The Edo State Police Command has said scores of people have been kidnapped after some herdsmen attacked passengers waiting to board a train from the Igueben station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State to Warri, in Delta State. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, while...
Crime News
By HARUNA AHMED, Kastina – The Katsina State Police Command has commenced investigation into the attack on policemen by miscreants that led to the death of one person in Katsina. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada, stated this in a statement through the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The anti-kidnapping team of the Kwara Police Command has arrested Issa Naigheti for kidnapping his father, Bature Naigboho, and collecting a ransom of N2.5 million. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, made the disclosure in a statement on Saturday in Ilorin. Okasanmi said Police...
The Police in Ondo State have arrested a suspect over his alleged kidnap of a six year-old girl in her mother’s car at a groceries shop in Akure. SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State Command, said this in a statement made available to newsmen...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 40-year old man, of Dangarga village in Burra District of Ningi Local Government Area of the State, for allegedly shooting his wife dead with a dane gun. Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Police operatives from Zamfara State Command have rescued no fewer than 15 persons abducted by bandits along Gusau-Funtua road. The police spokesman, Muhammad Shehu, who disclosed this on Thursday, said the victims were abducted on Tuesday and taken away into the bush. Mr. Shehu...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple and six others for allegedly killing and dismembering a 26-year-old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi for money rituals. The police spokesman in the state , SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement issued in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command has arrested 61 suspected political thugs, which is part of its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mamman Dauda, made the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A police inspector, Yusuf Jafaru, has been killed by unknown gunmen in a gun duel in Nunku town in Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The incident occurred on Wednesday night around 10 pm, when the gunmen in their numbers opened fire on...
Governor Dapo Abiodun has given a marching order to Ogun State Police Command to go after the killers of a couple, Kehinde and Bukola Fatinoye. Governor Abiodun gave the order in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Wednesday by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Kunle Somorin. The News Agency...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kaduna State Command says its operatives have arrested four suspects with 298 bags of Indian Hemp. The NDLEA state Commander, Mr Ibrahim Braji, made this known at a news conference in Kaduna on Wednesday. Braji said that the suspects were arrested in...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command, says a couple has been found dead on its matrimonial bed in Dawakin Tofa LGA of the state, believed to have died of suffocation from charcoal fumes. The commands spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident in a...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested the suspected mastermind of the Okene explosion of Dec. 29, 2002 that left some innocent persons dead and wounded The suspected mastermind, Abdulmumin Ibrahim-OTARU (aka Abu Mikdad) and one of his associates, Saidu SULEIMAN, had allegedly...
The Police in Ondo State has urged residents to be security conscious and report suspicious movements in their environments to security operatives. SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the command spokesperson, gave the advice on Wednesday in Akure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Odunlami-Omisanya was reacting to...
A medical doctor, Mrs Oyebimpe Akinbunmi, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how one Dr Olufemi Olaleye allegedly defiled his wife’s 16-year-old niece. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Olaleye, the Medical Director of Cancer Care Foundation, is facing a two-count charge...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered about N13billion as proceeds of illegal payments made under the subsidy regime between 2017 and 2022. The revelation contained in a document published in the website of the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit on the National inherent risk assessment of money...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The police in Bauchi State said its operatives in collaboration with other security agents in the state have killed many suspected kidnappers and bandits during an attack it launched on their enclaves at Dajin Madam and at the famous Yankari Game Reserve’s forest in...
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi said the State Government would continue to work hard at ensuring that the masterminds of recent killings at Ekoli Edda in Afikpo South Local Government area of the state are arrested. Umahi made this known when he paid an unscheduled visited to the scene...
The corpse of Oreoluwa Fatinoye, son of the couple who were allegedly killed by assassins in Abeokuta on new year’s day, has been recovered from Ogun river. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased was reportedly thrown into a river on Adigbe- Obada road in Abeokuta...
Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State on Tuesday condemned recent killings in parts of the state. Soludo was reacting to killings in Okpuno in Awka South Local Government Area and Obosi in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that four youths...