By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – An armoury suspected to be that of kidnappers has been uncovered by police operatives in Tudun Wada area of Liman Katagum, Bauchi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, said the...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that an attack on Gambar Sabon layi village, in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state, has left four people dead. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted efforts to bring 126.95kg of cocaine and skunk into Nigeria by drug cartels. Director, Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the drugs were concealed in herbal...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 1.7 million tramadol pills at Greenfield Estate, Amuwo Odofin in Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that the consignment was traced to a warehouse in the estate on Tuesday, Jan....
Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica’s Catholic Church, Ikuly-Pari in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State, who was abducted Thursday night, has been released. A statement from the Kafanchan Diocese of the Catholic Church, said that Ishaya, who was kidnapped from the Parish Rectory, was released Saturday...
Gunmen shot two persons dead in Mkpuma Akataka Community, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi on Friday. A native of the community, Mrs Grace Nwite, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that hoodlums invaded the community and shot sporadically. “They came into the community and started...
Mr Olona Oluwapelumi, a third year student of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has allegedly committed suicide at his off-campus lodge in Akure. Joseph, who was in FUTA’s Department of Industrial Design, allegedly took his life by hanging, for reasons suspected to be connected to depression and financial...
Robbers have reportedly raped no fewer than nine female students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. The incident occurred when the robbers who were estimated to be about 20 had invaded their hostel in the early hours of Friday. The armed robbers stormed Ifite road, Awka, where the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued two out of the six pupils abducted from LEA Primary School, Alwaza in Doma Local Government Area of the state. Recall that the six pupils were kidnapped on Friday morning by unknown gunmen riding on motorcycles. Police...
No fewer than 1,773 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) have died while fighting Boko Haram and Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the North East Zone. The Chairman of CJTF, Babashehu Abdulganiu, made this known on Saturday in an interview with the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed and set ablaze over 317,417 kgs (317.4 metric tons) of cannabis sativa in the Opuje forests, Edo. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspected cultists at Licking Fingers Joint, close to the Federal Polytechnic, Gwallameji Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, stated this in a statement made available...
The Baptist Conference in Osun said on Friday that N10 million ransom was paid to secure the release of four members of the church kidnapped on Jan. 11 and Jan. 16. Two of the victims were kidnapped on Jan. 11, and N6 million had to be paid to secure...
The Police Command in Osun said two people were killed during a clash between cult members in Oke Baale area of Osogbo. SP Yemisi Opalola, the command Spokesperson, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Osogbo that those killed were members of the cult groups involved...
Suspected terrorists have killed Mr Saleh Yakubu, a councillor representing Allawa ward in Shiroro local government area of Niger, government official has confirmed. The councillor was killed by the terrorists in the early hours of Friday on his way from Kuta to Allawa, his home town, the official confirmed...
By JOSEPH DANJUMA, Lafia – Unknown gunmen on Friday morning stormed LGEA primary school Alwaza in Doma LG of Nasarawa State and abducted six school pupils in the area. The abductors, who whisked away the pupils are said to have laid siege around the school while the children were...
The Police Command in Borno said it arrested a nine-man gang of serial ritualists known as “Karangiya” who specialised in dismembering body parts of their victims. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Abdu Umar, who disclosed this to newsmen on Friday, said they were arrested on Dec. 16,...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Plateau State Police Command has rescued a monarch, Rev. Isaac Wikili, the ‘Agwom Izere’, who was abducted by gunmen on Friday. The police spokesman, DSP Alfred Alabo, said in a statement on Friday, that the traditional ruler was abducted from his residence at...
Gunmen on Thursday abducted Mr Kefas Ishaya, the Catechist of St. Monica Catholic Church, Ikulu-Pari, in Chawai Chiefdom of Kauru Local Government, Kaduna State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the gunmen picked the Catechist when they could not get his boss, Rev Fr Joseph Shekari, who...