By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects allegedly connected to the death of a student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti. The deceased, Atanda Deborah, was a 200 level Nursing student who went missing and her body later found in a shallow grave,...
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A man has been accused on Thursday of murdering his 100-year-old grandmother with an axe as she sat in a wheelchair. He went on a trial in the northern German city of Hamburg on a charge of homicide. “He could not cope with looking after...
There is heavy security presence at the Court of Appeal Complex located in the Three Arms Zone, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District of Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Court gets set to deliver judgment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judgment is three cases challenging...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A first class traditional ruler, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu Adam, the Gom- Mama, in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, who was on Monday night abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, has regained his freedom few hours after the incident. NATIONAL...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a first class traditional ruler, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu Adam, the Gom- Mama, in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The traditional ruler was whisked away by his abductors who stormed his palace in Kwarra,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Bandits have killed no fewer than 2 persons in Bageyi village, kidnapped 22 other persons mostly women and displaced thousands of locals from 4 other villages of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, sources have confirmed. The bandits, who stormed the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Command has secured a 5-year jail term for Sanni Dikko and Naabu Umar for conspiracy and cheating. Giving his verdict on the two count charge, Justice Mohammed Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court convicted...
The Police Command in Ogun on Tuesday said it had arrested two security men for allegedly shooting a man in the eye as a result of a misunderstanding in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident...
Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot linked to an Islamist rebel group, the force said. Based in the jungles of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) pledges allegiance...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested no fewer than 20 suspects for alleged internet fraud in Ibadan. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren made this known in a statement on Monday in...
There is palpable fear among youths and community leaders over the alleged release of the family members of Gwoska Dankarami, a notorious bandit kingpin in Zamfara State. PRNigeria gathered that the mother and foot soldiers of Dankarami were recently intercepted and detained by security operatives while...
Anambra State Police Command says its operatives attached to Harbour Division, have arrested two robbery suspects dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of their valuables on the recently inaugurated 2nd Niger Bridge. The Police team was on surveillance patrol on the Bridge when they apprehended the suspects who were about to steal...
A middle aged woman on Friday in Aba, Abia State beat up her husband for daring to question her relationship with a pastor living in their area. The mother of three, whose full identity was not known, lives along Ukonu Street, off Ajah-Ngwa Road, Aba South. She allegedly got...
There is palpable fear of breakdown of law and order in Birnin Magaji community of Zamfara state over the refusal of bandits to release community members at their disposal even after their own (terrorists’) wives were released by the youths who had abducted them. A reliable source in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 16 victims who were kidnapped have been rescued by a team of security agents comprising personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and other quasi security outfits. The team also killed scores of suspected kidnappers, who have...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug kingpin, Ngene Onyedikachi, who allegedly recruited a fake couple, Kingsley Ilonzeh and Roseline Ilonzeh for drug trafficking. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
The Nigerian Army has reassured Imo residents of its commitment to restore nightlife and guarantee the security of all in the state. The Commander, 34 Artillery Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Obinze near Owerri, Brig.-Gen. Usman Lawal, made the promise during the inauguration of a Joint Night Patrol Task...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has described as wicked and barbaric the reported killing of seven worshippers in a Mosque in Ikara LGA by armed bandits. Governor Sani gave the directive s in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Muhammad Shehu on Sunday...
At least seven persons have been killed by armed bandits while performing prayers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village of Ikara Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Police Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hassan said “at...