Police in Delta State have neutralised a member of a suspected kidnap gang and rescued a victim from the gang’s captivity. Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe told newsmen in Warri, Delta on Friday that the suspect was neutralised on Wednesday, same day as the victim was rescued. “Police operatives...
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The Nigerian Army says efforts are still on-going to rescue the newly-commissioned female officer, Lt. PP Johnson, abducted in Imo allegedly by the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB). Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, stated on Friday in Abuja that the female officer was abducted on Dec....
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a policeman, ASP Drambi Vandi, who allegedly shot and killed a Lagos-based female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas Day. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Chief Magistrate, Mrs C.A. Adedayo, ordered that the suspect should be kept...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the suspension of ASP Drambi Vandi, AP/no 134901, who allegedly shot and killed a female lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, on Christmas day in Aja area of Lagos State with immediate effect. The Commission also directed that the final...
The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, on Thursday said it would monitor prosecution of the police officer who allegedly shot dead, a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was reportedly shot dead in Lagos on Dec. 25, while on Christmas outing...
A Kano High Court on Thursday sentenced one Sagiru Abdullahi, 29, to death by hanging for stabbing his stepmother Zainab Dan’azumi, 55, to death. The court had earlier convicted Abdullahi of Kurmawa Quarters, Kano, on a one-count charge of culpable homicide. Presiding Justice Aisha Mahmoud held that the prosecution...
The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested nine suspects in collection with the alleged murder of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grassroots mobiliser in Oyo Town. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mudashiru was allegedly macheted to death in his father’s house...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State has accused the All Progressives Congress (APC) of killing one of its members. The deceased known as Mudasiru Baraka who hails from ward 4 Tengba, Oyo East local Government area was a said to be a grassroot mobilizer in Oyo town....
The Police in Imo say they have arrested Mr Chinwendu Nwagwu, suspected leader of the gang that killed Mr Ahmed Gulak, a former Presidential Aide. Spokesperson of the police in Imo, CSP Michael Abattam, said this while parading the suspect at the Command’s Headquarters, in Owerri, on Wednesday. Abattam...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended terrorists have killed no fewer than 11 persons and kidnapped unspecified number of villagers from Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada local government areas of Sokoto State, locals have confirmed. Isa, Goronyo, Sabon Birni and Gada are amongst the 8...
The Anambra State Police Command says its operatives had repelled an attack by some gunmen on Ihiala police divisional headquarters and recovered an abandoned AK-47 rifle. The command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the attack to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Ikenga said: “Our operatives in...
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a traditional title holder in Zaria for allegedly sodomising a 14-year-old boy. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Muhammadu Jalige, told newsmen in Zaria, Kaduna State on Wednesday that the suspect would be prosecuted at the conclusion of investigation. Elder brother to...
Gov David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the arrest of the state All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Chief Stanley Okoro-Emegha and a party Chieftain, Chief Eni Chima over communal unrest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there was a supremacy battle between supporters of Okoro-Emegha and Chima,...
The Police command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of three persons and burning of the residential building of Mr Stanley Okoro-Emegha, the state APC Chairman. The three persons killed are: Kalu Egwu, youth leader, Eme Orji, a younger brother of the State APC Chairman and an Inspector of...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)says it has arrested no fewer than 18,940 people for different drug related offences in the last two years. Brig-Gen, Mohammed Buba -Marwa, the Chairman and chief executive of the agency, made this known in Yola on Tuesday while receiving an award of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Service Commission (PSP) has called on police authority to immediately, commence investigation into the shooting and killing of a Lagos lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem by a police officer. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Mr Ikechukwu Ani, made the...
Mr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has condemned the killing of a female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, by a policeman in Ajah, Lagos. Ojukwu made the condemnation in a statement when reacting to the unfortunate death of Raheem. He described the incident...
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday requested the police to come up with more details of the alleged murder of a Lagos-based female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was allegedly shot dead on Christmas Day by a police officer attached...
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a 49 year-old man, who killed and dumped his girlfriend’s aunt in a septic tank. The state anti kidnapping squad led by SP Ogini Chukwuma, disclosed this to newsmen in Calabar on Sunday. Chukwuma said that the suspect, Eyo Bassey, who...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has Intercepted consignments of Colorado concealed in vehicles imported from Montreal, Canada at the Tincan seaport, Apapa and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on...