3’s Portia Gabor who spent some time with the family on Father’s Day. Unfortunately, Asilenu has lost track of his family- He’s unable to mention the name of all his children. When Portia Gabor asked him to do a roll call, he got stuck along the line in mentioning their names. And it was thus not surprising that he proposed marriage to one of her daughters who he...

A suspected kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike , also known as Evans, who was arrested by police in Lagos  said  on Sunday that he chose to collect ransom in American dollars to be different from other kidnappers.Read more after cut.... The suspect, while being paraded at the Lagos Police Command in Ikeja, told newsmen that he started  kidnapping in 2015, after he left his spare parts business, a claim that contradicted the police statement that he was declared wanted in 2013.He claimed that he lost N20 million to Customs officers, which made him to leave his trade. The suspect was arrested in his mansion in Magodo area of the state on Saturday. Evans, who wasn’t sure of how many people he had kidnapped, said the highest he had collected as ransom was one million dollars. “I can’t figure out how much I have collected so far or how many people I have kidnapped, but I have kidnapped up to 10 since 2015. “I chose to collect ransom in dollars ...

Police in Florida have released dashcam footage of Tiger Woods’ arrest for driving while under the influence this week. The video shows officers approach the car and Woods, who didn’t know where he was. The footage also shows Woods stumble through a field sobriety test before being arrested. In the police report of his arrest, Woods is described by police as “co-operative” but “confused”. The officer in charge of his detention also said the golfer was “unable to walk alone” and found it “hard to keep eyes open”.     Tiger Woods will be arraigned at the Palm Beach County court on July 5, 2017 over the DUI charge.   Tiger has maintained and it has been confirmed that he was not drinking but was reacting to prescribed medication.

Bayan Gari, a slum located in Bauchi metropolis, just behind the historic Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, has reportedly turned into a grooming ground for sex workers including underage girls. In an interview conducted by Oak TV, a 16-year-old girl who has a baby and works as a commercial sex worker in the slum - revealed how she started the profession two years ago after being forced into a marriage with a 40-year-old man...

This is the tragic moment a crying toddler desperately tries to drink his mother's milk, unaware that she is dead.  Police were called to reports of a dead body near train tracks in Damoh district, Madhya Pradesh, India, this morning.  When officers arrived they saw a crowd around the woman and her crying 17-month-old baby.  Witness Monu Balmiki, 27, said: 'We saw a woman lying near the railway track and informed the police. 'But when we got closer we spotted a child next to her crying and drinking her milk. It brought tears to our eyes.' Officer Nand Ram, who is the head constable of the Government Railway Police, said: 'The toddler was crying for his mother and on receiving no response from her; he held her and started drinking milk from her.  'We were shocked to see it, it was very sad. The woman was lying dead while the child was sitting next to her scratchless.  'This was something we have never seen before. It was quite emotional...

The police in Rivers State have arrested one Richard Inimgba, for killing his seven-year-old son over alleged stealing. The suspect, a resident of Amadi-Ama in Port Harcourt, had accused his son, George Inimgba, of stealing N3,200 on Friday and reportedly used a cutlass to inflict cuts on the victim after beating him up with a plank George was found dead the following morning. PUNCH Metro gathered that George’s stepmother, Blessing Inimgba, was also arrested by the police for failing to rescue the boy. It was learnt that Richard had wanted to keep George’s death a secret, but for a carpenter who raised the alarm on sighting the injuries on the boy.Richard was said to have secretly invited the carpenter into his apartment to prepare a coffin for his burial. Some neighbours and relatives of 39-year-old Richard, popularly known as Oyinbo, told one of our correspondents that he had been maltreating the boy since he sent his mother packing six years ago. The wife of Richar...

He didn't anticipate this would be his last operation. An "unfortunate" fellow got the (last) shock of his life while trying to jump over the fence to rob a house in Lokoja, Kogi state last night. He was electrocuted to death by the electric barbwire on the fence.

Two years after, former President Goodluck Jonathan has spoken on the loss of his Presidency. He said he lost the 2015 elections to local and international conspiracies. He named the United States, Britain, and France as the conspirators. He blamed it all on former United States President Barack Obama, ex-British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande for aiding President Muhammadu Buhari’s victory. Dr. Jonathan also said he was disappointed by the conduct of the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, in the weeks preceding the elections. He said he conceded defeat to avoid bloodshed in view of a similar experience after the 2011 poll. He, however, claimed that he did not take disciplinary action against ex-Minister of Petroleum Resources Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke because the evidence against her was weak. He plans to reveal the nature of his relationship with ex-Presid...

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered an investigation into the allegations of violations of law and due process made against the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Babachir Lawal, in the award of contracts under the Presidential Initiative on the North East (PINE). The President has also directed the suspension of the SGF from office pending the outcome of the investigations. In a related development, the President has ordered a full-scale investigation into the discovery of large amounts of foreign and local currencies by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a residential apartment at Osborne Towers, Ikoyi, Lagos, over which the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) has made a claim. The investigation is also to enquire into the circumstances in which the NIA came into possession of the funds, how and by whose or which authority the funds were made available to the NIA, and to establish whether or not there has been a breach of...

   Osborne Towers comprises of 4 bedroom, luxurious, all en-suite apartments along Osborne road, Ikoyi, Lagos. Built by Cappa D’Alberto, Osborne Towers was the winner of the 2011 International Residential Award for the Best Residential Property Interior in Africa due to the quality of its finishing, internal design, and décor. Some of its special facilities include Motion Sensor in all the rooms in every apartment, 2 Swimming pools, a Health and Fitness centre, Sauna, Massage Pavilion, Squash Court, Club House, Internet facility, 3800 KVA Caterpillar Generators, Dedicated Transformer, Video Door Entry Telephone, CCTV, and 24hr Security.   Facilities Motion Sensor in all rooms 2 Swimming pools Health and Fitness centre Sauna Massage Pavilion Squash Court Club House Internet facility 3800 KVA Caterpillar Generators Dedicated Transformer Video Door Entry Telephone CCTV 24hr Security   full list of occupants 1A –...

The whistleblowing policy of the Federal Government is paying off positively, as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) today stormed a residential building on the 7th floor of a four-bedroom apartment at Osborne Towers located at 16 Osborne Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, where a humongous find of foreign currencies and naira notes to the tune of $43.4m, £27,800 and N23.2m was uncovered. The operation followed a whistle blower's confidential alert received by the Commission's Lagos office this morning regarding some noticed suspicious movement of bags in and out of a particular apartment in the building. According to the source, the movers of the bags made believe that they were bringing in bags of clothes. The EFCC recovered $43.4m USD from the apartment EFCC Another source who is conversant with the apartment of interest indicated that a woman usually appeared on a different occasion with Ghana Must Go bags. "She comes looking haggard, with...

CPS PRESS BRIEFING: RESURGENCE OF POLITICAL THUGGERY A.K.A SARA-SUKA: It has come to our knowledge that some self centered politicians have perfected plans to disrupt the relative peace in the State in order to achieve their selfish political aggrandizement. Such politicians use misguided elements otherwise known as SARA-SUKA who usually under the influence of hard drugs supplied by their sponsors use offensive weapons such as machetes, knives, cutlasses etc to intimidate, assault, maim and even kill their perceived rivals including innocent citizens in the state. The miscreants also engaged in other forms of criminal activities such as Abduction, Rape, Extortion and House Breaking among others thereby causing serious security threats in the State. Worried by these emergent trends of thuggery and other nefarious activities, the Command has reviewed its crime prevention strategies and embarked on intensive patrol, vigorous raid of black spots, flash points and...

the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is trailing the owner of N448.85 million discovered in a shopping plaza in Lagos State, spokesman of the commission in Lagos, Mr. Sam Amadin said. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday, Amadin said the agency was making efforts to reach the owner of the complex, with a view to knowing who rented the said shop 64. “The shopping plaza, from preliminary investigation, was built by estate developers. From the developers, we will get the owner of the money. “The people around the complex know the owner of the money. The place has not been in use for a long time, the owner only sneaks into the place and keep the money. We will find the owner very soon,” Amadin assured. The commission, on Friday in a statement confirmed the recovery of N448.85million in a shop at the LEGICO Shopping Plaza, in Victoria Island, Lagos. Operatives of the commission, acting on a tip-off by a concerned whistleblower, ...

Magaji Dansade raped his 7-month-old step daughter leaving her in a critical condition and fighting for her life at the Turai Umar Yaradua Maternity and Children Hospital, in Katsina State.

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared eighty-six suspects wanted for various crimes. Here are the 10 most wanted. 1. Former governor of Jigawa state, Saminu Turaki is wanted by EFCC in connection with a case of criminal conspiracy, stealing, money laundering and misappropriation of public funds to the tune of N36 Billion. 2. Tompolo , the Ex-Delta Militant leader, is wanted in a case of conspiracy, illegal diversion of the sum of N45.9 billion belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA. 3. Iliasu Olanrewaju Abdul-Rauf , the National Coordinator, Federal Civil Service Staff with Disabilities Multipurpose Cooperative Society, Abuja, allegedly collected the sum of N1.7Billion under the guise of awarding contracts for the establishment of rehabilitation centers across the 36 states of the federation. 4. Former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina , for offenses bo...

