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)...
Crime News
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....
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested the wife of a suspected pipeline vandal and possession of two fabricated guns in Rivers. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Public Relations Officer (PRO), Babawale Afolabi on Saturday in Abuja. According to the PRO, the...
The Nigeria Hunters and Forest Security Service (NHFSS), Anambra Command, has busted a kidnappers’ den in Anam forest, Anambra-West Local Government Area of the state. The NHFSS Deputy Commander-General, Technical Services, Dr John Metchie, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on Friday in Abuja. Metchie said that the operation,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters (Yahoo boys) at different locations in Abuja. The commission’s spokesman, Dele Oyewale, said made this known in a statement in Abuja. Mr. Oyewale said 18 of the suspects were...
An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife, on Friday remanded a 25-year-old man, Adebisi Kola, for allegedly beating a woman to death. The police charged Kola with assault and homicide. Magistrate Kikelomo Adebayo did not take Kola’s plea on grounds that his court lacked the jurisdiction to hear...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 30-year old suspect who allegedly masterminded the killing of six corps members during the 2011 post election violence. The suspect, according to the Police, led a group of youth who were armed with dangerous weapons to...
Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 49-year old father accused of attempting to sell his 5-year old daughter for N1.5 million. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this on Thursday in Bauchi at a news conference. Muhammad said the suspect, who claimed to...
The Police Command in Benue have confirmed the kidnap of two female students of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi on the night of Saturday, May 25. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Sewuese Anene on Wednesday confirmed the incident to the News Agency of...
In a significant victory for the Nigerian Army counter-terrorism efforts, a notorious terrorist commander known as Lawal Kwalba has surrendered to troops. The suspected terrorists’ commander turned himself in on Thursday, 28 May 2024, following intensified military operations targeting terrorists enclaves in Kaduna State. The army in a...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – No fewer than 3 kidnappers have been killed and one suspects arrested by officers of the Operation Zenda from Benue State Police Command, who raided their hideout in Sankera area of the state. The police also rescued two kidnapped victims unhurt. They...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Four members of the Benue State House of Assembly on the late hours of Wednesday escaped death after their convoy was attacked by blood thirsty gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The legislators were Samuel Jiji of Logo state constituency, Cephas Dyako of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Police in Nasarawa State have arrested four armed robbery suspects in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State. A statement by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Nasarawa Division led...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – No fewer than 11 persons have been killed by bandits that invaded three villages in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State. The spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Sunday. The police spokesman...
A student of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, has been beaten to death by some of his colleagues for allegedly stealing a mobile phone belonging to one of them. A source within the institution told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the students started beating...
The Nigerian Navy has impounded three barges laden with suspected stolen crude oil and refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) ,arresting seven, at Tunu Community Creek, in Ekeremor Local Government Area of Bayelsa. The Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, Commodore Nanmar Lakan told the News Agency of Nigeria...
Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives had arrested a suspect involved in the vandalism of railway tracks with 100 pieces of rail tracks. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Kaduna. Hassan said the arrest...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded 2 suspects for drugs peddling, and attempting to bribe a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the state. The command also paraded 22 others for various offences which includes possession of illicit drugs and substance as well as...
An Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Friday remanded a 22-year-old man, Victor Orlando, who pleaded guilty to stealing two television sets from a church. The Magistrate, Miss K. A. Ariyo, directed that Orlando should be kept in a custodial facility pending review of facts of the case...
Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed an alleged suicide by a final year student of the Ebonyi State University in Abakaliki. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the student, identified as Miss Favour Ugwuka, allegedly committed suicide in her hostel room at the Ishieke campus of the...