By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Operatives from the Federal Intelligence Bureau (FIB) and Special Tactical Squad (STS) Force headquarters, have killed a notorious bandit and arrested an accomplice in Kaduna State. The state police command spokesman, ASP Muhammad Jalije, made the disclosure in a statement issued on Saturday in...
Crime News
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a school principal, identified as Joshua Adeyemi, alongside four others along the Auga/Ise-Akoko Road in Akoko North-East LGA of the state. Adeyemi, the principal of Auga Community Grammar School, was abducted together with his vice, Ifedayo Yesufu,...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Thursday said its operatives have arrested a 32-year-old drug trafficker based in Liberia, Maduabuchi Chinedu, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja with 9.30 kilograms of cocaine worth over N2.7 billion in street value. The NDLEA...
Five people were killed and over a dozen injured in a car bombing near a school in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, a security official said, in the latest attack to hit the troubled country. “There was a car bomb blast… the death of five people was confirmed and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of The Ogun State Police Command have arrested 5 members of a kidnap syndicate terrorising Obada Oko and its environs in Ewekoro Local Government Area of the state. The Police spokesman in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on...
Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists are planning to establish a camp in Niger State, authorities have said. The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Ahmed Matane, raised the alarm on Tuesday while briefing reporters in Minna, the state capital. He decried the escalated...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Operatives from the Niger State Police Command have arrested four suspected kidnappers and other suspects for rustling cattle in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Wasiu Abiodun, made the disclosure in a statement issued in Minna on Monday. DSP Abiodun, said...
An APC governorship aspirant in Zamfara in the 2019 governorship election, Alhaji Sagir Hamida, was killed by unknown gunmen on Sunday evening, a family source has confirmed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered from the deceased’s elder brother, Kabiru Hamida, that Sagir was killed near Abuja while he...
Deadly twin bomb blasts in Uganda’s capital Kampala earlier this week have drawn worldwide condemnation, with different capitals pledging to stand with Uganda in the fight against the resurgence of terror attacks that have regional connotations. Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), an affiliate of the Islamic State in central Africa,...
By THOMAS AKASE, Lafia – Operatives from Nasarawa State Police Command have repelled an attempt to abduct Mr Umar Nasiru-Black, Nasarawa-South Zonal Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP). This is according to a statement signed by Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state and made...
At least 53 people were killed in a weekend attack on a gendarmerie post in Burkina Faso, an updated government toll showed on Wednesday. The update came as President Roch Kabore responded to a public outcry over the worst strike on security forces in years. Sunday’s bloodshed has provoked...
Armed police and soldiers patrolled the Ugandan capital Wednesday as security was stepped up following twin suicide bombings claimed by the Islamic State that killed three people in the heart of Kampala. Ugandans have been urged to remain on high alert after Tuesday’s attacks, the latest in a string...
The Islamic State (IS) group claimed responsibility for a twin suicide bombing on Tuesday in the Ugandan capital Kampala that killed three people and left several dozen wounded. IS, which said three suicide bombers took part, with one attack targeting the central police station and another aimed at parliament,...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar – The Cross River State Police Command have arrested a suspected abductors of the Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG) Pastor Sunday Adeniran and the female teacher who were kidnapped on Saturday in Calabar . NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that the Anti Kidnapping and Cultism Squad (AKCS)...
……….As Gov. Tambuwal presents over 188bn 2022 budget By ANKELI EMMANUEL Sokoto – Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed about 15 people during attacks on some communities in Goronyo and Illela Local Government Areas of Sokoto State. The state Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, confirmed the attack on Monday, shortly...
The Federal Government has described the allegation by Global Advocates for Terrorism Eradication (GATE) that its officials are sponsors of terrorism, as a disgusting distraction. This is contained in a statement on Sunday by the Minister of Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. Mohammed said that the...
BY SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Terrorists belonging to The Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have engaged in a heavy gun duel with troops at a military base in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State. Sources said the ISWAP terrorists were sighted in a long convoy of...
The Department of State Services (DSS), Kano State Command, has arrested three suspected members of a notorious syndicate that specialises in trailing people to banks to rob them after withdrawing money from the banks. The Director, DSS, in the State, Mr Alhassan Muhammad, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Suspected gunmen in Army uniform have unleashed mayhem on Utanga communities close to the Obudu Cattle Ranch Resort in Obalinku LGA of Cross River State. An eyewitness, a youth leader, Agom Osim said that the gunmen, numbering over 20, were heavily armed with sophisticated weapons...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have inflicted heavy casualty on Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in an ambush in Pulka Town in Gowza LGA of Borno State. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed...