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There is still the danger of being conned by your beautiful girlfriend who could be a covert prostitute or have a history of indulging in it. There are certain signs that must be kept in mind to identify such women , because such women aren’t really the type you’d be looking for, especially when it comes to seeking loyalty within a relationship. Her loyalties are basically reserved for the highest bidder; and if you fail to bid consistently, you’ll lose her in the end. Even women who haven’t prostituted themselves can exhibit these traits below. Technically they may not be prostitutes, but they still have a prostitute’s mind set. Essentially, they prostitute themselves to their boyfriends or lovers for a period of time, as long as these men can afford them. This has led to the coinage of the term ‘retired prostitution’ to such relationships where men are essentially indirectly paying for sex. So here are some signs you must observe:- 1. She’s obsessed about money and excessively materi...

A 50-year-old Ghanaian man from Asuboi-Wawase in Ayensuano District of the Eastern Region, has landed his 8-year-old daughter at the hospital after attacking her with a cutlass. The victim was reportedly crushing palm nuts with a friend of hers, but when her dad returned from the farm, and saw what they were doing, he yelled, chased and attacked her with a cutlass wounding her in the head. According to the girl’s aunt, Comfort Dogah, she returned from a voyage on Saturday night and saw the cut on the girl the next day (Sunday). Narrating the ordeal to Class FM, the victim said she never offended her dad saying ‘I was crushing palm nuts with my mates when he came threatening to beat us. ‘He got hold of my friend and beat her while I bolted; while I was running, he threw the cutlass to hit me,’ the eight-year-old narrated. Yaw Dogah, the suspect, after committing the crime reportedly fled the area. The Suhum Municipal Police command has declared him wanted and the victim is currently on ...

Two siblings who have been identified on Facebook as Anne Marie James and her brother Melvin James, have been linked to family stabbing case, which left them dead and also left their mum seriously injured. According to the Police who were called to the flat in Merry Hill, Wolverhampton, at 9.45am yesterday after receiving a 999 call about a domestic incident from someone inside, the incident by Melvin. As Police arrived, stun grenades was used on Melvin, whose  33-year-old sister, Annie, was pronounced dead at the scene, while their mum who sustained serious stab wounds, was rushed to hospital and has undergone surgery but remains in a critical condition. It was gathered that Melvin, who was already ‘detained’, then turned the knife on himself and died from wounds he sustained.

25-year-old Ms. Hope Usang, has been arrested after being linked to arms leased out to robbers in Cross River State. The female armourer was arrested alongside 21 others by the Cross River State Police Command, after a robbery victim, Paschal Bisong of Ekpeyong Effiok street in Calabar Municipality, laid a complaint. The Cross River State Police Commissioner, Hafiz Inuwa, who spoke to newsmen said his men swung into action immediately, arresting Emmanuel Edet-Etim and Idoreyin Usa, who confessed they got their arms from Usang. “In our efforts to build a safe Cross River, we must not tolerate any form of arms proliferation. On February 24, following a report by one Paschal Bisong of a robbery attack, my men swung into action, leading to the arrest of two suspects, Emmanuel Edet-Etim and Idoreyin Usa. “The suspects confessed that one Hope Usang supplied them with arms for the robbery. When my men stormed Usang’s house, they recovered three revolvers, four rounds of ammunition, one pistol...

President Muhammadu Buhari arrived the country today (Friday) at about 4 a.m. Exactly 51 days after he left the country on a medical vacation, This Day reports. Owing to the closure of the Abuja airport, presidency sources informed This Day that his plane was scheduled to land at the Kaduna airport in the wee hours of Friday, following which he was to be flown by helicopter to the President Villa, Abuja. The sources also revealed that the president might address the nation Friday after his long absence, in order to quell any concerns over his capacity to govern. The news of his return Friday was broken last night in a statement by his media aide, Mr. Femi Adesina. _________________________________________ Welcome back home Buhari – We hope the Naira will continue winning over the Dollar sir…

