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Police Arrest UNIPORT Undergraduate For Allegedly Stabbing Girlfriend To Death In Edo

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2 years ago

August 29, 2023

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The Edo Police Command, on Tuesday, has arrested a 24-year-old student of the University of Port Harcourt, Victor Ochonogor, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Success Regha to death.

Parading the suspect, the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Muhammed Dankwara, said one Emmanuel Momoh, landlord of the suspect, reported the case to the police that Ochonogor stabbed the deceased on the neck and chest with a knife

“Immediately, Police Operatives swung into action, arrested the suspect, recovered the knife, and rushed the him to hospital where he was treated and deposited the deceased body at a morgue.

“Items recovered from the suspect are two blood-stained knives, two iPhones, one Nokia phone, one laptop, and two ATM cards. Case was later transferred to the Homicide section, State Criminal Investigation Department Benin. The suspect will be charged to court for murder soon,” he said.

Speaking with newsmen, the suspect said the deceased travelled from Asaba to his house in Benin to spend some days when he found in her possession of a substance suspected to be diabolic.

This discovery, he said, led to a hot argument that resulted in the girl stabbing him, which he retaliated.

The police boss also announced the arrest of one Tosin Ayodele, 25, for defrauding an 18-year-old Innocent Odemwingie to the tune of N5.2 million.

Dankwara said fake denominations of foreign currencies, and charms, used for hypnotising and manipulating the victim were recovered from the suspect.

The commissioner said the suspect had made a statement and confessed to the crime, adding that hewould soon be charged to court.

Other suspects arrested by the police include one Efosa Osayande, 31, for allegedly releasing the nude picture of his ex-girlfriend to the public as well as Friday Igberase for r3pe.

Also, one Etinosa Omoregie, attached to Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service was arrested for suspected murder.

The suspect, the police chief said, reportedly opened fire and shot one Eric, who was rushed to a hospital and died.

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Gateman Arrested For Allegedly Defiling Four-year-old Pupil In Oyo

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September 5, 2025

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A 26-year-old gateman identified as Josiah Ayomide has been arrested for allegedly defiling a four-year-old pupil in one of the schools in Ibadan, Oyo State.

The suspect was paraded alongside other suspects arrested for offences ranging from theft, banditry, rape, and other crimes at the Oyo State Police Command, Eleyele, Ibadan, on Thursday.

In his briefing, the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Adewale Osifeso, said the suspect was nabbed after the victim complained of severe vaginal pains to her parents at home.

Osifeso added that after a thorough investigation and probe, the suspect confessed to the crime.

The police spokesman said the victim later told her mother that her school gateman had unlawfully raped her while she was in the school.

According to the report, “The victim was taken to the Police Medical Clinic, Eleyele-Ibadan, for medical examination and treatment, and the medical report revealed that the hymen was not intact, with tenderness around the vulva and vagina and bruises.”

Osifeso said the suspect would be prosecuted upon completion of the investigation.

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Panic As Fire Guts Fuel Station In Ikorodu

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September 5, 2025

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There was pandemonium on Friday when fire gutted A1 Petroleum Filling Station, an independent oil dealer located on Isawo Road, off Agric Bus Stop in Ikorodu, Lagos.

As of 1 p.m., the extent of property destroyed and possible casualties had not been confirmed. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Men of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, supported by other emergency responders, were at the scene battling to contain the inferno, which reportedly began from a diesel-laden truck within the premises.

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DSS Charges Top Ansaru Leaders Over Terrorism, Kuje Prison Break Roles

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September 5, 2025

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The Department of State Services (DSS) has brought terrorism charges against two senior commanders of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-linked terror group, over their alleged role in violent attacks across Nigeria.

The suspects are Mahmud Usman, also known as Abu Bara’a/Abbas/Mukhtar, who is described as the Emir of Ansaru, and his deputy Mahmud al-Nigeri, also called Malam Mamuda. They were recently captured during security operations.

According to the DSS, the charges against them include leading a terrorist organisation, funding its activities, recruiting members, and planning violent operations nationwide.

Their arraignment at the Federal High Court in Abuja is expected soon.

Nuhu Ribadu, the national security adviser (NSA), said the two men were behind the July 2022 Kuje prison attack, where more than 600 inmates, including Boko Haram suspects, escaped.

Ribadu explained: “Abu Bara was the coordinator of terrorist sleeper cells across Nigeria and the mastermind of several high-profile kidnappings and armed robberies used to finance terrorism.”

On Mamuda, Ribadu revealed that he trained in Libya between 2013 and 2015 under foreign jihadists from Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria, specialising in handling weapons and making explosive devices.

The NSA also linked the suspects to the 2013 abduction of French engineer Francis Collomp in Katsina, the 2019 kidnapping of Musa Uba, Magajin Garin Daura, and the kidnapping of the Emir of Wawa.

Ribadu described their arrest as “a turning point”, noting that the duo maintained strong networks in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso.