At least 42 people were killed and eight others critically injured in a suspected rebel attack on a secondary school in western Uganda, police and local authorities said on Saturday. A regional government official told dpa that 15 children were also abducted. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a militia...
Crime News
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Kebbi Area Command, has intercepted 104 parcels of Indian hemp, 359 sacks of diazepam and 70 packs of tramadol in the state. The Area Controller, Dr Ben Oramalugo, made this known while handing over the drugs to the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)...
By MARK JANG, Jos – Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have rescued six out of the seven students of the University of Jos (UNIJOS) that were abducted by gunmen on Monday. The victims were kidnapped from their hostel located off campus on Monday night in Jos while...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested one Balogun Olawale, a staff of Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State, alongside forty-seven (47) others for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. A statement on Friday...
The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested eight suspects alleged to be involved in several bank robberies in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ogundare Dare, told newsmen on Friday in Ado-Ekiti that four suspects were also arrested for receiving stolen properties, and four...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested an escaped inmate from Kuje Custodial Centre of FCT Abuja who allegedly broke into a house and stole property in Masaka, Karu Local Government Area of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two students of the Bauchi State University, Gadau and four others have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a 23-year old student of the university. The syndicate also snatched a Toyota Camry 2010 model with which they used in taking their victim away. The Police...
Suspected gunmen have killed Rev. Nichodemus Kim of the Church of Christ in Nation (COCIN) and 20 others in Riyom and Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau. The pastor was killed at Gana-Ropp community of Barkin Ladi, while others were wasted in Rim, Jol, and Kwi communities of...
Operatives of the Edo Police Command have arrested a 16-year-old boy, Nathaniel Ogenowchukwu, for allegedly defiling a two years old minor in the state. The suspect on June 7, reportedly lured the minor into his room and defiled her. The spokesperson of the Edo Police Command, SP Chidi Nwabuzor,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – A consignment of 3.20kg skunk concealed in native black soap heading to the United Kingdom has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the NAHCO export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Wednesday, 7th June....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a secret laboratory producing deadly illicit substance, Methamphetamine, in a residential community located in Ikeja Lagos state where already packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production were...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested an alleged informant and logistics supplier to a kidnapping and banditry group terrorising Abuja and its environs. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspect, who was arrested...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Fifty Six (56) suspected internet fraudsters in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday. Mr. Uwujaren...
The Police Command in Yobe on Saturday said it arrested a local chief and his two sons over the murder of one Goni Waje in Dako Kangarwa village, Yunusari Local Government Area. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement in Damaturu, named the suspects simply as Jalomi,...
The Imo Police Command says it is trailing the killers of a Police Inspector, identified simply as Charles. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Charles, who was kidnapped a few weeks ago, was found dead recently in a bush in Oguta Local Government Area of the state....
The Police Command in Kano State, on Friday, arrested 57 suspects over alleged looting of property in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, in Kano. Haruna-Kiyawa quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, as saying that...
A 30-year-old man, Usman Sanigoga of Akula Quarters in Babura Local Government Area of Jigawa has hanged himself. Spokesman of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Jigawa, Mr Adamu Shehu, stated this in Dutse on Thursday. He stated that Sanigoga’s spouse found him hanging from the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested two identical twins: Takwan Potential and Takwan Peter and 26 others for alleged internet fraud in Calabar, Cross River State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, said in a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested a 21-year-old Ghanaian, Sunday Kunle Adu, over alleged burglary and phone theft. This is contained in a statement issued on Wednesday by NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO) in the state, DSC...
Armed men have abducted a seven-year-old girl in Yangoji village, Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Mr Suleiman Musa, a resident of the village told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that the hoodlums invaded the community in the early hours of Wednesday. He...