Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdmen have killed a resident pastor of Living Faith Church, Aloko- Oganenigwu in Dekina LGA of Kogi State, Jacob Wodi Hulobu, following the invasion of the community on Sunday. After the gunmen attacked the church during the early morning service, Jacob was said to...
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Actress Kim Sae-ron was on Wednesday sentenced to 20 million won ($15,000 and about N6.9 million) in fines for driving under the influence of alcohol in 2022. The Seoul Central District Court handed out the monetary penalty for Kim, 23, who crashed her car into a guardrail and trees...
A 17-year-old has been taken into custody for allegedly defiling two minors. The Police Commissioner in Kano, Mr Mamman Dauda, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. ”The police on April 2, at about 3 p.m received a distress call that...
In an update to the earlier report suggesting the kidnapping of about 10 students in Kachia LGA, the Kaduna State Government has received detailed reports from security agencies on the incident. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued...
The Kogi Government has vowed to bring the perpetraitors behind the Sunday attacks on Oganenigu communities in Dekina Local Area of the state to justice Gov. Yahaya Bello, made the promise when he visited Oganenigu community in company of heads of security operatives in the state. Bello, represented by his...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) says it has arrested some members of a cult group in the FCT perpetrating gruesome acts of sextortion. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday by Mr Vincent Adekoye, Press Officer, NAPTIP. Adekoye said that...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-GP), Mr Usman Baba, has pledged the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) towards fostering reforms in the policing system of the country. Baba gave the commitment when he received officials from the Police Reform and Transformation Office (PORTO) in the Presidency and inauguration...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A, Ikeja, has handed over seized expired drugs, valued at about N1.4 billion to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). The FOU Zone A Acting Controller of the Service, DCG Kehinde Ejibunu, did the handing...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Seme Area Command, has handed over seized six million dollars (N2.76 billion) to the officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Seme, Lagos State. The Area Controller of the command, Comptroller Dera Nnadi, disclosed this on Tuesday at a media briefing on...
The police command in Ogun has arrested a suspect, allegedly connected with the kidnap of a journalist, Oluseun Oduneye, at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on March 9. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said that the suspect...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the UN Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, the Edo State capital, were meant for deployment for peacekeeping mission in South Sudan. It would be recalled that a video clip titled, “tension as heavy...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – No fewer than 10 students in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been kIdnapped by armed bandits The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Tuesday in Kaduna. He said the...
Gunmen have kidnapped two members of the family of the village head of Nasarawa in Tsanyawa Local Government in Kano State. Those kidnapped are his wife, Halima Kabiru, 38, and Dahiru Kabiru, who is 20 years old. Mr Mamman Dauda, Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed the abduction...
A Family Court in Iyaganku , Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a 50-year-old man, Isaac Fagbohun, in Abolongo Correctional facility for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in his neighbourhood. The police charged Fagbohun with defilement. Chief Magistrate P. O. Adetuyibi did not take the plea of Fagbohun for want...
The Police Command in Kano State has arrested one Philibus Ibrahim for allegedly strangling his pregnant girlfriend, 22-year- old Theresa Yakubu . Ibrahim, who committed the offence in Tudun Wada Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, was arrested alongside his accomplice Gabriel Bila, both of Unguwar Korau Tudun-Wada...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Adm. Awwal Gambo, has approved appointments of senior officers comprising Rear Admirals and Commodores as part of the routine reorganisation in the service. The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, made this known in a statement...
The Police Command in Plateau have arrested five of its personnel attached to its C Division for allegedly shooting a 17-year-old boy, Ibuchim Ofezie, in Jos. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. The News...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has debunked a viral video circulating in the social media depicting the invasion of Katsina by unknown creatures (aliens). The police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, made the clarification in a statement issued on Monday in Katsina....
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Government on Monday announced the immediate imposition of 24-hour curfew on Sabon Garin Nassarawa-Tirkaniya area of Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, said in a statement issued in Kaduna...
Many persons have been feared killed after gunmen on Sunday invaded communities in Oganenigu Ward of Dekina Local Government Area (LGA) of Kogi State. Authorities suspect that the assailants were herdsmen. Sources say the invaders stormed the communities shooting sporadically, and burning hundreds of houses in the early morning...