A staff member of Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) has been arrested alongside five others for allegedly vandalising and stealing a transformer in Abuja. SP Josephine Adeh, spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, announced this in a…
Bobrisky jailed without option of a fine
Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Friday sentenced controversial cross-dresser, Idris Olanrewaju Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, to six months imprisonment without an option of fine for abusing the Naira. The judge while sentencing the…
Police arrest 2 for impersonation, extortion
The Maritime Police Command in Lagos says it has arrested two men suspected for impersonation of the command for extortion. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Rowland Ehinmode, confirmed the arrest on Tuesday. Ehinmode said that the suspects were arrested on April…
Bobrisky may spend Eid-il-fitri holiday in custody
Controversial crossdresser, Okuneye Idris, aka Bobrisky, may spend the Eid-il-Fitri break in detention. Bobrisky was arrested on April 3 and convicted by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday, April 5, 2024, after pleading guilty to the charges…
Borno police arrest 4 over attempt to burn IDP camp
The Borno State Police Command has arrested four persons in connection to an attempt to burn the Mafa IDP camp in Mafa Local Government Area of the state. The arrested persons were Malum Usman, 16; Bulama Bukar, 14; and Rawa…
Bobrisky arrested by EFCC over naira abuse allegations
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested popular cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, widely known as Bobrisky, in Lagos on Wednesday night. The arrest came following allegations of abuse of naira notes, currency mutilation and spraying of naira notes. The EFCC’s…
Bauchi police arrest man for stabbing brother to death
Men of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested Isyaku Babale, 30, of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi Metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his brother to death. The spokesperson for the command, SP Ahmed Wakil, made this known in a statement on…
Son ‘stabbed mum to death thinking she was a vampire biting him at night’
A man allegedly drove a stake through his mother’s throat believing she was a vampire and was biting him at night. Robert Bruce Poe, 56, was found standing in a driveway covered with blood on his hands and clothing and…
Police foil kidnappers’ attempt to abduct students in Lagos school
Attempts by some kidnappers to abduct some pupils of an undisclosed Primary school in Ijegun, a Lagos suburb, has been foiled by the Police, following the arrest of a suspected member of the kidnap gang. A kindergarten and two pupils…
EFCC defends arrest of suspected food smugglers
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has justified the interception and arrest of 21 trucks loaded with food items allegedly being smuggled to neighbouring countries, describing it as economic sabotage. The justification was made in Abuja on Wednesday, March…
