Rivers State Police Command has arrested some of their men accused of killing one Eze Nyebuchi of Woji community in Obio Akpor, Rivers. Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Olatunji Disu confirmed the arrests in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by police spokesperson in the...
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Justice Hakeem Oshodi, on Tuesday sentenced one Clement Ododomu to death by hanging and one Tiwei Monday to 16 years in a correctional centre. Oshodi delivered the judgement after careful considerations of facts before the court and the demeanor of the convicts, which he termed as ‘unremorseful’. The...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has debunked a newspaper report which alleged that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa has died on Monday. The Director of Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, stated this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
Commissioner of Police in Rivers State, Mr Olatunji Disu, has dismissed claims of an assassination attempt on the factional Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Edison Ehie. Disu told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the command had launched full investigation to ascertain the claims made...
A 34-year old man has been arrested and charged with the rape of a 90-year old woman in an aged care home in the town of Bateau Bay, 100km north of Sydney in Australia. An Australian Guardian report on Tuesday, citing the police, said that the suspect entered...
One out of the five kidnapped female students of Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA) in Katsina State has regained freedom after about 50 days in captivity. The girl was released from the kidnappers den and taken to Kuncin Kalgo, Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara, from where she...
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on Monday called on all maritime stakeholders to step up efforts in combating piracy and all forms of crimes and criminalities in Gulf of Guinea (GoG) coastal areas. The event was organised by the Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peacekeeping...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian Navy (NN) has rescued a Cameroonian registered fishing vessel, MFV AFKI, which drifted off its course since Oct. 24 with two crew members on board. Naval spokesman, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja,said...
Imo State Governor,. Hope Uzodimma on Monday in Owerri presented N185 million as compensation to bereaved families of security personnel killed at Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state on Sept. 19. Gunmen killed five security personnel attached to a military joint taskforce that was on routine...
Residents of 13 villages sacked by bandits in the southern part of Kebbi have returned home following restoration of relative peace in the areas. The 13 villages are Sawade, Bakin Gulunbi, Mai Kpanu, Malekachi, Sakawa, and Sabongida, Kauran mai Zanma, Luga, Angela Kibiya, Angela Dado, Tsirinda, Kasama and...
Justice Hakeem Oshodi of an Ikeja High Court has warned members of the public to stop leaving charms in his courtroom. Oshodi gave the warning on Monday as the trial of five men charged with the murder of one Ifeanyi Etunmuse began. “No one should leave charms in...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Monday, sentenced a 65-year old man, Igwe Ambrose, to double life jail term for inserting fingers into the private parts of his tenant’s children, ages seven and 11. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye...
The Defence Headquarters said troops of 29 Task Force Brigade foiled the attack by terrorists on the convoy of Yobe Governor along Maiduguri-Damaturu road on Saturday. A statement by the Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, on Monday in Abuja, said the troops also recovered the two...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano State Police Command has alerted the public of plans by some groups of political party supporters to cause violence in the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the groups plan to...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has expressed heartfelt condolences on behalf of the Nigerian Army, on the passing of former COAS, retired Maj.-Gen. Chris Ali. COAS Lagbaja’s condolence message was contained in a statement issued by the Director...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Police Command has arrested one suspect in connection with the death of a student of Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Kwara, Toyin Bamidele. The deceased identified as Toyin Bamidele, student was, on Thursday, found lying in a pool of her blood in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Seven years after his escape from prison custody following his conviction for drug dealing, a notorious major distributor of illicit substances within the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Ibrahim Momoh, popularly known as Ibrahim Bendel, has been arrested by operatives of the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered 63,767.3kg of Indian hemp and 82,320 illicit pills in eight states in the last one week. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated this on Sunday in Abuja and added that five persons,...
The Forward Operating Base (FOB) of the Nigerian Navy in Badagry, Lagos, on Sunday intercepted 50 sacks of cannabis sativa worth N70m at Gbethrome community in Badagry. Lt.Cdr Kelly Umoru, FOB Base Operations Officer, said personnel seized the items at about 6.30.a.m. at an uncompleted building near the...