Barely four days after President Muhammadu Buhari assured Nigerians of his administration’s determination to consolidate gains recorded in security, troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised scores of bandits, including Ibrahim Kachalla Gudau. Gudau, a notorious and one of the most dangerous bandit leaders, commanded a group carrying out...
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The Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has confirmed the electrocution of a barbing salon operator in Nsukka over alleged vandalism of electricity installation in the area. The company identified the deceased as Tochukwu Onah (alias Toshiba), a barber and an indigene of Ede-Oballa Community (the same community where the...
The Police Command in Plateau says it has rescued the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Pankshin, SP Nwapi Augustus, who was abducted by gunmen. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Alfred Alabo, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has busted another Tramadol cartel in Lagos with the seizure of millions of opioids pills and bottles worth over N5 billion from a warehouse at the weekend. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on...
The remains of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), ambushed and killed by bandits has been laid to rest in Kaduna State. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Director Public Relations, Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Sunday in Abuja. Odumosu recalled that the...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin City – The joint security forces in Edo State have rescued no fewer than 12 Igueben train station kidnapped victims. The Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Mohammed Dankwara disclosed this on Sunday in a statement in Benin. It would be recalled that unknown gunmen...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has deployed reinforcements to track down suspected killers of Catholic Priest, Very Rev. Fr. Issac Achi of Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Paikoro LGA of the state on Sunday. The police spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, stated this in...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Niger has condemned the killing of a Catholic Priest in Paikoro Local Government Area of the state. A statement issued by Daniel Atori, media aide to the CAN Chairman, Most Rev. Bulus Yohanna on Sunday in Minna...
Parents of the 11 remaining abducted female students of the Federal Government College (FGC), Yauri, in Kebbi State, have appealed to Nigerians to come to their aid financially in order to rescue their children from their abductors. In a letter addressed to all Nigerians, which PRNigeria obtained, a group...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has killed four persons, arrested four suspected kidnappers and rescued 6 victims in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Bauchi. SP Wakil said the command recorded unprecedented successes...
The Niger Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 137 drug suspects. The agency also stated on Saturday in Minna that it destroyed 21 tonnes of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances in the state in 2022. Mr Haruna Kwetishe, the State Commander, NDLEA, announced this...
Police Command in Kwara has arrested 23-year-old Nigerian internet fraudster (Yahoo boy), Awoleye Oluwatofunmi, who allegedly defrauded an American national, Vonapolouis Moss, of US$ 1,000. The state Commissioner of Police, CP. Paul Odama, disclosed this while parading the suspect before reporters at the police headquarters, Ilorin, on Friday. He...
By KEMI BURKOLA, Abuja – The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) has called on the police to arrest actress Empress Njamah’s ex-lover, George Wade, who was alleged to have recently leaked a nude video of the actress. Wade was alleged to have released the actress’s nude videos as a...
The Police Command in Edo has announced the rescue of the President, Igueben area Customary Court, Mrs Precious Aigbonga, who was abducted on Jan. 9, on Benin-Ugoneki-Eguaholor-Ugieghudu-Ebelle Road. The command said in a statement on Friday in Benin by its spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, that two victims of recent...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued 30 kidnap victims in an operation in Toto Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The police spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Lafia, said the victims were rescued...
Troops of 177 Guards Battalion, in conjunction with troops of Operation Whirl Stroke, have raided and neutralised two bandits in their enclaves in Idu, Chikara, along the boundaries of Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Abaji FCT and Koton Karfe in Kogi. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations...
The abducted Edo Area Customary Court President, Mrs Prescious Aigbonoga, has regained her freedom . The Edo Police command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, who confirmed her release on Thursday, said that a police officer was killed during the rescue operation. Nwabuzor also said Aigbonoga was rescued by...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed grief over the death of seven personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), who were ambushed and killed by bandits in Kaduna State while on official duty. In a statement by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu,...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three teenagers for allegedly kidnapping a six-year old girl. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. He said that the three suspects were Abdulrazak Ibrahim, Aliyu Salisu, and...
The Criminal Investigation Department, Lagos Command, has arrested 55 year-old Oluwole Akande , for allegedly impersonating the Police Commissioner Railway Command, CP Yetunde Longe, and defrauding an 80-year old man of N250 million. The Commissioner Railway Command, CP Yetunde Longe, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria...