By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than 62 persons, including an ex- convict, over alleged offences bordering on internet fraud in Ilorin. The EFCC Spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
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A Sabo Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Friday remanded five men for allegedly killing a police officer in the state. The defendants, Shakiru Shittu; 48, Kadir Shonoki; 38, Shadiku Adeola; 43, TaofeekA Aluko; 38 and Adekunle Onasanya; 37, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and murder. The...
Kenyan President William Ruto on Friday appointed a commission of inquiry into the death of 111 people believed to have starved themselves to death. A court had ordered that their alleged cult leader remain in prison. Kenyan authorities say the dead were members of the Good News International Church...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a suspect, Ibrahim Musa, 22, who allegedly stabbed his biological mother, Hajara Mohammed, 50, to death. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Usaini, gave the directive in a statement issued by...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) have destroyed 41 illegal refining sites and recovered more than 1.06 million litres of crude oil in the last two weeks. The Director, Defence Media Operation, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news...
Defence Headquarters says the troops of Operation Hadin Kai, have in the last two weeks rescued 131 abducted victims, including two additional Chibok School Girls during operations in the North East. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigerian Army says its troops have rescued two additional girls from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, nine years after their abduction by Boko Haram in 2014. The Theatre Commander, North-East Joint Operation, Hadin Kai, Maj.-Gen. Ibrahim Ali, disclosed this on Thursday while...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – In their sustained efforts aimed at addressing the various security challenges across the country, troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies neutralized a total of 71 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and other criminal elements, arrested 99 others and recovered 40 AK47...
Zamfara Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted 75 drums of calcium chlorate, a water treatment chemical believed to have been diverted from the state Water Board. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that calcium chloride is used to remove undesired impurities in water. The...
Brig-Gen Timothy Opurum, Commander of Sector 7, Operation Safe Haven Kafanchan, says the Army will not be distracted in its quest to protect lives and property within its area of operation. Opurum stated this on Wednesday shortly after leading troops on a show of force across communities in Atyap...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – A man identified as Buba Amadu Gudan Bunu of Jamali council ward in Binji LGA of Sokoto State has allegedly macheted his wife to death. Bunu, who locals estimated his age to be around 30, was said to have fled the village after committing...
By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – CP Garba Ahmad has assumed duty as the new Commissioner of Police, Yobe State Police Command. The command’s spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Damaturu. DSP Abdulkarim said that the commissioner, who took over from CP Haruna Garba,...
The youths of Atyap communities in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Tuesday trekked 12 kilometres from Samaru to Zonkwa, to protest the incessant killings in their communities. The youths in thousands, all dressed in black, trekked for about two hours while others came from different...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force says it has arrested the suspended Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Adamawa State, Hudu Yunusa-Ari. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. Mr. Adejobi said: “Barrister Ari, who was...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the former Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Ismaila Konga, on Monday evening around 7pm. Mr Konga, was kidnapped alongside two others on his way from Akwanga town, the...
The Presidency has highlighted the giant strides of President Muhammadu Buhari administration in transforming and boosting the fighting capabilities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria between 2015 and 2023. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in a 90-page document released on Sunday...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command has ordered the arrest of a police inspector, Stephen Yohana, who was in a drunken situation in a viral video. Yohana is serving in Share Division, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State Police Command. The command’s spokesman, SP...
The Police Command in Ogun has arrested a suspected member of a ritualist syndicate, who allegedly killed and dismembered one Oyindamola Adeyemi at Ijebu-Ode on Jan. 28. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday. Oyeyemi said that the...
By OFFOR CALLISTUS, Abuja – The Defence Headquarter has said Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have eliminated three bandits in an ambush at Anka-Dan Kapani crossing in Anka LGA of Zamfara. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known in a statement via its official Twitter...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday raided a factory in Mubi, Adamawa supplying deadly Akuskura psychoactive substance to Chad, Cameroon and Niger Republic. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja. Mr. Babafemi...