A 17-year-old girl, Fatima Baba, has appealed to the Niger Child Right Protection Agency to dissolve her one-month-old marriage. Fatima, who is married to 35-year-old Salihu Mohammed, told the agency on Tuesday in Minna, that she was no more in love with her husband, a resident of Shaba Legbo village in Gbako Local Government Area of the state. She pleaded with the agency to dissolve her marriage to enable her further her education. “I was given in marriage to Salihu by my family, who thought I will have a better life with him. “I do not want this marriage; I do not love this man. I want a divorce because I want to go to school and it is only when I am divorced that I can return to school,” In his response, Mr. Mohammed said that he married his wife legally, and with the consent of her family. He said that Salihu Mustapha, his wife’s uncle, gave her to him in marriage after she consented. “At first, my wife was happy with the marriage until she suddenly changed her mind and opted for a...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday arraigned one Dairo Seun before Justice A. B. Mohammed of the FCT High Court, Jabi, Abuja for a N11,346,000 fraud. The Ministry of Finance had petitioned the EFCC in February 2016 requesting for “payroll fraud investigation”. It was part of efforts to unravel various techniques used by fraudsters to defraud the Nigerian government by way of ghost workers. Seun, who goes by various aliases including Momoh Hassan, Umar Musa and Umar Obele Musa, is facing an eight-count charge bordering on theft, criminal breach of trust and advance fee fraud. He is alleged to have connived with one Saliu Olashola (aka Nokia), to commit the fraud between 2013 and 2017. He is accused of stealing N5,673,503.64 from the Federal Government by creating fictitious accounts for salaries and allowances, using his various aliases, an offence contrary to Section 287 of the Penal Code Act, Laws of Federation 2004. One of the counts reads: “That you, Dairo...

Four criminals are now in police net after they were caught boldly stealing car battery belonging to the Ondo State deputy governor. An Okitipupa Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State on Wednesday remanded four men in prison over an alleged theft of a Skybite 100 Arms vehicle battery belonging to the state Deputy Governor, Agboola Ajayi. The accused – Dare Akinlade, 19; Pius Macauley, 22; Samuel Baniah, 22 and Segun Ilesanmi, 25, are standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, felony and stealing. The accused, of no fixed addresses, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Magistrate, Mr Banji Ayeomoni, ordered that they should be remanded at the Okitipupa Prisons until March 10 for further hearing and determination of their bail. The Prosecutor, Insp. Zedekiah Orogbemi, had told the court that the accused committed the offences on March 3 at about 12 noon at the deputy governor’s residence in Okitipupa, Ondo State. Orogbemi said Akinlade, Macauley and Beniah entered into Ajayi’s re...

The EFCC on Tuesday, March 7 arraigned one Clement Joseph alias Dr. Omale before Justice O. A. Otaluka of the FCT High Court sitting in Lugbe, Abuja. According to a statement by the EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, Dr Omale is facing a 7-count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N5.6million. He and his accomplices who are currently on the run allegedly connived and fraudulently defrauded one Bola Akintola of the said sum under the pretext of having a mystical power to deliver her of untimely death. The offence is contrary to Section 8 (a) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006, and punishable under Section 1(3) of the same Act. Particulars of count seven of the charge read:- “Clement Joseph (Alias Dr. Omale), Mr. Paul (at large), Mr. Papa (at large), Mr. Ifeanyi (at large) and Mrs Ments (at large) on or about the 29th day of June 2016 at Abuja within the jurisdiction of this Honorable Court with the intent to defra...

Police at Achimota in Ghana have arrested 43 drug peddlers who are suspected to be perpetrating robbery activities in the area.  The suspects, 40 of whom are men and 3 women,  were caught during a raid on Saturday in the ghettos and slums located in the community. According to Ghana Web report, some of them were caught in the act smoking substances suspected to be marijuana, while others were in possession of the material. Confirming their arrest, Commander of the Mile 7 District Police Command, Supt. Iddrisu Tanko, said: ‘Their activities are actually taking a toll on the community, in that we record pockets of people being attacked in isolated areas in the community. People have their Ipads, phones, and bags being snatched from them at knife or gun point. ‘Those we’ve arrested have given the indication that they are people who are normally around these areas where dry substances suspected to be Indian hemp is normally sold,’ he said.

