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A 40-year-old businessman identified as Ogbeni Goggo has reportedly died by suicide in Delta State after the business for which he obtained a ₦1.8 million loan allegedly failed to go as planned.

Goggo, who had been married for three years without a child, reportedly sent messages to some friends and family members on Wednesday, August 26, saying he was tired of life and wanted to end it all.

When he failed to return home that night, his wife became worried and contacted family members as efforts were made to reach him by phone. The search continued throughout Thursday, but there was no sign of him.

On Friday morning, his wife went to the Ebrumede Police Station in Uvwie Local Government Area to report him missing. Police officers reportedly showed her a photograph of a deceased man found at the Ebrumede Flyover/DSC Roundabout area, which she identified as her husband.

According to reports, some people who saw Goggo after he reportedly ingested Sniper raised an alarm and attempted to help him, but he had already collapsed and was jerking. The police were later alerted, while his remains were evacuated to a morgue in Agbaro.

His death has left his wife, family and friends devastated, with the incident highlighting the severe financial and emotional pressures faced by many people.

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Two women have been arrested in Jalingo, Taraba State, after they were caught attempting to take three young girls out of the state to Adamawa.

According to reports, the suspects, both single and reportedly from the South-East, were arrested at a filling station while travelling in a commercial vehicle with the girls, aged between five and six.

The incident reportedly began when the women, who had rented a room in the same compound where the girls lived about two weeks earlier,
reportedly deceived their mothers into allowing the children to accompany them to the market.

Instead, the women allegedly took the girls to a motor park in Jalingo, where they hired a vehicle to transport them to Adamawa State.

The vehicle driver reportedly became suspicious after noticing that the girls did not resemble the women. He alerted members of his union, who contacted the police, leading to the suspects’ arrest.

At the police station, the women reportedly admitted taking the girls from their compound after deceiving their mothers. The girls, identified as Ummul Shuaibu, Ummul Baba Gasal and Amina Abubakar, were later reunited with their families at the Taraba State Police Command headquarters.

Their fathers were initially invited to identify them, while their mothers were subsequently asked to confirm their identities before their release.

Abubakar Kwalli, father of one of the girls, said the children became emotional when they saw their mothers, with each girl rushing to her mother in tears.

The Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Victor Mshelizah, confirmed the arrest and said investigation into the incident was ongoing, adding that further details would be released after the investigation.

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The Oyo State Police Command has smashed a suspected truck-hijacking syndicate after an intelligence-led operation resulted in the arrest of four suspects and the recovery of a stolen SINO HOWO truck.

The Command said the suspects specialised in hijacking and diverting trucks from drivers in Oyo and neighbouring states before allegedly moving the stolen vehicles to criminal receivers in Kwara State.

The breakthrough followed a tip-off that the syndicate planned to strike on August 24, 2026. Acting on the information, Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Ayodeji Olugbenga, deployed operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU) to conduct targeted stop-and-search operations along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.

The operation paid off when officers intercepted a white SINO HOWO truck and arrested two suspects—Ojedokun Olakunle Isaac, the truck driver’s motor boy, and Ajuwon Ismail.

According to the police, the truck had already been stripped of its rear body/bucket and was being driven towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin axis for delivery and sale.

Police said Ojedokun subsequently confessed to masterminding the hijacking of the truck from his employer. Information obtained from his interrogation allegedly led detectives to two more suspects, Adekunle Sunday and Rasheed Music.

Investigators said Sunday was the syndicate’s regular driver for stolen trucks, while Music allegedly specialised in disabling and removing trackers and other electronic devices that could help owners or security agencies locate the vehicles.

The Command said the truck was hijacked at about 11 p.m. on August 24 before the suspects attempted to move it towards the Ogbomoso/Ilorin corridor.

The police intervention, however, disrupted the plan and secured the recovery of the vehicle.

The search continues for the truck’s detached rear body and other members of the alleged syndicate who remain at large.

CP Olugbenga praised members of the public whose information helped police foil the operation, stressing that intelligence-led policing would remain central to the Command’s fight against organised crime in Oyo State.