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The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a credit officer of a microfinance bank, Esther Hamidu, after allegedly fleeing with customers’ contributions totalling N1.97m. PUNCH Metro gathered that Hamidu absconded with the daily contribution of the bank’s customers which spanned between March and December 2023. Our correspondent learnt that a branch …

Iyabo Ojo has given an update about Mohbad’s death, informing Nigerians that his wife, Omowunmi whom many have asked the police to interrogate has been interrogated three times.Writing about the information she has at the moment, Iyabo wrote on IG; “Mohbad’s wife has been interrogated three times to the best of …

Kano State Police Command has trained and converted 50 hardened criminals to Police Constables. The idea behind the development, according to investigations by Daily Post was to use the repentant criminals against their colleagues who have refused to repent and shun criminal activities. The Commissioner of Police, CP, Mohammed Usaini …

The immediate-past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has remained  in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS), otherwise known as the Department of State Services (DSS), 124 days after he was ARRESTED! Bawa was arrested June 14 but he is yet to be arraigned before …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, October 17, urged the Senate to screen and confirm Ola Olukoyede and Muhammad Hammajoda for appointment as chairman and secretary respectively of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Tinubu’s request was contained in a letter read at plenary by Senate President Godswill Akpabio …

India’s Supreme Court has failed to legalise same-s3x marriage, saying it does not have the power to do so. The court instead accepted the government’s offer to set up a panel to consider granting social and legal rights and benefits to same-s3x couples.The court had heard 21 petitions in April …

Controversial Hip Hop artiste, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, recently lost his cool during a tour in Europe. The singer, who performed at an event, was left in a state of shock after discovering the money he was sprayed had been taken. In his reaction, an angry Portable created a scene …

THERE were indications, yesterday, that petrol scarcity has returned to Lagos and its environs as many oil marketers shut their outlets against motorists and other buyers. The scarcity was noticed in Abuja and environs last week, development oil marketers had attributed to bad roads and high cost of diesel for distribution. …

A pastor with the Christ Liberty Evangelism Church, Rosco, Iyana Iyesi, Ota, Oyenekan Oluwaseyi, and three others have been arrested with a human skull in the Saje Area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State Capital. Punch Metro learnt on Sunday that Oluwaseyi and the three others, 30-year-old Ibrahim Agbowewe, 40-year-old Suleiman Ogunbunmi, …

Multiple award-winning Nigerian artiste, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has expressed gratitude for the birth of his twins with his wife, Chioma Rowland. The couple, Tribune Online reports, welcomed their twins (a boy and a girl) on Tuesday, October 10, in Atlanta, United States of America.Reacting to the birth …