In a harrowing turn of events, the village of Giyawa in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State was plunged into chaos leading to the death of four persons sequel to bandits’ attack.. ASP Ahmed Rufai, the State Police Command’s spokesman, confirmed the terrifying situation to newsmen on...
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Police in Benue State have arraigned one Aondoaseer Agbadu (20) before a Makurdi Chief Magistrate’s Court on Thursday over alleged criminal conspiracy and the harvesting of the kidney of a 17-year-old. Prosecuting Insp. Godwin Ato told the court that one Alexander Swati reported the case at Aliade Police...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – Unknown gunmen have killed and beheaded a Labour Party (LP) chieftain from Abia State, Zachary Nmaduka popularly known as Power Zack. The Abia State Police Command’s spokesperson, ASP Maureen Chinaka, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Thursday in Aba....
The bandits that kidnapped eight Akwa Ibom State graduates on their way to Sokoto State for the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Orientation Camp, have demanded an additional N200million as ransom after collecting N13 million from the victims’ families. Recall that the prospective corps members were...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The leader of a notorious cult group, Gift David Okpara has been declared a wanted person by the Nigerian Police Force for involvement in a conspiracy, cult, and the murder of SP Bako Angbashim, a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the state...
The Police Command in Delta has apprehended a woman over alleged killing of her husband in Mosogar Community, Ethiope West Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through cell phone conversation on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – B The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected ritualist for allegedly killing two casual workers in Taranka village in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State, for ritual purpose. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who...
The Imo State Police Command has nabbed three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and two from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for allegedly harassing and extorting civilians in the state. Also arrested was a 37-year-old Police Inspector for the same offence. ...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has arrested a 39-year old Pastor, Michael Ogundepo, over alleged visa scam. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, DSC Aidamenbor Daniel, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Akure,...
A public servant, Mr Surajudeen Olasinde, on Monday, narrated how his wife Mrs Mistura, and his two daughters; Hauwa and Fatima, were kidnapped around Galadima District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Olasinde, a staff of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), said the incident occured on Friday,...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – The Rivers State Police Command has arrested 6 suspected cultists in connection with the murder of a Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim in the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the late Bako, who was killed during a shot out...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have seized 685.179 Kg of illicit drugs and dismantled 13 illicit drug joints in Kaduna. The state Commander, NDLEA, Mr Ibrahim Braji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday that the seizure...
Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have beheaded Bako Angbashim, the divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Ahoada in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. The incident happened on Friday night. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the officer, a superintendent of police, was beheaded by suspected...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 500-level student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Eric Nuhu, male (23) has been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command, for his alleged involvement in cultism. He was arrested along with a Higher National Diploma 1 and National...
Ekiti State Police Command on Friday arraigned one Adeosun Adeola, who allegedly claimed that N1.6 million kept in his custody by another man disappeared by spiritual means. Thirty-two-year-old Adeola, a resident of Ureje Street in Ado-Ekiti, is standing trial on a two-count charge of breach of peace...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over property recovered from a convicted fraudster, Aisosa Ohue, alias Frederick Leonard, to an American victim, Cheryldene Cook. Its Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the property include the...
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...
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...