The management of Shebah Exploration & Production Company (SEPCOL) has announced that two more crew members on board the oil vessel that exploded and sunk have been found dead. This is coming hours after the company announced that three crew members were found alive, alongside one yet-to-be-identified dead body at the vicinity of the floating production, storage,…
Kidnapped cousin of former President Goodluck Jonathan, Jephthah Robert, has been released by his captors after spending 14 days in their custody. Jephthah was kidnapped on January 24 in front of his residence at Biogbolo-Epie suburb of Yenagoa, the state capital. Austin Ekeinde, a media aide to the victim’s younger brother, Azibaola Robert confirmed his release…
A two-year-old boy has been found dead with his body parts missing in the Jumare district of Saminaka in the Lere local government area of Kaduna state over the weekend. According to the Hausa news platform, Rariya, two body parts of the child were removed and his remains were buried by the assailants. This incident comes…
A woman has been arrested by the Ondo State Police Command in Akure, the state capital, for allegedly inflicting injuries on a seven-year-old child. The victim, whose name was unknown as of press time, was allegedly badly beaten by the woman who lives in the Fanibi neighbourhood of Akure. The boy was said to have…
Security operatives have surrounded Dowen College in Lekki following reports that the Lagos State government may soon reopen the school amid the controversy surrounding the death of 11-year-old Sylvester Oromoni who was allegedly bullied by some seniors in the institution. Armed policemen with Armoured Personnel Carriers were seen watching over the school and also the…
Peterson John, a security guard, who was falsely jailed over alleged ties with the burning of the Lekki Tollgate during the #EndSARS protest, has been released after spending 15 months at the Kirikiri Medium Prison. John, in an interview with Punch, said he was arrested in November 2020 on his street at Wale Olateju, Lekki…
Anambra police command has arrested a man in his early 30s for allegedly killing his 22-year-old girlfriend, Chidimma Christopher. The suspect identified as Ikenna Asiegbu from Mgbakwu community in Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State, reportedly carried out the act on Saturday February 4, at Urutolu village, Mgbakwu. He allegedly assaulted the deceased…
Some officers who had recently passed out from the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Academy have lamented the refusal of the agency to pay them their six months remuneration. The officers who spoke to SaharaReporters said the delay in payment will affect the professionalism in the discharge of duties, expected of the officers. The…
Following the dawn of 2022, residents of Nasarawa State including Galadima Yahaya, a 25-year-old motor mechanic, had high hopes regarding efforts of the state and federal governments to tackle insecurity. However, the attack on Yahaya by hoodlums last Tuesday in Doma Local Government Area of the state which led to the loss of his two…
A 30-year-old housewife, Cynthia Olukiowu of no 2, Apogidonoyo street, Jafa Agbado, was on Saturday 5th of February 2022 arrested by men of Ogun State police command, for allegedly stabbing one Habeeb Aremu, an eighteen-year-old nephew of her husband to death over a minor disagreement. A statement by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi says the suspect was…