Bandits, who abducted 10 persons from an estate, Sagwari Layout, Dutse, Abuja, on January 7 have reportedly killed three more of their victims as a warning to their relatives negotiating ransom. Thereafter, the bandits increased their demand from the initial N60 million per person to N100 million. The...
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The Federal Government has promised to ensure better days for military personnel, veterans and their families. The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru, gave the assurance while speaking to newsmen at the Wreath Laying Ceremony to mark the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day (AFRD) on Monday in Abuja. Badaru...
The Police Command in Kaduna State has confirmed the abduction of Halimatus Sa’adiya Bello and her 17-year-old son, Yusuf Bello, at Dogarawa Area, Sabon Gari Local Government Area of the state. ASP Mansur Hassan, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Police in Rivers State have neutralized a notorious suspected cult leader, Silas Oderereke, during a raid on his camp in Oderereke community, Ahoada-West area of the state. The state police spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Port...
Kidnappers have killed a secondary school student, Folorunsho Ariyo, who was abducted on Sunday in Dutse axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. Recall that on Sunday, January 7, 2024, gunmen stormed Sagwari Layout Estate in Dutse, capturing ten people—among them Miss Ariyo, her mother, and three siblings....
Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed the Community Development Committee (CDC) Chairman of Mgboshimini in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers state. It was gathered that the CDC Chairman identified as Chief Ndidi Livingstone was killed in front of his church, the Peculiar Faith Ministries in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuj Troops of 192 Battalion, 81 Division, Nigerian Army on Sunday, intercepted a suspected transnational drug syndicate with illicit substances suspected to be Cannabis Sativa. The Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Nwachukwu said the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the SAHCO import shed of the Lagos airport has recovered 30,000 packs of tramadol 225mg consisting 300,000 pills. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi, who confirmed this in a statement on Sunday, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, an imported strong synthetic strain of cannabis, packaged in 324 bags with a gross weight of 111.2 kilograms in Onikan area of Lagos Island. The NDLEA...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigerian Police Force says its has began investigation into the abduction of six sisters in Bwari Area Council of Abuja. This comes after one of the abducted sisters, identified as Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, was killed by the gunmen who are demanding N60 million ransom....
Niger State Police Command has arrested 15 suspects for various offenses ranging from banditry, kidnapping, arms dealing, car theft, defilement/rape, thuggery and having illicit drugs. The State Commissioner of Police, Shawulu Danmamman made this known during a press briefing held at the command headquarters in Minna...
The palace of Igwe Emmanuel Nnabuife, the traditional ruler of Isseke Community in Ihiala Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra, has been burnt down by yet-to-be identified arsonist. An indigene of the town, simply called Emmanuel, said the Palace was one of four buildings, including the family house...
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Zuba, on Friday sentenced a dismissed Inspector, Haruna Ocheni to 30 years imprisonment for killing a 17-year-old boy. The police charged Ocheni with culpable homicide not punishable by death. Delivering judgment, Justice Kezziah Ogbonnaya held that the prosecution had proven...
Heavy security has been beefed around the Supreme Court of Nigeria Complex in the three arms zones of Abuja ahead of the for judgment in the Kano State governorship election appeal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the apex court will also deliver judgment in Lagos,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa State, said it has arrested a fake soldier wearing military camouflage and a notorious armed robbery suspect. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Nasarawa State Command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the two criminals were...
Bandits have killed the village head of Kukar Babangida, the Magaji Zauren Katsina, Alhaji Haruna Ubale and two of his sons in Jibia Local Government Area of Katsina state on Thursday. The assailants killed six other persons and burnt five vehicles in the village. Police spokesman in the...
An Ibadan Family Court sitting at Iyaganku remanded a fake doctor, Olarewaju Oludele (50), at the Agodi Correctional Centre on Thursday for allegedly causing the death of a baby boy. He allegedly drowned the baby in a canal. The magistrate, Mrs O. O. Ogunkanmi who did not take...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of Benjamin Ikaa before Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja. He was sentenced to five years imprisonment for his involvement in $1.6million cryptocurrency fraud. Ikaa pleaded guilty...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Headquarters, 6 Division, Nigerian Army has condemned in strong term the unprofessional conduct of two of its personnel involved in the brutality of a civilian in Rivers State, in a viral video online. The Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division Army Public Relations,...