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The Otun Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Lekan Balogun, has pleaded with the kidnappers of his twin children to release them. He made the plea while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Ibadan. He appealed to the…

A 29-year-old alleged drug baron, identified as the Offa bank robbery sponsor, has been arrested by the Nigeria police. Adegoke Shogo, described as a mega distributor of Indian hemp, allegedly provided part of the logistics used during…

The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old suspect child rapist identified as Chukwuebuka Nnaji, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. The suspect who met the little girl at a hotel at Madalla Junction,…

The police say they have arrested 12 of the suspects involved in the robbery in some banks at Offa, Kwara state, last week. Jimoh Moshood, police spokesman, said phones, SIM cards and Ipads of robbery victims were among the…

The federal capital territory (FCT) command of Nigeria police force has banned protests and rallies at the Unity Fountain in Abuja. Sadiq Bello, commissioner of police in the FCT, disclosed this on Friday after Deji Adeyanju, an…

The Nigerian community in South Africa has reported the extra-judicial killing of a Nigerian man in that country. The victim identified as ThankGod Okoro from Ogbaku in the Awgu local government area of Enugu state, is the latest in…

A South African man has been charged with attempted murder after he threw his six-month-old daughter off the top of a shack in an illegal township to stop it from being demolished. The South African government had marked the 38 year old…

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Friday sentenced three men to 12 weeks imprisonment for stealing a dog. The convicts, Isaac Saba, Philip Daniel and Ayo Ojo, were earlier arraigned on a two-count of conspiracy and theft. They all…

A 23-year-old resident of Owode-Ijako, in the Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State, Salaudeen Issa, is in police custody for allegedly killing his girlfriend, Kemi Ilo. The suspect reportedly used a cutlass to inflict an…

•Abductors demand N100m ransom There was pandemonium yesterday in Akobo, Ibadan home of Otun Olubadan of Ibadan land, Oba Lekan Balogun, as two suspected kidnappers stormed the house and abducted his five-year-old twins, a boy and a…

An alleged Closed Circuit Television footage of the Offa Bank Robbery in Offa, Kwara State, has surfaced on the internet. On Thursday last week, gunmen numbering about 30 had stormed the town and engaged in a robbery operation that was…

Five Cameroonian athletes have gone missing from their accommodation at the Commonwealth Games in Australia, team officials have confirmed. Press attache Simon Molombe told the BBC officials viewed it as "desertion" and that the…

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five serving policemen over the alleged robbery attempt on one Mr Immanuel James, at Ago-Palace way, Okota, a Lagos suburb. The suspects — two Inspectors and three Sergeants…

A Danish citizen, Mr. Peter Nielsen, who was accused of killing his wife and daughter, has not been charged with any offence, his legal representatives, Primera Africa Legal (PAL), said on Tuesday. Police detectives from the State…

A bodyguard for Floyd Mayweather was wounded when a gunman in a vehicle opened fire on the boxer’s motorcade. The vehicle was travelling through an Atlanta intersection early on Monday, police said. Mayweather was not in the…

Some operatives of the SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad) yesterday forced a businessman, Immanuel Ibe-Anyanwu, to go hide in the toilet of a Zenith Bank branch at Ago Palace-Way, Okota, Lagos State in a bid to escape them. 37 year old…

A man identified as Austin Akekuano has been arrested and arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly issuing a dud cheque valued at N2.5 million to the management of Capital Unique Afrique Ltd for the payment of the hotel bills…

A man and his wife who had gone to the police station to settle their quarrel were among victims of Thursday bank robbery attack in Offa, Kwara State. Sources in the community told NewTelegraph last night that one of the partners had…

A35-year-old man, identified simply as Sikiru, has drowned in the swimming pool of a hotel in the Ishashi area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Sikiru and his girlfriend had visited the hotel – Regional Hotel and Suites – on…

A middle-aged man, identified only as Muyibi, has collapsed and died in a commercial cab in the Ojota area of Lagos State. PUNCH Metro reports that the victim boarded the cab after withdrawing money from a United Bank for Africa branch…

5 homosexuals who allegedly fought one another after contracting the Human Immunodefeciency Virus have been arrested after they caused chaos in Egbe, Ikotun area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH Metro, one of the men, identified as…

An American woman has blamed a powerful wind for the illicit drugs found in her possession. Police arrested Kennecia Posey following a stop in Fort Pierce, Florida, on March 21, according to a news report by ABC local affiliate.…

No fewer than 30 people lost their lives in the Offa bank robbery. An attack that happened last Thursday in Kwara state and saw deadly armed robbers storm Offa town, raid 5 commercial banks and slaughter whoever stood in their way.…

Peter Neilsen, the man who allegedly murdered his wife Alizee and their 4 year old daughter, Petra Neilsen has been arrested as Lailasnews.com told you yesterday. Here are photos of Peter Neilsen in handcuffs after he was arrested. He…