Former governor of Imo State, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, on Monday evening escaped death by the whiskers when gunmen attacked his convoy in Mbano. Ohakin, a one-term governor of Imo State, hails from Mbano. He was elected governor in 2007 but lost in his second term bid in 2011 to...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Police command in Ogun State have arrested three suspects over an alleged attempt to kill a police officer, Akinpelu Sunday, while carrying out his duties at Orile Imo in Obafemi- Owode LGA of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command have killed a suspected terrorist while repelling their attack on Magamar-Jibia, Jibia Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Katsina....
The police command in Ogun has begun investigation into the death of a couple, Mr Kehinde and Mrs Bukola Fatinoye, at Ibara GRA in Abẹokuta, on the New Year’s Day. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency...
A couple – Kehinde Fatinoye and Bukola – has been killed in a mysterious fire incident shortly after returning from a New Year/Crossover service in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to the police, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of the duo who reside in the...
The Police in Ebonyi said hoodlums have shot and killed the wife of the Commander of Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Afikpo-South local government area of the state. The command spokesperson, SP Chris Anyanwu told reporters in Abakaliki that the hoodlums also set the commander’s house ablaze. “A report filed...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted a Brazil returnee, Prosper Agbasi with 105 parcels of cocaine concealed in candies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos on Christmas Day. The Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested three traffickers with a total of 256 kilogrammes of illicit substances seized from them during interdiction operations in Kwara, Kogi and Niger. The Director Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....
A wanted terrorist kingpin, Gwoska Dankarami, on New Year eve, escaped death by the whiskers when air strikes of the Nigerian military targeted his hideout, along Kaura Namoda Road in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. PRNigeria however gathered that several of his footsoldiers were not so lucky,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – No fewer than 296 suspects have been arrested for various drug related offences in Oyo State in 2022. The spokesperson of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Mrs Mutiat Okuwobi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Ibadan. Mrs. Okuwobi said...
The Police Command in Katsina State said it had successfully neutralised no fewer than 54 suspected terrorists and lost five officers in gun battles from Jan. 2022 to date. The Commissioner of Politics in the, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 1,465 suspects were arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command in connection with 724 cases of kidnapping, rape, attempted murder, armed robbery and many other crimes in 2022. This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two brothers for allegedly kidnapping a woman and her nine-year-old son for ritual purposes. The suspects were arrested following information received by policemen at Oja Odan Divisional Headquarters that the two brothers were allegedly in negotiations over the phone to sell a...
The Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Mr Maiyaki Muhammed-Baba, says the Command arrested 810 suspected criminals between January and December. CP Mohammed-Baba made the disclosure at a news conference on Friday in Lafia to present the command’s achievements for 2022.According to the CP, 136 of the suspects were...
Police in Delta State have neutralised a member of a suspected kidnap gang and rescued a victim from the gang’s captivity. Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe told newsmen in Warri, Delta on Friday that the suspect was neutralised on Wednesday, same day as the victim was rescued. “Police operatives...
The Nigerian Army says efforts are still on-going to rescue the newly-commissioned female officer, Lt. PP Johnson, abducted in Imo allegedly by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated on Friday in Abuja that the female officer was abducted on Dec....
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a policeman, ASP Drambi Vandi, who allegedly shot and killed a Lagos-based female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief Magistrate, Mrs C.A. Adedayo, ordered that the suspect should be kept...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the suspension of ASP Drambi Vandi, AP/no 134901, who allegedly shot and killed a female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas day in Aja area of Lagos State with immediate effect. The Commission also directed that the final...
The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, on Thursday said it would monitor prosecution of the police officer who allegedly shot dead, a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was reportedly shot dead in Lagos on Dec. 25, while on Christmas outing...
A Kano High Court on Thursday sentenced one Sagiru Abdullahi, 29, to death by hanging for stabbing his stepmother Zainab Dan’azumi, 55, to death. The court had earlier convicted Abdullahi of Kurmawa Quarters, Kano, on a one-count charge of culpable homicide. Presiding Justice Aisha Mahmoud held that the prosecution...