The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly setting five of his step-children ablaze at Fagun crescent area of Ondo town. Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Akure....
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two Pakistani businessmen at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Lagos with 8 kilograms of cocaine. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, that the drugs were concealed...
NDLEA has arrested two businessmen who had been on the run for months over their involvement in drug trafficking. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated in Abuja on Sunday that one of them, Nnebo Christopher had been wanted for his role in the importation of 40 cartons containing 346,800...
Paucity of funds is stalling investigation into the alleged murder of five persons in Ndong Nwong community in Odukpani LGA of the state over allegations of witchcraft. Police in the state said they needed money to conduct autopsy on the corpses. Police spokesperson in the state, SP Irene Ugbo...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has announced the released of 21 children abducted from a farm in Mairuwa in Faskari LGA of the state. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the 21 children – 17 girls and 4 boys – aged between 15 and 18, were...
A U.S. court has sentenced popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Abbas Ramon, aka Hushpuppi, to 11 years imprisonment over fraud and money laundering. He was sentenced by Judge Otis Wright of the United States Central District Court in California on Friday, November 4, 2022. Recall that in June 2020, the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Security operatives have rescued Mrs Victoria Dandaura, the abducted wife of the head of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS) Mr Appollos Dandaura. Recall that Mrs Dandaura was earlier abducted from her residence in Gidi-Gidi area...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than two young people were killed following an attack by gunmen on Toro town, Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State in the early hours of Friday. Our correspondent learnt that the gunmen also kidnapped one person during the attack which happened...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ekiti State Command, has destroyed no fewer than 3.7 hectares of Hemp farmland at Ire-Ekiti Forest in Oye Local Government Area of the state. Slso, the agency had arrested eight suspects, including a woman alleged to be involved in cultivating the illegal...
The Katsina State Police Command has said it is making efforts to rescue the 21 teenagers abducted from a farmland in Mairuwa, Faskari Local Government area of the state. The victims, who are mostly between the age of 16 and 21, were kidnapped on Oct. 4, 2022. The command’s...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – It was a black Thursday night for the students of Nasarawa State University Keffi, as armed robbers stormed the community and collected their belongings at gun point. The robbers, who were over forty in numbers attacked the students in their different compounds behind former...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Ibadan on Friday, has granted bail of N200,000 each to two nurses and two security personnel working with Ibadan Central Hospital, Ibadan, for allegedly cutting off flesh from a corpse in their hospital. The defendants are nurses Muibat Olatunji, 27, and Oluwafunmilayo...
Mrs Anthonia Okonkwo, the widow allegedly stripped naked by some youths in an Enugu State community says she did not harvest snails from the scared forest as alleged by the perpetrators. Okonkwo made the disclosure on Friday when an NGO, the Women Aid Collective (WACOL) led by the Founder,...
A 28-year-old man identified as Nicolas Aina, has been arraigned to court for stabbing his 64-year-old mother, Caroline Adeyelu, to death. Aina also injured his 33-year-old sister, Angel Adeyelu, at their family house in East London, United Kingdom. According to itv News, the 28-year-old allegedly went into his sister’s...
Autopsy reports by Nigerian Army and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on late police Insp. Monday Orukpe allegedly killed in Ojo Lagos by some soldiers Two autopsies carried out on late police Insp Monday Orukpe of the police command in Lagos State have revealed that the officer died...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arrested two suspects for alleged possession of human hair and flesh. The police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Osogbo. SP Opalola said the suspects were arrested on Thursday in Ijebu...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Gunmen have kidnapped one Mrs Victoria Dandaura, wife of the head of the Corps’ Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). The incident happened at the victim’s residence in Gidi-Gidi, around Cattle market, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday at about 7 p.m. The spokesman of...
A former employee of Wema Bank, Akinyele Ogunpola,40, was on Thursday docked in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abeokuta, for allegedly stealing N70million from his employer. The defendant, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offence...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 284 seized parcels of cannabis sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kebbi. The Customs Comptroller in Kebbi, Mr Joseph Attah, handed over the cannabis seized from drug traffickers to the state NDLEA Commander, Mr Sulaiman Usman, in...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, says it has arrested and repatriated 18 foreigners for allegedly possessing voters cards. The NIS Comptroller in the state, Isah Dansuleiman, made this known during a sensitisation programme on the 2023 general elections for stakeholders in Ibadan on Wednesday. The News...