The Police in Niger on Wednesday arrested a 45-year-old-man, over alleged rape of his three-year-old stepdaughter. The suspect was arrested in Kundu, a village in Rafi Local Government Area of the state. Police Inspector Abdullahi Mayaki, attached to the state Child Rights Protection Agency, said that the mother of the girl, Malama Fatima Bawa, reported the matter to the agency. He said that the suspect, however, denied the allegation during investigation, claiming that he only intervened whenever his wife beat the girl. But Bawa had told the agency that she caught her husband sexually abusing her daughter after he approached her for sex at night and she refused him. He said, “My husband likes sex too much, so I chased him out of the room in the night and locked the door. “It was after I chased him out that I heard my daughter, who was sleeping in the parlour, crying. “I quickly ran to her only to see my husband abusing my daughter sexually. “I am a breast feeding mother and I spend th...

Yesterday FCT High Court has convicted and sentenced two out of five policemen accused in the extrajudicial killings of six Apo traders in 2005 to death. (Read Here) The accused Ezekiel Acheneche and Emmanuel Baba were convicted of homicide punishable by death under section 22 1a of the penal code while others were absolved of wrongdoing and discharged. . Recall that seven policemen namely Danjuma Ibrahim, Othman Abdulsalami, now at large; Nicholas Zakaria, Ezekiel Acheneje, Baba Emmanuel, and Sadiq Salami murdered the victims in cold blood. . The police officers tried every tactic to thwart the trial employing delay tactics thereby making the trial to go through a full stretch of litigation from 2005 to date. The office of the Attorney-General of the Federation had accused police officers of killing Ifeanyi Ozo, Chinedu Meniru, Isaac Ekene, Paulinus Ogbonna, Anthony Nwokike and Augustina Arebun. The deceased were said to be returning from a night party in 2005 when they were murdered ...

A lady has allegedly poured a content suspected to be acid on her ex-boyfriend in Uyo the capital of Akwa Ibom. A lady has allegedly poured a content suspected to be acid on her ex-boyfriend in Uyo the capital of Akwa Ibom. On the penultimate Tuesday, Iniubong had retired to bed earlier on, when suddenly he was woken up by a gentle knock at his door. He wondered who could be at the door at such ungodly hour. The knock continued, when he enquired to know who was at the door, he was surprised to hear Lucy’s voice – his Ex-girlfriend. Lucy was appealing to him to open the door. ‘’I told her to leave that I would not open the door for her because we have parted ways. But she continued knocking on the door and begging me that she is stranded and needed a place to pass the night and nothing more. Reluctantly, I open the door; as soon as I opened she splashed the liquid on me, which turned out to be an acid. I don’t know what I have done to her to deserve this ill treatment’’, lamented iniubo...

Justice Adegboye Gbolagunte of an Ibadan High Court has sentenced to death by hanging, a 200 level student of Lead City University, Ibadan, Moshood Owolabi pictured above. Moshood was sentenced to death after the court found him guilty of stabbing one Seun Kolawole, a fellow student, to death two years ago. Prosecuting counsel, and a Deputy Director in the Oyo State Ministry of Justice, A. Olawale, told the court that Moshood who is a student in the department of Physical and Health Education stabbed Kolawole with a broken bottle in the neck, following a misunderstanding between him and the deceased. The offence is punishable under Section 319 of the Criminal Code Cap. 38 Vol. II Law of Oyo State 2000. Justice Gbolagunte said the evidence provided before the court proved beyond doubt that Moshood was guilty of the crime. He thereafter sentenced him to death by hanging. According to her, the sentencing would serve as a deterrent to others

Ogbogoro community in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state has been thrown into pandemonium following the killing of a cab driver, Ngozi Dennis by stray bullet. The people of the community took to the streets breaking bottles and disrupting flow of traffic as a result of the Killing. Eyewitness told newsmen that men of the Special Anti-Robbery squad, SARS stormed the community and started shooting sporadically. The eyewitness said the stray bullet hit Denis who was on his way to the community. He said it’s yet to be ascertained why SARS stormed the community, adding that there has been no recent incident of crime in the area. Son of the killed cab driver, Joshua Dennis told DAILY POST that his deceased father was indiscriminately shot by SARS officials. He denied claims that his father was a culprit, “It is not true. My father is a taxi driver. He loads passengers from Ozuoba to Ogbogoro here. Everybody knows him. The police must explain why they came into our community. Wh...

