The Edo Government on Wednesday condemned the alleged rape and gruesome murder of one Glory Adekolure, a fresh graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN). The victim was reportedly raped and killed at Iyowa Community, Benin City, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. A source said that Glory, 22,...
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The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 35-year old passenger, who attempted to snatch an airport taxi from it’s driver. Spokesperson of the command, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the case...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Anambra State Police Command has raided and dislodged the secessionist group in the state following credible intelligence report. The Command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement in Awka. Ikenga said a Police-led Joint Security Force intercepted four members of...
The Police Command in Benue on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of three suspected kidnappers in Otukpo Local Government Area of the state. SP Sewuese Anene, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) over the phone from Makurdi....
The Police Command in Ekiti has confirmed the killing of a man in the early hours of Tuesday by two gunmen riding on a commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada in Ado-Ekiti. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the middle-aged man, whose identity had yet to...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Several cars were set ablaze in the Bukuru metropolis of Jos South Local Government Area in Plateau state by hoodlums on Monday afternoon. The hoodlums, suspected to be against the Governor Caleb Mutfwang-led administration’s Jos city renewal drive, also attacked passersby, causing injuries....
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year old elder sister, Ms. Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, has been taken down by officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following the arrest...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A total of 230,600 pills of tramadol 225mg and 200mg were recovered from the duo of Yasir Rabi’u, 23, and Abubakar Ado, 30, who are major distributors of illicit drugs in Kano and Jigawa states, when they were arrested by NDLEA operatives on...
The Police Command in Delta has launched manhunt for a fleeing father who allegedly murdered his six-year-old daughter at Agbarho Community in Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday in Warri identified the...
A police officer shot and injured a magistrate at a court in Kenya’s capital Nairobi on Thursday, before being killed in a shootout with other officers, the Judiciary said. Monica Kivuti, a magistrate at the Makadara Law Courts, was shot after rejecting the bond request for the police officer’s...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a rare display of patriotism, officers and men of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Sokoto/Zamfara Command have rejected 1.5m naira brine offered by suspected railway track vandals. Making this known at a press conference, The Comptroller of Customs, Sokoto/Zamfara Commands, Kamal Muhammed,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Over 30 occupants of two commercial vehicles have been reportedly abducted by gunmen suspected kidnappers along Nasarawa-Keffi road in Nasarawa State. The ugly incident happened on Friday evening along Nasarawa-Keffi road. The gunmen who reportedly abducted their victims and took them into the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 127 suspected internet fraudsters in Ondo State. A statement posted on the official X handle of the commission said the alleged internet fraudsters were arrested on Saturday...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters. The Commission in a post on its X handle, said the suspects were arrested in a sting operation carried out at Whimpey, Ada...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has arrested an 18-year old suspected vandal, Mubarak Abdullahi, for stealing LED road stud lights on the newly renovated Third Mainland Bridge. The suspect was caught red-handed by operatives on patrol around 10:00 a.m. on Friday. Mr....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kaduna State Command, said its operatives have arrested 110 suspects and recovered 520.385kgs of illicit substances in the month of May. Its Commander, Mr Samaila Danmalam, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Kaduna. Danmalam said,...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 4 prospective pilgrims bound for Saudi Arabia were apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Lagos with cocaine consignments. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement issued via the agency’s X handle on Thursday....
The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed a failed kidnap attempt by gunmen on Wednesday night on Alhaji Umar Musa, the Paramount Ruler of Ninzo Chiefdom in Sanga Local Government Area. The spokesperson of the command, ASP Mansir Hassan, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested some members of a criminal gang suspected to be murdering car-hire drivers and stealing their vehicles. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement in Port Harcourt on Monday, linked the group to multiple cases of drivers that got missing....