Tragedy struck Nigeria’s Broadcast Industry in the early hours of Monday, September 29, 2025, as ARISE Television anchor, Somtochukwu Christelle “Sommie” Maduagwu, was killed during an armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. The 29-year-old Broadcaster, who was also a trained Lawyer, was confirmed dead after the robbery turned violent. ARISE…
In a significant cross-border law enforcement operation, the Ogun State Police Command announced that it arrested Abdoulaye Gomina, a criminal wanted in the Republic of Benin, in connection with a series of armed robberies and smuggling operations across the Nigeria–Benin frontier. The arrest reportedly took place on September 27, 2025 in the border community of…
A four-year-old girl, Jesinta Sunday, who was allegedly sold for ₦3.7 million by a child trafficking syndicate, has been rescued by the Ondo State Police Command in Delta State. The child was declared missing on February 3, 2025, when her father, Sunday Kingsley, reported at the Alagbaka Police Division in Akure that Jesinta had disappeared…
The menace of sea piracy has resurfaced along Nigeria’s Southern waterways as suspected Pirates abducted 17 passengers traveling from Calabar, Cross River State, to Oron in neighboring Akwa Ibom. The incident happened on Thursday when gunmen intercepted a commercial boat operated by Sea Express Limited. The vessel, which had about 30 passengers on board, was…
The Ogun State Government has sealed off Imole Ayomi Bakery and End-Time Grace Apostolic Church in Abeokuta following repeated/pollution violations of environmental regulations. Officials of the Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA) carried out the enforcement exercise this week after the two establishments failed to comply with earlier warnings issued by the agency. The bakery,…
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a Tsangaya teacher accused of subjecting his 11-year-old pupil to inhumane treatment after tying him with a rope and severely beating him with a stick and cable in Darazo Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The suspect, identified as 28-year-old Lawal Nasiru, a resident of Unguwar Jarmai, was…
In a harrowing case that has reignited public outcry over child abuse, a housewife in Bauchi State has been accused of burning her five-year-old stepdaughter as punishment for nocturnal bedwetting. The accused, Rabi Nuhu, reportedly resides in the Magama Gumau community within Torono Local Government Area. According to multiple sources, she allegedly inflicted burn injuries…
Tragedy struck in Lagos on Tuesday when a 40-foot container truck with registration number is XP 368 AKD overturned and crushed a commercial tricycle, killing two people, including a serving Police Officer. The fatal accident occurred around Ijora Causeway, inward Ijora 7Up, in Apapa area of Lagos, causing panic and heavy traffic gridlock along the…
The corpses of eight missing security operatives/ Officers have been recovered in Benue State, raising the death toll from Friday’s ambush on a joint security team to 11 officers. The attack occurred at Agu Centre, a border community between Katsina-Ala and Ukum Local Government Areas, where personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Benue State…
Panic gripped Atan-Ota in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State on Sunday after suspected cultists hacked a man, identified as Moses, to death during a violent clash. Eyewitnesses said the attackers, believed to be members of the Aye Confraternity, ambushed Moses and struck him repeatedly with machetes. A viral video showed the assailants chopping…
