By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – No fewer than six suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Abuja. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. He said...
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The newly appointed Force Commander, Multi National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Maj.-Gen. Gold Chibuisi, has taken over the command of the force from erstwhile commander, Maj.-Gen. Abdul-Khalifah Ibrahim. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Chibuisi assumed duty on Wednesday in N’Djamena, Chad Republic, having served in the...
The Nigeria Army, on Wednesday, completed pre-deployment training for 172 troops for peace-keeping mission in Guinea Bissau. The troops began their pre-deployment training on March 21 at the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peace Keeping Centre (MLAILPKC), Jaji, Kaduna state. Addressing the troops, the Chief of Operations, Army,...
The husband and wife alledgedly abducted on the Iragbiji-Osogbo Road in the early hours of Saturday in Osun, while returning from a vigil, have escaped from their abductors. According to Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun State Amotekun Commander, the wife was spotted by operatives of the corps, running out of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Unknown gunmen have kidnapped Mr. Daniel Ogoshi, a driver with Nasarawa State Deputy Governor, Dr. Emmanuel Akabe, on Tuesday. An eyewitness told our correspondent that the driver was whisked away from the residence of his friend around 9:30 pm, at Ombi 2, Opposite College of Agric,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government on Tuesday confirmed that eight female students, who were kidnapped on their way to school on April 3, in Kachia LGA have escaped from their abductors. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a couple on the Osogbo-Iragbiji Road in Osun on Saturday as they were returning from a church programme at 4 a.m. The man and his wife were reportedly riding on a motorcycle when they ran into an ambush mounted by the kidnappers....
The Police in Ondo State said seven suspects have been arrested for stoning a 35-year-old driver to death on April 10. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the driver, Olorunfemi Tope had in an accident killed one person and injured others along Ijoka road in Akure. The...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested one Abubakar Abdulaziz, 30, who allegedly kidnapped and murdered a three-year old boy in Musawa Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, CSP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Katsina....
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old woman, for allegedly selling her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT command, has seized 2,265.677 kilograms of different drugs between January and March in the territory. The FCT Commander of the agency, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Tsakuwa...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested a pregnant woman, Rabetu Abdulrasak, 24, and a cripple, Shehu Adams in possession of illicit drugs in Edo State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in...
Gunmen on Sunday have kidnapped an officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, along Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 am on Sunday morning while going to his duty...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that one person was killed during a communal clash in Sang village of Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, over the coronation of a Hamlet head. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a Lekki-based based businessman in Lagos, Cyril Chidiebere, for drug trafficking. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect was...
Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have arrested a 20-year old woman, Aminat Ajayi, for alleged unlawful possession of 103 wraps of ‘colorado’ in the Ijora area of the state. The Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin said that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killings of some citizens in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, stated this in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Aruwan said the military...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Following the recent spike in piracy in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG), The Nigerian Navy (NN) says it has sustained presence of her capital ships at sea as well as directed operations bases to enhance efforts to dominate their Areas of Operations. The Director of...
The immediate past Commissioner of Police, Railway command, CP Yetunde Longe, has said that 213 suspects were arrested in one year while she was in charged of the command. Longe disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while assessing her operations at the Railway command headquarters, Ebute-Metta,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Maj.-Gen. Peter Okoye, has assumed duty as the new Commander of Operation Hadin Kai and Multinational Joint Task Force, Sector 3, in border LGA of Mongonu in Borno State. The spokesman of the sector, Capt. Babatunde Zubairu, announced this in a statement issued on...