By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A man, identified as Naziru Mohammed, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly robbing stranded passengers with a cutlass. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a Tweet on Thursday, said the incident occured at...
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The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says Nigerian Army under his watch will stamp out oil theft and pipeline vandalism in the country’s Niger-Delta region. Lagbaja gave this assurance during an interactive session with media executives on Wednesday in Ibadan as part of activities marking the...
A Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 27-year old teacher, Bright Emelogu, to life imprisonment for sodomising a 14-year old boy. Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja held that Emelogu was amoral, callous, reckless and everything a teacher should not. Soladoye said...
The Multi National Joint Task Force is unable to sustain large-scale operations against the Islamic State of the West African Province(ISWAP), due to inadequate, inconsistent, and insufficient funding. Amb. Mamman Nuhu, Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission and Head of Mission, of the MNJTF, made this known on Wednesday...
The Police Command in Lagos State, has confirmed the killing of three suspected cultists on Wednesday night at Bariga area by another suspected group. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Command Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, Hundeyin said that the command...
The Imo Government has debunked reports that unknown gunmen enforcing a sit-at-home directive on Wednesday morning, attacked the state Secretariat on Port-Harcourt road, Owerri. In a statement signed by Gov. Hope Uzodimma’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Oguwike Nwachukwu, it noted that there was no such incident involving unknown gunmen....
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have intercepted two trucks of used railway tracks at Olooru area of Kwara and arrested six suspects. Kwara Commandant of the NSCDC, Mr Umar Mohammed, told newsmen in Ilorin on Wednesday that the suspects were arrested in two trucks...
The Lagos State on Wednesday arraigned a 17-year-old boy before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for allegedly abducting and defiling a 15-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minor is charged with three counts of defilement, abduction from custody of parent and...
The Police Commissioner in Niger, Mr Ogundele Ayodeji, says a preliminary investigation has revealed an in-house conspiracy to the robbery attack at the Emir of Minna Palace on Tuesday. Ayodeji stated this in a chat with journalists, on the side line of the G-7 states Technical Committee Meeting in...
Maj.-Gen. Bamidele Alabi has taken office as the 41st General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army in Kaduna. Acting Deputy Director, 1 Division Nigerian Army Public Relations Office, Lt-Col Musa Yahaya, stated on Wednesday that Alabi took office on Monday. “The newly-appointed General Officer Commanding 1 Division,...
The Acting Inspector-General of Police Mr Olukayode Egbetokun has ordered the deployment of 35 Commissioners of Police (CPs) to states and formations nationwide. This is contained in a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi and made available to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday. He...
A joint military and police team has recovered arms and ammunition following a raid on a criminals’ hideout in Effurun, Delta. A statement on Tuesday in Warri by the Spokesman of the Police Command in Delta, DSP Bright Edafe said that the raid was carried out on Monday by...
Mr Elvert Ayambem, Speaker of the Cross River House of Assembly has called for the arrest and prosecution of organisers of a gay party in Calabar. Ayambem made the call in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Matthew Okache, on Tuesday in Calabar. It would be...
Col. Adebisi Onasanya, has resumed office as the Commander, Guards Brigade, Nigerian Army. This is contained in a statement issued by Capt Godfrey Abakpa, Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Guards Brigade, in Abuja on Tuesday. Abakpa said that the change of batton at the Guards Brigade, followed the recent...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a former Commissioner for Works and Infrastructure, Idris Wada-Saleh, be remanded in Kano State Public Complaints and Anti Corruption Commission(PCACC) Custody over alleged N1 billion fraud. The defendant, a former Commissioner to Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, is charged with giving false information and cheating. Chief Magistrate...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – No fewer than 26 suspects have been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command for burning a woman to death over alleged witchcraft. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the victim, Madam Martina Okey Itagbor of Old Netim in Akamkpa LGA of the state was...
The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the killing of six persons in an attack by local vigilantes, Yan Sakai, in Kadamutsawa community of Bungudu Local Government Area. A statement on Tuesday issued in Gusau by the command spokesman, ASP Yazid Abubakar said the attack, which took place on June...
Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it will soon undertake an overhaul of its entire operations, in response to the need for re-adapting to the ever-dynamic nature of the current operational environment. This is contained in a statement issued by Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward...