Gunmen have abducted a 66-year old traditional ruler, Oba Clement Olukotun, the Oloso of Oso, at Ajowa-Akoko, in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Friday that the abductors stormed the traditional ruler’s residence at about 10.15 p.m. on Thursday...
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By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command on Friday said its operatives from the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) unit have rescued two children abandoned by their mothers in the Marina area of Lagos State. The command disclosed this through a post on its official Twitter handle....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday prayed an Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan to convict a former NIHORT Director, Ademola Idowu and former NIHORT Accountant, Isiah Ajisafe of N124 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that EFCC is prosecuting Idowu and...
Unidentified gunmen early Friday morning, attacked a mosque in Ughelli, Delta state, leaving 11 worshippers injured. A resident who spoke to NAN on phone, said the attack took place at about 6.47 am when some Muslim faithful were holding their morning prayers at the Central mosque, located along Okoroda...
The Kogi State Government has confirmed the Kidnapping of passengers from an 18-seater bus in the state. The Security Adviser to Kogi State Governor, retired Naval Officer Jerry Omodara, who disclosed this on Thursday, however, said that the State government was on top of the case. According to reports,...
Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, the apex socio-cultural organisation of the Igbo people, has condemned killings in parts of Enugu and Ebonyi states. Chairman, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Council of Elders, Chief Emmanuel Iwuanyanwu, condemned the killings while addressing newsmen in Owerri, on Thursday. Iwuanyanwu, an elder statesman, frowned at the “wanton destruction...
Troops of Operation Hadarin Daji have apprehended five bandits’ collaborators at Daudawa village in Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State with the sum of N19.5 million in their possession. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, said this at the bi-weekly update on military operations across the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 24.6 tonnes of illicit drugs and other psychotropic substances seized from drug traffickers in Kwara. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the confiscated illicit drugs, equivalent of 24,616.111 kg, were destroyed on Wednesday in Ilorin. The state Governor,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police command has arrested a 27 year-old suspected Yahoo boy, Obeta John, for allegedly killing his girlfriend, one Idowu Buhari, an HND1 Mass Communication student of Gateway polytechnic Saapade. The Police Public Relations Officers , SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 25-year old final year student of Adamu Tafawa Balewa College of Education, Kangere, in Bauchi State, Kamal Gumau, has allegedly killed his friend, over who is the rightful owner of a girl. The deceased, Usman Tiffi, is also a final year student of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – At least three abducted victims, including an 85-year-old woman have been rescued by troops of Operation Forest Sanity during fighting patrols in 3 LGAs of Kaduna State. The troops also destroyed several bandits’ camps during the operation. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Nigerian Army has described as false an allegation from a South-East-based non-government organisation, International Society for Civil Liberty and Rule of Law (INTERSOCIETY), against its internal security operations in the South-East”. The Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Jonah Unuakhalu,...
A senior staff of Golden Olive Academy has disclosed that the father of Aisha, a minor alleged to have been abused, once complained to their school management about the attitude of the driver who regularly takes his daughter to and fro from school back home. PRNigeria gathered that one...
The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the arrest of a woman who allegedly beheaded her 11 months child in Yonen community of Ugep, Yakurr Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesperson of the command, SP Irene Ugbo gave the confirmation on Wednesday in Calabar. She said...
Police in Katsina State have arrested a 53-year-old man who specialised in producing bulletproof charms for bandits and criminals. Police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, told newsmen in Katsina on Tuesday that the suspect resides at Maiduguri Road in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. He...
The push by the Nigerian Armed Forces to end insurgency in the North East of the country has so far led to the surrender of 82,237 fighters and their families since July 2021. The bulk of the surrendered fighters of Boko Haram and Islamic States West Africa Province (ISWAP)...
The Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar El-Kanemi, says the challenge of terrorism was created by outsiders who came to settle in Borno in the name acquiring Qur’anic education. The Shehu said this when he hosted the Director, Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Jimmy Akpor and a team of journalists who visited...
Airstrikes from the Nigeria Air Force (NAF) fighter jets have killed 24 terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province, ISWAP. The operation, PRNigeria gathered, took place on Sunday, at Tumbun Hamma, one of the identified locations for ISWAP training camps in Lake Chad. The terrorists who were...
As part of showing love to humanity, health personnel at the Giwa Barracks detention Centre in Borno State have been helping pregnant wives of detained Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists to deliver their children successfully, PRNigeria has gathered. The detention facility has also been providing the children of their...
An Iyaganku Family Court sitting in Ibadan, on Tuesday ordered that a 42-year-old man, Alabi Zakariyau be remanded for for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 11-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Patricia Adetuyibi, who did not take the plea of Zakariyau ordered that he should be remanded at Abolongo Correctional...