Bandits have killed four persons and injured four others at Uguwan Dankali in Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The spokesman in Kaduna State, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirm the attack on Sunday in Kaduna. ASP Hassan stated that upon receiving a distress call, a joint response team...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 500 suspects for various crimes committed in different parts of the state. Commissioner of Police, CP Yusuf Muhammad stated this at a press conference which was held on Monday at the Borno...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A 67-year old drug trafficker, Clement Chukwuemeka has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja on Oct. 3 for ingesting 100 wraps of cocaine. Chukwuemeka told NDLEA operatives that he engaged in...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says it has arrested 10 suspected kidnapers between September and Oct. 3, 2023. The Command’s Acting Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated this at a news conference on Saturday in Kaduna. He said that operatives of the Command recovered three...
A Lagos High Court will on Monday deliver judgment in the case of a police officer, Darambi Vandi, charged with shooting dead a Lagos-based lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day. The court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square gave the judgment date on July 13 after adoption of...
The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS BEECROFT has thwarted illegal bunkering within the Igboelejo community area of Lagos State and seized the boat used for the criminal activity. The Commander, NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Kolawole Oguntuga, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Lagos on Friday. Oguntuga said that...
The Police Command in Ogun on Friday in Abeokuta said a Police Inspector and two security guards were injured after being shot by suspected armed robbers. SP Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement disclosed that the robbers had invaded a hotel in...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Yobe has confirmed the arrest of a 65-year old man, Mohammed Baburam, who allegedly chained and starved his wife for one year in Potiskum. The Command’s Spokesman, DSC Bala Garba, made this known in an interview with the News...
Police in Lagos State on Wednesday declared one Owodunni Ibrahim popularly known as “Primeboy’’, wanted in connection with the death of 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, better known as Mohbad. The police also placed a N1 million bounty on Primeboy’s head for anyone who gives information leading to...
Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of five female students of the Federal University Dutsinma, (FUDMA) in Katsina by gunmen. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Abubakar Aliyu said that the terrorists’ invaded “resident of the students” behind Mariamoh Ajiri Memorial School, Dutsinma. Aliyu said...
The police in Adamawa confirmed the arrest of a 36-year-old man, Jaafar Adamu for allegedly raping his neighbour’s wife in Hong LGA. This is contained in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Yahaya-Nguroje in Yola on Wednesday. Yahaya-Nguroje, said the suspect was arrested...
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command, has said that the 14 residents who raised alarm and lied about the missing of their organs was found out to be untrue after medical examination was conducted on each of them.P FCT Police Commissioner, Mr Haruna Garba, made this known...
The police in Pakistan have arrested no fewer than 8 members of an organ trafficking ring in north-east Pakistan. The ring’s alleged leader, Fawad Mukhtar, is accused of extracting the kidneys of more than 300 people and transplanting them into rich clients. He had previously been arrested five...
An 18-year old girl, on Tuesday, told a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Kubwa that her boss’ 36-year-old Chef, Daniel Johnson harassed her to have sex with him. The Sexual and Gender based Violence Response Unit, Federal Ministry of Justice, charged Johnson with three counts bordering on...
Troops of the Joint Task Force, South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has cleared four notorious camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliates, Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Imo State. The troops, in the course of the clearance, neutralised two IPOB/ESN members...
The Police Command in Ebonyi, says suspected armed men have burnt three commuter buses, four motorcycles and one tricycle in the state. SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, Spokesperson of the Command, told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the attack occured in Ezzamgbo, Ohaukwu local government area of the state,...
The Police Command in Katsina State, has arrested six students of Federal University Dutsinma over the alleged murder of Abubakar Nasir-Barda, a 21-year-old 200 level student of the university. ASP Aliyu Abubakar-Sadiq, the command’s public relations officer, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Saturday. Abubakar-Sadiq...
Troops of Joint Task Force South-East, code-named Operation UDO KA II, has neutralised four members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), during a gun duel. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday by Lt.-Col. Jonah...
Police in Ondo State have confirmed the abduction of some Christian worshippers traveling for a burial programme by gunmen at Ifon in Ose Local Government Area of the state. The abducted persons are members of the Christ Apostolic Church(CAC), Oke Igan, Akure, the state capital. SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya,...