The Vice President, Kashim Shettima, on Saturday in Maiduguri lamented that Boko Haram insurgency had inflicted damages in the North-East, to the tune of $9billion. The Director, Information, Office of the Vice President, Mr Olusola Abiola, in a statement, said Shettima stated this while inaugurating the distribution of...
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Gunmen, suspected to be cultists, have beheaded Bako Angbashim, the divisional police officer (DPO) in charge of Ahoada in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State, South-south Nigeria. The incident happened on Friday night. PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the officer, a superintendent of police, was beheaded by suspected...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 500-level student of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Eric Nuhu, male (23) has been arrested by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command, for his alleged involvement in cultism. He was arrested along with a Higher National Diploma 1 and National...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, has condemned the recent attack on the Fadan Kamatan Parish – Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, located in Zangon Kataf LGA of the state. Governor Sani, who condemned the attack in a statement by his Chief...
The police command in Cross River has dispelled a rumour of disappearance of some men’s private parts in Calabar. The command spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, dispelled the rumour while parading 13 suspects arrested in the state in August. Ugbo said that investigations showed that the rumour,...
Ekiti State Police Command on Friday arraigned one Adeosun Adeola, who allegedly claimed that N1.6 million kept in his custody by another man disappeared by spiritual means. Thirty-two-year-old Adeola, a resident of Ureje Street in Ado-Ekiti, is standing trial on a two-count charge of breach of peace...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over property recovered from a convicted fraudster, Aisosa Ohue, alias Frederick Leonard, to an American victim, Cheryldene Cook. Its Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the property include the...
A Catholic Parish house in Kamantan, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State, was on Thursday night set ablaze and a seminarian killed in an attack by bandits. The Parish in Kamantan is under the Catholic Diocese of Kafanchan, Jema’a Local Government Area. The News...
The Commander, Army Headquarters Garrison (AHQ Gar), Maj.-Gen Koko Isoni, on Thursday inaugurated a General Court Martial to try 14 officers and nine soldiers alleged to have breached different provisions of the Armed Forces Act. The court martial was convened at the Scorpion Officer’ Mess, Asokoro Abuja, pursuant...
The Anambra State Government says it apprehended a couple who starved their five-year-old daughter over allegations of witchcraft. Mrs Ify Obinabo, state’s Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare told journalists on Thursday that the couple were apprehended at Adazi-Ani, Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. Obinabo said...
The Defence Headquarters says troops of the armed forces of Nigeria have in the last three months, neutralised 817 terrorists, apprehended 1,326 criminals and rescued 721 hostages in different operations across the country. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known while briefing newsmen...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti Ekiti State Police Command has arrested 10 suspects allegedly connected to the death of a student of Federal University, Oye Ekiti. The deceased, Atanda Deborah, was a 200 level Nursing student who went missing and her body later found in a shallow grave,...
A man has been accused on Thursday of murdering his 100-year-old grandmother with an axe as she sat in a wheelchair. He went on a trial in the northern German city of Hamburg on a charge of homicide. “He could not cope with looking after...
There is heavy security presence at the Court of Appeal Complex located in the Three Arms Zone, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District of Abuja, as the Presidential Election Petition Court gets set to deliver judgment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the judgment is three cases challenging...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A first class traditional ruler, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu Adam, the Gom- Mama, in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, who was on Monday night abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers, has regained his freedom few hours after the incident. NATIONAL...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a first class traditional ruler, Alhaji Mustapha Zubairu Adam, the Gom- Mama, in Wamba Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The traditional ruler was whisked away by his abductors who stormed his palace in Kwarra,...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Bandits have killed no fewer than 2 persons in Bageyi village, kidnapped 22 other persons mostly women and displaced thousands of locals from 4 other villages of Rabah Local Government Area of Sokoto State, sources have confirmed. The bandits, who stormed the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Command has secured a 5-year jail term for Sanni Dikko and Naabu Umar for conspiracy and cheating. Giving his verdict on the two count charge, Justice Mohammed Dogondaji of the Sokoto State High Court convicted...
The Police Command in Ogun on Tuesday said it had arrested two security men for allegedly shooting a man in the eye as a result of a misunderstanding in Sango-Ota area of the state. The police spokesperson in the state, SP Omolola Odutola, who confirmed the incident...
Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot linked to an Islamist rebel group, the force said. Based in the jungles of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) pledges allegiance...