Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a couple on the Osogbo-Iragbiji Road in Osun on Saturday as they were returning from a church programme at 4 a.m. The man and his wife were reportedly riding on a motorcycle when they ran into an ambush mounted by the kidnappers....
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The Police in Ondo State said seven suspects have been arrested for stoning a 35-year-old driver to death on April 10. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the driver, Olorunfemi Tope had in an accident killed one person and injured others along Ijoka road in Akure. The...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested one Abubakar Abdulaziz, 30, who allegedly kidnapped and murdered a three-year old boy in Musawa Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, CSP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Katsina....
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old woman, for allegedly selling her 18-month-old baby for N600,000 in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), FCT command, has seized 2,265.677 kilograms of different drugs between January and March in the territory. The FCT Commander of the agency, Mr Kabir Tsakuwa, made this known in an interview with the News Agency Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. Tsakuwa...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have arrested a pregnant woman, Rabetu Abdulrasak, 24, and a cripple, Shehu Adams in possession of illicit drugs in Edo State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in...
Gunmen on Sunday have kidnapped an officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, along Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 am on Sunday morning while going to his duty...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that one person was killed during a communal clash in Sang village of Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, over the coronation of a Hamlet head. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested a Lekki-based based businessman in Lagos, Cyril Chidiebere, for drug trafficking. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, revealed this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that the suspect was...
Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have arrested a 20-year old woman, Aminat Ajayi, for alleged unlawful possession of 103 wraps of ‘colorado’ in the Ijora area of the state. The Command Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday. Hundeyin said that...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it arrested 12 persons for alleged vote buying in Saturday’s supplementary polls in Kano and Katsina States. The EFCC Kano Zonal Commander, Faruk Dogondaji, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview that the suspects were arrested with N1.5...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, has ordered the immediate removal of the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) at Okokomaiko Division over alleged extortion of members of the public by his operatives. Recalled that police operatives from Okokomaiko Division allegedly arrested a cell phone...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ibadan – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Ibadan Zonal Command has arrested 44 suspected internet fraudsters (popularly know as Yahoo boys) in Oyo State. The EFCC in a statement via its Twitter handle, said the suspected fraudsters were arrested in Apete and Bodija...
No fewer than 4 suspects have been arrested by the police in connection with the alleged attempt to kidnap Nigerian singer, Tiwa Savage. The spokesman of The Nigeria Police Force Criminal Investigation Department, Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. NAN...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The operatives if Nasarawa State Police Command have killed three suspected kidnappers and rescued a victim in Sabon Gida, in Lafia East Development Area of Lafia local government area of the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known in...
The Police Command in Ebonyi, has paraded four arrested suspects in connection with the murder of Mr Peter Nweke, People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) ward chairman in Ezza North local government area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Nweke was murdered in the area during...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – The corpse of a 16-year old “Almajiri’’ boy has been recovered by the police in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa’ State on Friday. Assailants had gorged one of his eyes before the police arrived. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated...
Police operatives have killed two suspected terrorists while repelling their attack on Danmarke village in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The police spokesman in the state, CSP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Katsina. CSP Isah said that: “Today, Friday, at about...
Police on Friday, confirmed the death of four people and 11 others rescued while emaciated from occultation underground in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi. The police said in a security report that they had been tipped off that there were dozens of people starving to death at a...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, says it has arrested no fewer than 93 suspects for various crimes in the state between January and March. Mr Adamu Salihu, the NSCDC state Commandant, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...