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19-yr-old native doctor arrested over client’s death after testing Bulletproof charm

Sep 3, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

Timothy Dauda, a 19-year-old native doctor, has been arrested by police in Edo state for allegedly shooting his client, Alex Ezekiel, to death during an “anti-bullet” charm trial. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident on Monday. Yamu said that the incident happened on August 20 in Onumu Community, near Igara, Akoko Edo Local Government Area of the state. He said that the suspect was arrested by operatives from Igarra Divisional Police Station in Akoko-Edo. It was learnt that the suspect allegedly claimed to specialise in…

Canadian police arrest Nigerian woman who threatened to poison Yoruba, Benin people

Sep 2, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

A Nigerian woman based in Canada, Amaka Patience Sunnberger has been arrested by the Canadian police for threatening to poison Yoruba and Benin people in a viral video. This development was announced in a press statement issued by the Toronto Police on their website, revealing that the suspect will be arraigned in court on Monday. The statement reads: “The Toronto Police Service is making the public aware of an arrest made in a suspected hate-motivated threatening investigation. “On Wednesday, August 28, 2024 Toronto Police received a call for a threatening…

Many killed, houses, shops burnt by terrorists in Yobe

Sep 2, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

Terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe. The Yobe State Police Command Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in Damaturu on Monday. ”We are yet to ascertain the number of lives lost in the incident, which occurred at about 4pm on Sunday in the remote village. ” Babagana Goni and Bako Ibrahim, both Mafa residents, reported the incident to the Tarmuwa Divisional Police Station. ” Suspected Boko Haram terrorists armed with rifles…

Ex-beauty queen declared wanted, surrenders to NDLEA

Sep 2, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

A former beauty queen, Oluwadamilola Aderinoye, has turned herself in at the Lagos command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The agency accused the ex-beauty queen who was the Miss Commonwealth Nigeria Culture in 2015/2016 of hiding after she was declared wanted eight months ago. A statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, noted that Aderinoye was declared wanted after she escaped when operatives raided her apartment in Lekki on January 24, 2024. Babafemi stated that 606 grammes of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, an…

Buttock enlargement: Doctor declared wanted as client dies during surgery

Aug 30, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

A medical doctor, identified as Idara Bassey, has been declared wanted by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with the death of a 36-year-old lady simply identified as Abiola, who passed away during a buttocks enlargement procedure at a clinic in the Lekki Phase 1 area of the state. The state police command spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Thursday. The deceased was said to have visited the clinic for a buttocks enlargement procedure, which took a fatal turn after a nurse (name withheld), allegedly acting on Bassey’s orders,…

Navy officer arrested over alleged killing of ex-Chief of Naval Staff son

Aug 29, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

A Naval Personnel, Able Seaman Abdulrashid Mohammed, who was a Guard at the home of a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ishaya Iko Ibrahim, has been arrested by Police in Abuja for the murder of the son of the ex-naval Chief. FCT Police Commissioner, Benneth Igweh said the Navy Rating had two Sundays ago, August 18, 2024, robbed Aminu Ibrahim, the son of the former CNS at Maitama, of the SUV and subsequently opened fire on him, killing him instantly. Able Seaman Abdulrashid Mohammed who is 30 years…

Nigerians seek arrest of Canada-based woman inciting violence online

Aug 29, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

The arrest of a Canada-based Nigerian woman, Amaka Patience Sunnberger, and her accomplices have been demanded by concerned Nigerians for calling for the death of other Nigerians during a social media engagement. It was observed on Wednesday that Nigerians from all walks of life took to social media in shock and outrage after a viral TikTok video surfaced, showing the woman and other Nigerians calling for the poisoning of Nigerians of Yoruba and Benin descent. The Director-General of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, weighed in on the issue…

Nigerian pilot faces five years imprisonment over statements falsification in US

Aug 29, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

Olukayode Ojo, a 36-year-old Nigerian, is facing a five-year jail term in Texas, United States, after being found guilty of making false statements to obtain a certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration. It was learnt on Wednesday that after the guilty verdict, US District Judge Jodi Dishman ordered the detention of the Nigerian pilot until his sentencing. US Attorney Robert Troester, announced Ojo’s conviction on Monday through a statement on the FAA’s official website, revealing that Ojo had been attempting to obtain a medical certificate necessary for piloting a commercial…

UK jails four Nigerians for forging over 2,000 marriage documents

Aug 28, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

After forging more than 2,000 marriage certificates to help people live in the United Kingdom illegally, four Nigerians have been imprisoned. Abraham Alade Olarotimi Onifade, 41, Abayomi Aderinsoye Shodipo, 38, Nosimot Mojisola Gbadamosi, 31, and Adekunle Kabir, 54, were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court in London on Tuesday. The Home Office said the four were part of an organised criminal group that made fraudulent EU Settlement Scheme applications for Nigerian nationals between 2019 and 2023. They were all sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Tuesday. They carried out the…

Man arrested for allegedly killing neighbour’s four-year-old daughter in Enugu

Aug 28, 2024Nov 17, 2025 topnews

A 30-year-old man has been arrested by police in Enugu State for the alleged murder of his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter while she was sleeping. This is contained in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Tuesday. ”On August 18, police operatives serving in the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad hastened to a compound on Orba Road in Nsukka Local Government Area, upon receiving a distress call alleging the murder of a four-year-old girl. ”The lifeless body of the child was taken to the hospital, she…