Mr Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism that was abducted by gunmen has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lafia. NAN recalls that the Commissioner was...
Crime News
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have foiled a kidnap attempt by bandits and rescued a father, his daughter and one other person in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, revealed this in...
The Oyo State Anti- Corruption Agency (OYACA) has handed over some officials of the Ministry of Lands to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution over alleged diversion of government’s funds. The OYACA Chairman, retired Justice Eni Esan, made this known in a statement made available to News Agency of...
The Police Command in Zamfara on Friday confirmed the killing of a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Benedict-Torngee Azza by gunmen on Thursday. The command Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Muhammad Shehu confirmed the killing of the lawyer to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Military troops have cleared the camp of a notorious bandit, Lawal Kwalba, in Rafin Dawa area of Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the declaration in a statement he issued on Thursday...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – No fewer than three suspects have been arrested by operatives from the Edo State Police Command following a raid on a ritual shrine along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin. The assistant police spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested Managing Director of a pharmaceutical company for allegedly engaging in sales of illicit drugs on the popular e-commerce platform, Jiji.ng. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, has arrested an 18-year-old student, over alleged attempt to kidnap the Provost, College of Fisheries, New Bussa. The command spokesman, ASC Nasir Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Minna....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command have rescued four out of six persons abducted by five armed hoodlums late Monday night along Obbo-Ile/Osi road in the Ekiti LGA of Kwara state It was gathered that the victims were coming from Egbe, Kogi state in a...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Police operatives from the Enugu State Command have raided the camp of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Agu-Ibeje forest, Enugu-Ezike, Igbo-Eze North LGA of the state. The police spokesman,DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said in a statement on Tuesday that...
Gunmen have kidnapped the Commissioner for Information in Nasarawa State, Yakubu Mohammed Lawal. Lawal was said to have been abducted from his residence in Nasarawa Eggon Local Government Area of the state on Monday night after sporadic shootings. Police Public Relations Officer in Nasarawa, DSP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, said it had arrested 611 suspected drug traffickers from January to July in the State. The agency’s Commander in the state, Mr Umar Adoro disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Kaduna. Adoro said...
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have shot to death a teacher in Government Science Secondary School Nassarawa-Eggon, Nasarawa State, Mr Auta Nasela. A staff member of the school who preferred anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday that the attack occurred at about 8:00 pm...
The Nigeria Customs service (NCS), Adamawa/Taraba Area Command says it has seized 234.5 tonnes of fertiliser and other contraband about to be smuggled into Cameroon Republic. The Service said it had recorded 69 seizures along Nigeria – Cameroon boarder with the Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N232.11 million between...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had intercepted 1.1 million tablets of Tramadol (225mg and 100mg) in Kaduna state. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi, who said that three suspects were arrested in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), says it has intercepted no fewer than 442 parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
By PATRICK ABANG Calabar – Cross River State Police Command has arrested a couple for allegedly attacking the state Police Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), SP Irene Ugbo. The couple are currently cooling their heels at the Headquarters of the command over the assault which landed her in the...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has commenced investigation into the rape of an 18-month-old baby and murder of a 13-year-old girl in the state. A statement by the Spokesman of the command, SP Ahmed Wakil on Saturday in Bauchi, said a 59-year-old man has been arrested in respect...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed scores of terrorists, recovered arms and seven motorcycles in Chickun Local Government Area of Kaduna Sate The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday...