A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by bandits. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The News...
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The Anambra State Government says it apprehended a couple who starved their five-year-old daughter over allegations of witchcraft. Mrs Ify Obinabo, state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare told journalists on Thursday that the couple were apprehended at Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. Obinabo said...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects allegedly connected to the death of a student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti. The deceased, Atanda Deborah, was a 200 level Nursing student who went missing and her body later found in a shallow grave,...
A man has been accused on Thursday of murdering his 100-year-old grandmother with an axe as she sat in a wheelchair. He went on a trial in the northern German city of Hamburg on a charge of homicide. “He could not cope with looking after...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A first class traditional ruler, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu Adam, the Gom- Mama, in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, who was on Monday night abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, has regained his freedom few hours after the incident. NATIONAL...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a first class traditional ruler, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu Adam, the Gom- Mama, in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The traditional ruler was whisked away by his abductors who stormed his palace in Kwarra,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Bandits have killed no fewer than 2 persons in Bageyi village, kidnapped 22 other persons mostly women and displaced thousands of locals from 4 other villages of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, sources have confirmed. The bandits, who stormed the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Command has secured a 5-year jail term for Sanni Dikko and Naabu Umar for conspiracy and cheating. Giving his verdict on the two count charge, Justice Mohammed Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court convicted...
The Police Command in Ogun on Tuesday said it had arrested two security men for allegedly shooting a man in the eye as a result of a misunderstanding in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested no fewer than 20 suspects for alleged internet fraud in Ibadan. The EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren made this known in a statement on Monday in...
Anambra State Police Command says its operatives attached to Harbour Division, have arrested two robbery suspects dispossessing unsuspecting citizens of their valuables on the recently inaugurated 2nd Niger Bridge. The Police team was on surveillance patrol on the Bridge when they apprehended the suspects who were about to steal...
A middle aged woman on Friday in Aba, Abia State beat up her husband for daring to question her relationship with a pastor living in their area. The mother of three, whose full identity was not known, lives along Ukonu Street, off Ajah-Ngwa Road, Aba South. She allegedly got...
There is palpable fear of breakdown of law and order in Birnin Magaji community of Zamfara state over the refusal of bandits to release community members at their disposal even after their own (terrorists’) wives were released by the youths who had abducted them. A reliable source in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 16 victims who were kidnapped have been rescued by a team of security agents comprising personnel of the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigerian Army and other quasi security outfits. The team also killed scores of suspected kidnappers, who have...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a suspected drug kingpin, Ngene Onyedikachi, who allegedly recruited a fake couple, Kingsley Ilonzeh and Roseline Ilonzeh for drug trafficking. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
At least seven persons have been killed by armed bandits while performing prayers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village of Ikara Local Government Area. The Kaduna State Police Command’s Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Hassan said “at...
The Police Command in Katsina State, has arrested 10 suspected fraudsters in possession of fake N144,000 notes. The command Spokesperson, ASP Aliyu Abubakar-Sadiq said this in Katsina on Friday. According to him, the suspects were arrested by detectives on Aug. 28, at Bakin Kasuwa quarters in Kankia, following...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says airstrikes have destroyed terrorists’ camps in Borno State as well as illegal oil refining sites in Rivers State. The NAF spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. ...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Command says its operatives have killed five suspected kidnappers during a shootout in Jama’are town Jama’are Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Auwal Muhammed, disclosed this through the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed...