By HARUNA AHMED,Yola – The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly gang raping a 15-year- old girl in Mayo Belwa LGA of the state. The police spokesman in the state, SP Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in...
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Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, has promised to support the police in its investigation over the death of a bolt driver, Mr Obasi Okeke. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Affairs of the institution, Mr Daburi Misal on Monday in Karu. Misal...
Suspected hoodlums have reportedly set ablaze the Campaign Office of Murtala Yakubu-Ajaka, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Governorship Candidate in the forthcoming election in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the office, which is located on John Holt road, near Paparanda Square, Lokoja, was gutted...
The family of Mr Patrick Awuda, father of Chinyere Awuda, 27, who was found dead at Cosmilla Hotel, Awka, last Monday, has described the loss of his daughter as a huge shock. Awuda, 79, who hailed from Nnobi in Idemmili South Local Government Area who spoke to journalists in...
The Zone 2 Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old Beninoir father, Mr Pome Banda, and three others who allegedly lured a nine-year-old boy from Benin Republic for money ritual. The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG), Mr Ari Mohammed, disclosed this to newsmen in Lagos. Mohammed said in the process...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted 48,380 pills of tramadol along Ewohimi road, heading toward Kabba in Kogi. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Mr Femi Babafemi. Babafemi stated that the consignment were...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed 33 hectares of cannabis farms in Ondo and Edo in the past week. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said 29 hectares of cannabis farm was destroyed on July 20 at the Ofosu...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 12 suspects for conveying solid minerals from Kaduna State and Plateau to Port Harcourt in Rivers without relevant permits. The Commandant of NSCDC in Edo, Mr Samuel Dan, disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Abuja. According to him,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a drug kingpin, Charles Uwagbale, with 93 wraps of cocaine in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the notorious drug...
Police in Ogun on Saturday confirmed the death of six friends after taking alcohol in their friends house in Ogbogbo, Ijebu North-East Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occured on Tuesday, at a drinking joint where the seven friends...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Troops of the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services (DSS) have destroyed an enclave of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Asaba, Delta. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement...
A 32-year-old man, David Shodola, suspected to be mentally challenged, on Friday beheaded an 84-year-old man, Alfred Opadipe, in Iperu community, Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun. Shodola also ended up dead as he was said to have violently resisted arrest and attacked police officers with a machete....
Police Command in Cross River has arrested two staff members of Port Harcourt Electricity Distribution Company (PHEDC) over alleged vandalism of the company’s utility cables. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the two PHEDC staff members were among the 17 suspects paraded for various offences by the...
One Mr Matthew Uyangha has been sentenced to 25 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old orphan (name withheld). Uyangha was sentenced by Justice Blessing Egwu of the Calabar Division of the High Court of Cross River on Thursday, July 20 The rapist had drugged and kidnapped the...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested three suspects in connection with the murder of a Bolt Driver, Obasi Okeke in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr Haruna Garba, said this on Thursday at a news conference in Abuja. Garba said...
A young lady identified as Chinyere Awuda has been reportedly beaten to death for allegedly stealing a celebrant’s money in Cosmila Hotel in Awka, the Anambra State capital. According to reports, the lady who hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, was alleged of stealing bundles of cash...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Imo State Police Command has foiled gunmen attack on the Chairman, Council of Imo Traditional Rulers, Eze Emmanuel Okeke, at his Amaifeke palace in Orlu LGA of the state.. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday....
A 46-year old man, identified as Jude, has been arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating his two daughters in Ikwa community, Zuba Chiefdom, in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja. A neighbour, identified as Idris, who disclosed that the accused, a father of four: two females and two males,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned one Mohammad Idris before Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on one count charge of obtaining by false pretence to the tune of N1,000,000.00...