An Abuja Magistrate Court in Bwari has ordered the remand of a young boy for allegedly impregnating a 16-year-old Junior Secondary School student. The young boy’s mother was also accused of threatening the girl if she failed to abort the pregnancy. The father of the girl told the court that the incident had forced the girl out of school. He said the pregnancy was first suspected by the mother of the girl before it was later confirmed at a hospital. He said the girl told her mother that she was impregnated by the accused, one Japhet Adams, who used to lure her into their compound any time her mother was away and had sexual intercourse with her. The father of the girl further told the court that when the young boy was informed of the pregnancy, he accepted responsibility but his mother stood against it and she threatened the girl to abort it with a warning that if she failed to do so, she would curse her and the unborn child. The young boy confessed to having affair with the girl and as ...

Police at Achimota in Ghana have arrested 43 drug peddlers who are suspected to be perpetrating robbery activities in the area.  The suspects, 40 of whom are men and 3 women,  were caught during a raid on Saturday in the ghettos and slums located in the community. According to Ghana Web report, some of them were caught in the act smoking substances suspected to be marijuana, while others were in possession of the material. Confirming their arrest, Commander of the Mile 7 District Police Command, Supt. Iddrisu Tanko, said: ‘Their activities are actually taking a toll on the community, in that we record pockets of people being attacked in isolated areas in the community. People have their Ipads, phones, and bags being snatched from them at knife or gun point. ‘Those we’ve arrested have given the indication that they are people who are normally around these areas where dry substances suspected to be Indian hemp is normally sold,’ he said.

For 11 years, Emmanuel Nwobilo AKA Ukunwayin, a native of Umuwankwo area of Abia State, allegedly operated criminal activities of kidnapping, scam and r*pe. By his own admission, each time he was caught by the police, the case never got to court as he always found ways of getting himself off the hook with money. But when he landed in the net of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of Abia State Police Command recently, he was made to chronicle his crime activities on camera. In a video posted online by an operative of SARS in the state, Nwobilo, explained that since 2006 when he had been actively involved in crime, he had r*ped up to seven ladies. He said, “I was taught by Emmanuel Sunji, my cousin. He taught me the kidnapping business and how to defraud people. I work together with ‘Foreigner’ who is also a member of my gang.” The police said the young man he identified by the alias, Foreigner, is on the run. According to Nwobilo’s statement, while he r*ped some of their victims, Foreigner ...

Uche Udoma was arrested by operatives of the Anti-kidnapping Unit attached to the Umuahia Central Police Station, who responded to a distress call from one Dr. Chioma Okoli, whose house at Amakama Housing Estate in Umuahia, was burgled by the suspect. The suspect, who said he’s a panel beater, revealed that he stole so he could he pay his son’s hospital bill as no job has been coming for a long time. That was what led me into stealing. I broke into my neighbour’s house and stole her Plasma television, but I was caught in the act and the television set was collected back from me” he said.

The Commissioner of Police, Kwara  State Command, Mr. Olusola Amore, says  intelligence available to his command indicates that internet fraudsters have developed a new method which they now use in scamming Nigerians. Amore in a statement  by the command’s  Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ajayi Okasanmi, on Friday stated that the fraudsters’ earlier scam of sending out text messages to people claiming that their Bank Verification Number had been deactivated was no longer effective, hence their new strategy. The CP said in the new trick, an e-mail would be sent to people’s phones as if it emanated from their bank’s e-mail service. He added that the fraudsters would inform their victims that N7,000 or more had been debited from their account as subscription fee for the bank’s monthly digest magazine and that the charges would be deducted monthly. According to him, the fraudsters would then provide a ‘scam link’ that one should click on if he wishes to stop or unsubscribe. Amore said: “Once...

A sex-starved teenager, Kevin Simiyi, has bagged a 15-months jail sentence, after he reportedly raped a hen which died after the incident. The 18-year-old boy, who pleaded in court that the Judge be lenient on him, disclosed that he usually developed cold feet to walk up to ladies and ask them out on a date or to become his girlfriend. He also went on to say no lady wanted him close because he was poor.  Kevin who was asked if he was guilty said; ‘Yes, I did it.’I was caught defiling the hen by its owner. ‘I fear approaching women because of the high level of poverty and I feel women are very expensive.’ According to the owner of the hen, Judith Nasimiyu, which was raped in Bungoma, Kenya, the bird died of exhaustion last Friday as vets collected evidence against Simiyi. After all evidence was presented in court, magistrate Stephen Mogute sentenced him to 15 months in Bungoma Prison, for bestiality.

Before a woman goes all out to fight her husband’s family for property, she should just try to claim her own share of property from men in her family. People take such things too serious. Sigh! There was a serious fight between siblings (a brother identified as Silva and his sister, Gift born of same parent) over the ownership of a landed property Gift bought before she got married. The fight, which has become a serious issue in their Eziagu hometown in Enugu State, have thrown the family into crises and remained unresolved because of culture and tradition of Igboland. It was gathered that Gift bought a parcel of land in Enugu some years ago before she got married and had her son, while Silva, who resides in United Kingdom, already has about three houses in the same Enugu City and also married with children. However, trouble began when Gift concluded plans with the assistance of her husband to develop her land and Silva got wind of it and ordered her to stay clear from the land because...

When Mr. Musa Sunday, an Inspector with the Nigeria Police Force, left his house for the office on Friday, November 25, 2016, he promised his wife and children he would be back three days after. But unknown to all of them, that could be the last time they would see one another. As it later turned out, since that day, 45-year-old Sunday, who is a father of four (aged 4, 6, 8 and 12), had been nowhere to be found. His Force Number was given as 209715. During an interaction with Punch during the week, the family members, including the wife, his children, brother and cousin, all of whom had become restless over the issue, called on the police authorities to produce him in one piece and if he had been killed, they want to see his corpse. One after the other, they gave the details of what led to his disappearance. His wife, 27-year-old Halimat, who struggled to suppress tears from rolling down her cheeks as she spoke to our correspondent, said they had reliable information that Sunday was de...

The war against Cyber crime otherwise known as yahoo yahoo, by security agents in Nigeria may take a long time to be won, if the confession of a 25-year-old alleged internet fraudster is anything to go by. The suspect who simply gave his name as Chidi, disclosed that what people used to know as yahoo yahoo, a term used to defraud unsuspecting and gullible persons, especially foreigners, through the internet, has gone beyond mere conversation and emotional chat. He disclosed that yahoo plus is the trend in cybercrime world today, as operators have resorted to using fetish means to hypnotize their victims in order to get what they want from them. In this interview with Crime Guard, Chidi said he ventured into cyber crime eight years ago, after several attempts to gain admission into the university failed. Unfortunately, five years down the line, he said he could only get himself a Nigerian used vehicle. As you read this piece, Chidi said he had turned a new leaf, begging those he had def...

Nigerians in South Africa have lamented that the recent attacks by locals have put their lives at risk as they call for the Federal Government to intervene. Nigerians in South Africa have called on the Federal Government to come to their aid as they now live in fear in South Africa following the outbreak of xenophobic attack. According to The Nation, when the South Africans carried out the plot in the early hours of February 24, Nigerians, who had prepared themselves for any eventuality, were spared the loss of lives, which had been their lot in previous attacks. As he watched the violent attacks on television, Femi, who pleaded that his full name should not be used for security reasons, realised that he and other Nigerians owe their lives to the benevolence of some of their hosts. Femi, who has lived in the former apartheid colony for five years now, said Nigerians now live in fear of attack every day. Weeks after the latest waves of attacks on foreigners by South Africans, Femi, who ...

The United States has branded Nigeria a home of fraud as it also expressed concern over the capacity of Nigeria’s States Security Service, SSS, to investigate money laundering. Premium Times reports that the U.S. government said this in an assessment which was contained in March 2017 edition of the International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) authored by the US Department of State’s Bureau for International Narcotic and Law Enforcement Affairs. “There are concerns about the Department of State Services’ capacity to investigate money laundering and that it does not share case information with other agencies that also conduct financial investigations,” the report states. The report noted that the EFCC’s reliance on formal mutual legal assistance with the U.S. to collect admissible evidence in money laundering cases is a major challenge in its effort to curb financial crimes. However it praised the EFCC for its “aggressive” probe of high-profile corruption but also insisted tha...

A splinter group of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign States of Biafra (MASSOB) has said it will deploy civil protests similar to the kind used during the emancipation struggle of Ghandi of India & Martin Luther King Jr. to cripple Nigeria, if Nnamdi Kanu is not released in seven days. The group disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by its Director of Information, Comrade Uche Madu, According to Madu, MASSOB’s action will be sequel to the nationwide protest embarked by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, on Friday, demanding the release of Kanu and pledged full support to the protest by the IPOB, stressing that they would not relent till their agitation is actualized. He also expressed regrets that the Southeast governors, Igbo senators, monarchs as well as leaders are not identifying with the MASSOB struggle. The MASSOB Information Director also warned that his group would hold the Igbo governors and senators to account, if Kanu is not released. He said: ...

The country home of former Coordinator of the Goodluck/Sambo campaign group, Barrister George Turnah in Kolo, Ogbia Local Government Council of Bayelsa State was weekend invaded y the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The EFCC operatives, numbering about twenty and assisted by armed police and soldiers stormed the home of Turnah at around 5pm on Friday‎. It was gathered that while the armed security operatives surrounded the house, the officials of the anti-graft commission broke into the compound in search of the owner. Turnah, a former Special Adviser on Youths to the Chairman/CEO of the Board of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, under the administration of Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was said to have driven out few minutes before their arrival. The premises were unusually quiet Saturday afternoon as a policeman was sighted outside the gate. It was gathered that the EFCC operatives ransacked the offices, bedrooms and sitting rooms at the compound...

What an awkward day for the tank owner and an awesome day for the people of Ekom Imam. The residents trooped out to scoop fuel as fuel tanker falls at Ekom Imam junction,Akwa Ibom. See More Photos Below;

A team of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has ransacked the palatial home of George Turnah, popularly known as the godson to former President Goodluck Jonathan. The fierce-looking operatives reportedly stormed the courtyard of Turnah located at Kolo Creek, Ogbia local government area with scores of fully-armed mobile policemen and soldiers. They were said to have arrived the courtyard at about 5pm on Friday and painstakingly searched various buildings and rooms in the premises till about 10pm. Though there was no clue that money was recovered from the house, the team were said to have carted away cheque books and financial documents. The commission was said to be investigating an alleged multiple cases of corrupt enrichment against Turnah and his involvement in disappearance of money allocated to the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). It was learnt the 33-year-old Turnah fled his multi-billion naira Kolo Creek Villa built with a gold-plated fence and gate ...

There will be massive disruption to power supply starting from March 6th – April 4th in some areas in Lagos as announced by ikeja Electric. The service provider’s statement read: “Dear Customer, Ikeja Electric wishes to announce that beginning from Monday 6th March till Tuesday 4th April, 2017, there will be disruption of services to residents of Ojodu, Magodo, Alausa, Oke Afa, Bolorunpelu, Egbe, Igando, Shasha, Ipaja, Alimosho, Agege, Abesan, Ayetoro, Abule Taylor, Ogba, Ifako, Shomolu, Gbagada, Oworonshoki, Ogudu, Isheri Olowora, Berger, Anthony, Otta and environs. “This is due to the planned outage resulting from the maintenance work being carried out by the Transmission Company of Nigeria on its transformers at the Ikeja West Transmission Station. For the duration of this exercise, Ikeja Electric will embark on load shedding in the affected areas to ensure equitable distribution of power supply. “We regret all inconveniences and assure you of improved power supply once TCN conclude...

25-year-old Vicentia Tadagbe Tchranvoukinni, a female preacher, in Benin Republic, has declared that she is God and her mission on earth is to defeat the devil. She claims she fell from heaven with the divine mission of tackling devil and his agents in the world. Tchranvoukinni’s church has since been expelled from the Benin community of churches because of their charismatic theologies and clashes with other religions. It was gathered that five members of her church suffocated to death after they were asked to lock themselves up inside a sealed room with burning incense while praying for deliverance. Tchranvoukinni who is said to call herself ‘Perfect’ and ‘God’s Holy Spirit’, has also ordained her partner, Pope Christopher XVIII. The Church’s spokesman Cardinal Cesaire Agossa who has continued to defend Tchranvoukinni, insists that she is a divine messenger. “People do not understand that the Holy Spirit Creator of Heaven and Earth uses the body of Perfect as its temple. Her mission ...

