Justice Joy Unwana of Oron High Court, Akwa Ibom and her driver who were abducted by unknown gunmen on Monday have regained their freedom. The Commissioner for Information, Mr Ini Ememobong, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo on Saturday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that...
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By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man for possessing and transacting in fake naira notes within Enugu Metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Enugu. DSP Ndukwe said Police...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Nigeria Army Council has approved the promotion of 122 senior officers to the ranks of Major General and Brigadier General. The Army spokesman Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who disclosed this in a statement, said a total of 47 Brigadier Generals were promoted...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Nigeria Navy Board has approved the promotions of the Naval Spokesman, Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan and 29 other senior officers to the rank of Rear Admiral and 28 Captains to the rank of Commodore. The Director of Information, Navy, Commodore Ayo-Vaughan, announced this in...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has said the peace the nation enjoys is paid for with the blood, limbs and sacrifice for family pleasure of military personnel. Lagbaja said this on Thursday at the 2023 COAS Christmas Carol organised to give praise and thanks...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has arrested 7 suspects, including a former political ward councillor, for criminal activities within Enugu metropolis. The command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said police recovered six firearms, 16 live cartridges, and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Zone 2 Police Command has arrested no fewer than three suspected ritualists for being in possession of two human hearts. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Tunni Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Ayuba...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has reiterated the determination of the armed forces of Nigeria to end terrorism and insecurity across the country. To accomplish this task, troops are strategically deployed to conduct operations across the country in order to create a safe environment for...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has arrested five suspects in possession of AK 47 rifles in Kurmi village of Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. “On Dec....
The remains of former Chief of Army Staff, Maj.-Gen. Chris Alli, has been laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alli, who died at the age of 79 in Lagos on Nov. 19, 2023, was Nigeria’s...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year old man identified as Muhammad in connection with a case of gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, disclosed this...
Gunmen on Monday night abducted Mr Sunday Bage, a prominent farmer in Pari village in the Chawai chiefdom of Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Also picked along with Sunday was his wife, Listu. A source from the village told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that the...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of a High Court Judge, Justice Joy Uwana and her driver in Oron Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the judge was abducted on Monday along with her driver, while...
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple for alleged trafficking in a month old baby. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the couple procured the baby in Lagos and were on their way to the...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, in the early hours of Tuesday, kidnapped a Second- Class Chief and 20 residents in the Pupule area of Yorro local government in Taraba state. The gunmen, according to locals in the area, invaded the community around 2:am and took away 21 members...
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple suspected to be trafficking one month old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. This is contained in a statement signed by the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, and made available to newsmen on Tuesday in Onitsha. Ikenga...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested Ekeere Ebong, a 55-year-old lawyer, over alleged wife battery. It would be recalled that Ebong, a resident of plot 40, L line, Ewet Housing Estate, Uyo, in a video that recently went viral, “assaulted and...
The Police on Monday said they have arrested four suspects and neutralised two in connection with the Oct. 23 deadly bank robbery in Otukpo area of Benue. The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, said this in Abuja at a meeting with Strategic Police Managers, consisting of...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 7,590 tons of illicit drugs and substances worth over N800 billion and arrested 42,105 drug offenders in three years across the country. The NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Buba (rtd), made this known when the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday said its operatives have recovered 1.5 million pills of tramadol and Rohypnol bound for South Africa at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, on Thursday. The NDLEA also arrested two suspects, Bada Akorede, and...