Police in Cross River State on Sunday arrested a fleeing suspect in Saturday’s abduction of a former INEC employee. The suspect was hiding in the ceiling of his girlfriend’s house in Calabar when he was arrested.poli He has confessed that the victim’s tenant initiated the abduction. Police spokesperson,...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No less than Fourteen Million, Four Hundred and Eighty One Thousand, Five Hundred and Nineteen (14, 481, 519) pills of Tramadol and bottles of codeine syrup worth over Thirteen Billion Naira (N13,000,000,000) in street value have been recovered by operatives of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have arrested three blind men operating an illicit drug ring between Lagos and Kano, while another blind member of the syndicate is still at large. A statement issued by the...
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates have killed four officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bakana community in Rivers State. A resident of the community who spoke on condition of anonymity told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port Harcourt on Saturday...
Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau and environs has arrested two suspected gun manufacturers at Vom in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau. Its Media Officer, Capt. James Oya, told a news conference in Jos on Saturday that troops of the taskforce...
Rivers State Police Command has intercepted 300 parcels of cannabis sativa, popularly known as India hemp, in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Nwonyi Emeka, disclosed this to newsmen at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said police operatives attached to the...
By: SIMBIAT BAKARE On a day when stars seemed at peace, Elsa (who requested that we use only her first name) fell for the oldest wooing trick in the game of romance. Sometimes, when a man wants to strike up a conversation with a lady, he pretends to know...
Troops neutralised seven bandits in Kaduna State between Wednesday and Friday. Spokesman of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col Musa Yahaya, stated on Friday in Kaduna that troops of the division neutralised four of the bandits on Wednesday at Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of the state. He explained...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday, ordered one Matthew Bem to be remanded in a correction centre, Makurdi, for allegedly killing his wife, Mrs Mngusonum Bem. The 42-year old farmer, who lives at Korinya Settlement in Konshisha Local Government Area of Benue, was charged with culpable homicide....
A Kano High Court presided by Justice Hafsat Yahaya Sani, has remanded the former Managing Director of Kano State Agricultural Supply Company (KASCO), Alhaji Bala Muhammad Inuwa, and two others in prison custody over alleged fraud of N4 billion. The two others are the ex-managing director’s son, Bala...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Plateau State Police Command on Thursday said its operatives have killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued six kidnap victims. The command’s spokesman in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo, said in a statement in Jos that the kidnappers abducted their victims from Gwalada village...
A 36-year old man, Victor Ameh, was on Thursday arraigned in a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N4.2 million from a crypto currency firm. Ameh, a resident of Marafa in Kaduna, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution, Insp Chidi Leo, told the court that the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Ibadan Zonal Command of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said its operatives have arrested 69 persons suspected to be internet fraudsters in Ile-Ife, Osun. The Commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said in a statement on Wednesday that the suspects...
A 61-year.old pastor told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday that his tenant, Godwin Emmanuel defiled and impregnated his 16-year old daughter. Lagos State government had arraigned Emmanuel before the court on a lone-count charge of defilement to which he pleaded not guilty. The...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Wednesday sentenced a bricklayer, Gabriel Awaye to two life sentences for defiling a 13-year-old girl in his room. Delivering judgment, Justice Abiola Soladoye, held that the prosecution proved the ingredients of the two counts charge of defilement and sexual...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has arrested Joy Afekafe, the prime suspect in the killing of Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer with the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna. The police spokesman in the state, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said in a statement on...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin Kebbi- Nigerian Army troops have eliminated a wanted notorious bandit nicknamed Mai-Nasara at Sangeko forest in Kebbi State. The troops also arrested five other suspected bandits believed to be members of the same gang. Chief Press Secretary to Kebbi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Idris,...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna by suspected assailant. The command`s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday...
The Police command in Ogun says it has arrested two minors for allegedly setting their school on fire in the Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government. Superintendent of Police, Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday....
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 3 persons at Tse Gamber, Sengev Council Ward in Gwer-West Local Government Area (LGA) by suspected herders. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told newsmen in Makurdi that the victims were her cousins. Anene...