Henry Chibueze, aka Vampire, a notorious kidnap ringleader, who escaped from the Imo state High Court in Owerri, was killed on Thursday, March 2, by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team. The notorious ringleader made headlines in January after members of his gang in a daring move stormed the Owerri High Court in Imo state where he was facing trial and rescued him while also killing two persons. According to the Nigeria Police Force, operatives from the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team trailed him to his hideout in Omu-Awa forest in Ikwerre local government area of Rivers State in the early hours of Thursday, March 2 where he was killed after a shootout. Above is a picture of operatives from the Inspector General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team. Meanwhile, five other members of his gang were also arrested by the IRT operatives led by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, in Imo, Abia and Rivers States...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have apprehended a suspect at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport, Lagos, over 26.2kg of ephedrine found in female foot wears. The narcotics were detected during the screening of passengers. In another operation, the operatives also arrested two suspects who had just arrived from Cambodia and Sierra Leone with 305g and 1.37kg of cocaine respectively. . The suspect arrested in connection with the ephedrine seizure, 48-year-old Ogujiuba Zacchaeus, is an electrician, who was on his way to Tanzania. One of the other two suspects – Uchegbu Emeka (33), a textile merchant, allegedly inserted 305g of cocaine in his anus. . The third suspect, Emeka Okafor (28), an auto parts dealer, reportedly ingested 1.37kg of cocaine. Emeka said he had lost everything he had due to economic recession and that is why he agreed to smuggle cocaine to Cambodia for N800,000.

For 11 years, Emmanuel Nwobilo AKA Ukunwayin, a native of Umuwankwo area of Abia State , allegedly operated criminal activities of kidnapping, scam and rape. By his own admission, each time he was caught by the police, the case never got to court as he always found ways of getting himself off the hook. But when he landed in the net of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad of the Abia State Police Command recently, he was made to chronicle his crime activities on camera. In a video posted online by an operative of the SARS in the state, Nwobilo, explained that since 2006 when he had been actively involved in crime , he had raped up to seven women. He said, “I was taught by Emmanuel Sunji , my cousin. He taught me the kidnapping business and how to defraud people. I work together with ‘ Foreigner’ who is also a member of my gang. ” The police said the young man he identified by the alias, Foreigner, is on the run . According to Nwobilo’s statement, while he raped some of their victims, Foreign...

The Central Bank of Nigeria said the recent appreciation of the Naira against other currencies was the result of its market monitoring and intervention. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications of the CBN, Mr Isaac Okoroafor, on Thursday in Sokoto refuted the allegations by Mr Babatunde Gbadamosi on the illegal sales of foreign currencies at ridiculous rates were responsible for the change in forex policy, the PUNCH reports. Gbadamosi, a Lagos businessman and former governorship candidate, made allegations of racketeering against the CBN and disparity in allocation of foreign exchange to cronies of the present administration. He further accused the CBN of selling dollars to some people for as low as N3 to a dollar The CBN, however, released a statement clarifying that the transactions in question were third party transactions like Japanese Yen to the South African Rand or Euros to U.S Dollars. The CBN also directed banks to file returns on the sale of foreign currencies in dollars...

A Federal High Court in Lagos has adjourned till March 24, 2017, for hearing in the suit filed by Miss Oluwatise Aderinokun, the eight-year-old and last child of the late founder and former Managing Director of Guaranty Trust Bank Plc (GTB), Olutayo Aderinokun, against the bank and six others over alleged manipulation of her late father’s shares. Other respondents in the legal battle are GTBank’s Registrar, Datamax Registrar Limited, Kanali Investments Limited, Day Waterman Company Limited, Caribod Investment Limited, Mr. Babatunwa Aderinokun, and Investment One Financial Services Limited. At the resumed hearing, the seventh defendant, Investment One Financial Services Limited, used by late Aderinokun, to acquire shares in GTBank, informed the court that it had filed an affidavit of facts to assist the court in the judicious determination of the plaintiff’s suit. In the particulars of the affidavit of facts deposed to by one Mike Okoh, he averred that contrary to the averment of the si...