The police in Bauchi State have arrested four suspected cultists who allegedly killed a man, Abdulhakeem Bauchin, and buried him on a mountain in the Gwallameji area of the state. It was gathered that the four suspects – Michael Sansai, 23; Samuel Uzima, 24; William Yakubu, 28; and Dauda Akanni, 26, were arrested by the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the command. Our correspondent learnt that the victim was killed on March 12 and buried on Rugan Jira Mountain, before the police found his decomposing body five days later. According to the police, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects allegedly belonged to the Black Axe confraternity. Some exhibits recovered from the gang included the mobile phone of the deceased, seven wraps of dry leaves suspected to be Indian hemp, torn clothes of the deceased, a sim card and other incriminating items. The Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Mohammed, confirmed the incident, adding that the suspects...

Villagers in India have rescued a newborn baby girl who was found buried alive. The girl, thought to be no more than six hours old, was left to die in a shallow sand pit in a field when a young child spotted her feet poking through the ground on Saturday. The baby, found in Jajpur district in Odisha state, was rushed to hospital where she remains under observation, officials said. The area where she was discovered is one of many impoverished states where families hope for sons and go to any lengths possible to avoid having to raise a daughter.  Chief medical officer Jajpur district Fanindra Kumar Panigrahi told AFP: 'She is doing fine and all her parameters are normal. She is a full term baby, weighing around 2.5 kg. 'Her umbilical cord was intact and body was still covered with vernix.' A witness who helped with the rescue, Alok Rout, said: 'It was a little kid who first saw the feet of the child buried under a co...

Dozens of attackers using steel chairs on Tuesday attacked Africans in a mall, Ansal plaza Greater Noida, a satellite city of New Delhi, in India. In a video that went viral,  locals went on a violent rampage using steel chairs to attack shoppers in the mall. However, the police said 10 people had been wounded, while India’s foreign minister said authorities were investigating the attacks. It was reported that hundreds of residents of the Indian city attacked Africans after a teenage boy died of a suspected drug overdose. Africans living in India frequently face discrimination and even violence and are often accused of involvement in the illegal drug trade. Riots broke out late Monday after police released five Nigerian students detained over the youth’s death — saying they had no evidence against them. punchng.com

The mother of Stephanie Otobo, the Nigerian woman who accused a cleric, Johnson Suleiman, of infidelity and abuse, visited the Omega Fire Ministry headquarters in Auchi, Edo State, on Sunday to plead on her daughter’s behalf. Ms. Otobo’s sister accompanied their mum who is popularly called Mama Tope to the church. Their statements and apologies were beamed live on the church’s website on Sunday morning. But in a swift video reaction on Instagram on Sunday, Ms. Otobo, who said she has since returned to Canada, claimed that her mother was threatened to apologise to the embattled pastor. The budding singer also debunked her apology to Mr. Suleman, popularly called Apostle Suleman, saying she was threatened.

Hassan Adebayo Dino Melaye The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Ibrahim Garab, has confirmed Dino Melaye, the senator representing Kogi State, graduated from the school. Mr. Garba made the confirmation at the investigative hearing hearing of the Senate Committee on Ethics and Privileges on Monday. He said, “From records, Mr. Melaye “formerly known as Daniel Jonah Melaye” graduated from ABU with Third Class BA Geography in 2000. Mr. Melaye said he formerly changed his name. The mother of Miss Stephanie Otobo the Canadian based Nigerian lady who claimed that Apostle Johnson Suleiman General-Overseer, Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide had an amorous affair with her and that he went to her parent seeking for her hand in marriage, visited the Omega Fire Ministry Worldwide on Sunday seeking for forgiveness from the GO for her daughter. Otobo mother (Mama Tope) in the video posted on @WeLoveApostleJohnsonSulema Facebook p...

Alex Badeh in court Photo: A prosecution witness, Nuhu Dalhatu, on Thursday told a Federal High Court, Abuja, that about N800 million used for the construction of a shopping mall linked to Alex Badeh, a former Chief of Air Staff, was traced to the Nigeria Air Force, NAF’s account. Mr. Badeh is standing trial along Iyalikam Nigeria Limited on a 10-count charge bordering on money laundering, criminal breach of trust and corruption to the tune of N3.97 billion brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. While being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Jacobs, Mr. Dalhatu, a forensic analyst with the EFCC, told the court that investigations were carried out on a number of properties, linked to Mr. Badeh, one of which was the shopping mall located at 2, Oda Crescent. “I was asked to investigate the procurement scam that was linked to the Office of National Security Adviser, ONSA, and Nigeria Air Force arms procurement con...