The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed that Arise News correspondent Somtochukwu Maduagwu died after jumping from the top floor of her Katampe apartment during an armed robbery on Monday, September 29, 2025. The clarification comes amid earlier reports suggesting that the journalist’s death was linked to alleged hospital negligence after she was…
The Attorney-General of Ogun State, Oluwasina Ogungbade has debunked the reported ‘Wrongful’ conviction of Mr. Ogbonna Igbojionu, a recently released inmate who claimed that he was jailed and sentenced to death for purchasing a stolen generator. Ogungbade called on the general public to ignore the narrative that Ogbonna was wrongfully convicted, adding that he was…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Command of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested an officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The NDLEA officer was arrested over allegations of attempted robbery and shooting of a Bolt driver in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. A security expert, Zagazola Makama, said that the NDLEA officer…
The Police have arrested two brothers of the same parents, Maxwell Mathew (25) and Samuel Mathew (21), over the alleged abduction of a young man, Patrick Omoregie. The police recovered about N30 million as the remainder of the N70 million allegedly transferred from the victim’s bank by the suspects at gunpoint. The police also recovered…
Some serving inmates at the Okere Prison in Warri South Area of Delta State, have been linked to a robbery in Benin City, Edo State, SaharaReporters learnt from top sources. It was learnt that the robbery occurred on January 3, 2025, when a group of armed assailants stole valuable items from a young man and…
The police have named a former bank manager and businessman, Olufemi Olushakin, in an armed robbery case brought before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ibadan, Oyo state. Mr Olushakin, along with two others, was named as a suspect in an armed robbery that took place at Global Signature Hotel in Ibadan at about 5 p.m….
