An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 56-year-old driver, Folarin Raufu, to life imprisonment for defiling his employer’s granddaughter, aged five years. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye held that prosecution successfully proved all the ingredients of defilement against...
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Gov. Biodun Oyebanji of Ekiti on Sunday directed the Police, DSS and Amotekun Corps to free the abducted State Chairman of the APC in Ekiti, Mr Paul Omotoso and two others from captivity. Oyebanji, represented by his Deputy, Mrs Monisade Afuye, gave the directive on Sunday, when he visited...
The Somali military said on Sunday it had killed around 40 fighters and commanders of the Islamist terrorist militia Al-Shabaab. The United States supported the Somalis with three air strikes during fighting in the south of the country near the border with Kenya, the U.S. military’s Africa Command (AFRICOM)...
The Department of State Services (DSS), has denied raiding the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) and carting away certain incriminating files against President Bola Tinubu. DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, who stated this in a statement on Sunday in...
Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, the Commander of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), on Sunday temporarily relocated headquarters of the operation to Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that OPSH is a Special Military Task Force, maintaining peace in Plateau and environs. Abubakar,...
Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has imposed a 24-hour curfew on Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the State following recent attacks. Mutfwang gave the directive on Sunday in Jos, in a statement issued by Mr Gyang Bere, Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor. The News...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have seized no fewer than 4,560 kilograms of skunk in interdiction operations in Lagos, Adamawa and Osun. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, has condemned the unprovoked attack on Akpuuna village in Mbaterem in Ukum Local Government Area of the state by suspected hoodlums. Sores of people were killed when the armed hoodlums attacked the community on Saturday. Reacting to the...
Gunmen have killed nine persons and burnt down six houses in Sabon Gari community in Mangu Local Government Area of the Plateau. Mr Jerry Datim, one of leaders in the community, disclosed this via telephone to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Jos. Datim,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Birnin-Kebbi – Troops of Nigeria Army have secured the release of 30 victims kidnapped by armed bandits in Kebbi State. It was learnt that twenty-four of the victims were released on Friday, while six others were released on Saturday. Reacting to the...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested 207 phone snatching suspects in the last one week in the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammed Jalige, stated in Kaduna on Saturday that the arrests followed raids on identified black spots in the state. He added that other suspects were...
Gunmen kidnapped the Ekiti State’s chairman of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Mr Paul Omotisho, on Saturday. APC’s Publicity Secretary in Ekiti, Mr Segun Dipe, stated at Ado-Ekiti that the assailants abducted Omotisho as he was driving on the Agbado-Ekiti/Imesi-Ekiti Road. “The chairman was driving in a Toyota Venza...
Gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order on Friday night, attacked Amaraku market located at Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo state. Although, no life was lost in the attack, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the gunmen, suspected to be members of the outlawed Indigenous People of...
Maj.-Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar, has assumed duty as the General Officer Commanding (GOC), 3 Division of the Nigeria Army, Rukuba, new Jos and Commader, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH). Abubakar, who assumed duty on Saturday, replaced Maj.-Gen. Abdusalami Ibrahim, who is now the Chief of Policy and Plans, Army Headquarters. Speaking...
Police operatives from the Gender Section of the Lagos State Command have arrested four 17-year old boys, who allegedly conspired and gang raped a 16-year old girl, recorded their various sex actions and uploaded same on the social media. The boys, Taofik Jimoh, Oduyebo Samson, Adegoke Oluwatimileh and Adesanya...
By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – A 21-years old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman has been arrested for arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her husband to death at Kofar Dumi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis. The Police Public Relations Office in the state, ASP Aminu Ahmed, confirmed the...
The Borno Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 27 suspects, including six vandals of telecommunication mast. Addressing newsmen in Maiduguri on Friday, the state Commandant, Mr Musa Farouk, said the six vandals were arrested at Shiki village of Chibok Local Government Area where...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Amotekun Corps, has arrested two suspects for impersonating as police and road safety officers and stealing in Ile-Ife. Brig-Gen Bashir Adewinmbi, the state Commander of Amotekun Corps, stated this in a statement issued on Friday. He...
Gov. Caleb Mutfwang of Plateau has directed security agencies in the state to fish out perpetrators of attacks on some communities in Mangu Local government. The governor’s directive is contained in a statement issued by his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Mr Gyang Bere, on Friday in Jos....