Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 3 persons at Tse Gamber, Sengev Council Ward in Gwer-West Local Government Area (LGA) by suspected herders. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told newsmen in Makurdi that the victims were her cousins. Anene...
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Aare Atunluse Omoluwabi Oodua Worldwide, Chief Muritala Audu, has pledged unwavering solidarity of Yorubas to the Nigerian Armed Forces to tackle insecurity in the nation. Audu, also an APC Chieftain in Ogun, gave the promise, in a statement on Monday in Lagos, when he paid a courtesy visit...
A lecturer with the Department of Biochemistry, School of Life Sciences, Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna in Niger State, Dr. (Mrs) Adefolalu Funmilola Sherifat has been found slaughtered in her residence in the Gbaiko Area of the town. The chairperson of the Academic Staff Union...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has busted a child-stealing syndicate and arrested a suspect at Igogoro village in Enugu-Ezike community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
No fewer than 10 Nigerian Navy warships have returned to base after a military exercise to checkmate criminals in the nation’s waters and the Gulf of Guinea (GoG). The warships are Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Sagbama, NNS Nwamba, NNS Ibeno, NNS Dorina, NNS Gongola, NNS Ikene, NNS Badagry,...
Police authority in Benue State has said a medical doctor has been arrested in Rivers over the disappearance of three children from Benue. The medical doctor, whose name was not given, was arrested by the police in Rivers following an alert on the missing children. The police spokesperson,...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The first of the Nigerian Navy’s 2 x 76m, 1200 Tons High Endurance Offshore Patrol Vessels (HE OPVs) was formally launched at the Dearsan Shipyard, Tuzla, Istanbul, Turkey on October 26, 2023. Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Minister of Defence, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar are currently in Turkey to facilitate the speedy delivery of T-129 ATAK helicopters to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF). The Federal Government procured six units of T-129...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) has taken into custody two wanted heads of transnational criminal organisations with multi-billion-naira worth of illicit drugs and assets seized from them. This was after weeks of intelligence-led operations across the country and outside Nigeria....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – NDLEA seized 4.9 million dollars and 57 million CFA suspected to be counterfeits on the Abuja-Lokoja Highway on Tuesday. The CFA, backed by the French treasury is the legal tender in Francophone West and Central Africa accepted in 14 countries. The...
Troops of the Operation Hadarin Daji of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with the operative of the Zamfara Police Command have rescued the four kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau (FUGUS).troop Jo This is contained in a statement issued by the Information Officer, Operation Hadarin Daji, Capt....
Police in Kogi have arrested the stepmother of the 11-year-old boy buried alive on Wednesday by the woman’s 17-year-old son. Police spokesman in Kogi, SP Williams Ovye-Aya said in Lokoja that the woman was arrested on Thursday soon as she returned from the church Passers-by rescued the 11-year-old...
The Defence Headquarters says troops have neutralised 50 terrorists and apprehended 114 others within a week in various operations across North-East, North- Central and North-West. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen on the operations of the Armed Forces, on Thursday in...
Kogi State Command has arrested Goodness Oshodi, a 19-year-old boy who allegedly buried his step-brother, Friday Oshhodi, for allegedly stealing N1000. The incident happened Tuesday evening October 10, 2023, at Apamisede Community, in Adavi Local Government Area of the state. The victim was however lucky to have...
Two female students of Kwara State Polytechnic have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of one Adeniyi Ojo. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known while addressing newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja. Adejobi said the suspects were apprehended by operatives of Force...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Army has said it is undergoing vigorous and rare operational, administrative and structural transformation to shore up its capabilities in confronting emerging security challenges. The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, stated this while addressing troops...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi- Bauchi State Police Command has arrested an 18-year old pregnant housewife for allegedly beating her five-year old step-daughter to death. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this while parading the suspect before journalists at the Command’s Headquarters alongside other...
An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday convicted two pipeline vandals, Clement Ododomu and Tiwei Monday, charged with killing seven officers of the Department of State Security (DSS). The killings occurred on Sept. 14, 2015 at Ishawo Creek, Ikorodu, Lagos State. Justice Hakeem Oshodi found Ododomu and Monday guilty...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan , on Tuesday, ordered that a 22- year-old man, Bidemi Olayode in Agodi Correctional facility, over gang-rape and murder of his sister. Olayode, who lives in Alapa Community, near Ayegun area of Ibadan, is charged with conspiracy and murder. The Chief...