The Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Rev. Peter Nworie, has condemned the killing on Christmas eve of three worshippers by suspected hoodlums during a Christmas vigil mass on Sunday night. Nworie disclosed this at Monday’s Christmas service at Saint Theresa Cathedral Church, saying that the killing occured...
Crime News
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 14 insurgents and rescued 13 kidnapped victims in Niger and Kaduna States. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Lt. Col....
The Abia Police Command on Sunday says it has rescued all the four missing children allegedly stolen in Umuahia. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted desperate attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season. To this end, the operatives of the NDLEA intercepted millions of tramadol 225mg...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A consignment of spare parts that originated from Asaba, Delta state and going to Malviya Nagar, New Delhi, India has been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the cargo terminal of the Lagos airport on Wednesday 20th December. The...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man for possessing and transacting in fake naira notes within Enugu Metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Enugu. DSP Ndukwe said Police...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has arrested 7 suspects, including a former political ward councillor, for criminal activities within Enugu metropolis. The command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said police recovered six firearms, 16 live cartridges, and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Zone 2 Police Command has arrested no fewer than three suspected ritualists for being in possession of two human hearts. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Tunni Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Ayuba...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has arrested five suspects in possession of AK 47 rifles in Kurmi village of Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. “On Dec....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year old man identified as Muhammad in connection with a case of gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, disclosed this...
Gunmen on Monday night abducted Mr Sunday Bage, a prominent farmer in Pari village in the Chawai chiefdom of Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Also picked along with Sunday was his wife, Listu. A source from the village told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that the...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of a High Court Judge, Justice Joy Uwana and her driver in Oron Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the judge was abducted on Monday along with her driver, while...
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple for alleged trafficking in a month old baby. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the couple procured the baby in Lagos and were on their way to the...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, in the early hours of Tuesday, kidnapped a Second- Class Chief and 20 residents in the Pupule area of Yorro local government in Taraba state. The gunmen, according to locals in the area, invaded the community around 2:am and took away 21 members...
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple suspected to be trafficking one month old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Onitsha. Ikenga...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested Ekeere Ebong, a 55-year-old lawyer, over alleged wife battery. It would be recalled that Ebong, a resident of plot 40, L line, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, in a video that recently went viral, “assaulted and...
The Police on Monday said they have arrested four suspects and neutralised two in connection with the Oct. 23 deadly bank robbery in Otukpo area of Benue. The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, said this in Abuja at a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 7,590 tons of illicit drugs and substances worth over N800 billion and arrested 42,105 drug offenders in three years across the country. The NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba (rtd), made this known when the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have recovered 1.5 million pills of tramadol and Rohypnol bound for South Africa at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on Thursday. The NDLEA also arrested two suspects, Bada Akorede, and...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its operatives have arrested a suspected rustler and recovered 90 livestock on Saturday in Kaduna. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Kaduna on Sunday. Hassan said, “On Dec....