By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Command has arrested 13 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in Kwara State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Ilorin on Thursday. Mr. Uwujaren...
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By OLA MUDOPE,Akure – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested a 35-year-old commercial motorcyclist, Peter Nweke, for allegedly raping a 15-year-old boy (name withheld) in Ondo State. The NSCDC spokesman in the state, DSC Daniel Aidamenbor, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
The Police on Thursday said they have arrested four suspects over alleged armed robbery, conspiracy and kidnap of a Swiss national. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this at a media briefing in Abuja. He said the principal suspect lured the Swiss national to Nigeria, posing...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Theater Commander, Joint Task Force (JTF) Operation Hadin Kai North East, Major General Ibrahim Ali, says over 100,000 Boko Haram insurgents have voluntarily surrendered to the military within the six months of his leadership at the theater command. Maj. Gen. Ali disclosed this...
UN human rights office on Thursday said at least 87 people including ethnic Masalits were buried in what it described as a mass grave in Sudan’s West Darfur. The human rights office said it has credible information that the Rapid Support Forces were responsible. However, the RSF officials denied...
Thai authorities on Thursday detained three German nationals and a 27-year-old Pakistani man in connection with the discovery of the dismembered body of a German businessman in Thailand. The Bangkok Post newspaper said the German suspects are a 52-year-old man and two women, aged 52 and 54. According to...
Gov. Dauda Lawal of Zamfara, on Thursday expressed dismay over the killing of some gallant police personnel who were on duty in Tagero village and Sakajiki community of Bungudu and Kaura Namoda local government areas of the state. The victims were allegedly killed by some unknown gunmen. The governor...
Operatives of the Yobe Police Command have arrested a couple, Abdullahi Ibrahim and Khadija Ali for allegedly stealing a motorcycle belonging by a Muslim cleric in Fika Local Government Area of Yobe. This is contained in a statement by DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command Spokesman, in Damaturu. He said Ibrahim,...
The Imo Police Command said it arrested 56 suspects for various criminal offences, including armed robbery, kidnapping, child trafficking, cultism, murder and terrorism between January and June. The Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Barde, said this at the command’s headquarters in Owerri, while briefing newsmen on the recent exploits by...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 3 Division Nigerian Army deployed to quell the crisis in Mangu LGA of Plateau has killed three bandits in the area. This is according to a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja by The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu....
The Police Command in Osun has arrested a 17-year-old girl who allegedly lured her victim from Lagos to Osun, through the social media. The Command Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known on Tuesday in Osogbo. Opalola said the victim was lured to Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area...
Thunder strike has reportedly killed three suspected kidnappers in the agrarian Oro Ago community in the Ifelodun LGA of Kwara State.t
Suspected gunmen on Monday abducted a Catholic Priest of the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi, Rev. Fr. Joseph Azubuike. Azubuike, the Parish Priest of St. Charles Catholic Church, Mgbaleze Isu, Onicha Local Government Area of the state, was kidnapped alongside three other persons in the area. A statement by the...
The Ebonyi Police Command said it neutralised a suspected member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), allegedly trying to enforce the sit-at-home order in the state. The command disclosed this in a statement issued in Abakiliki by its Spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, and made available to newsmen...
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, says the Nigerian Army will do whatever it takes to restore peace and security to Kaduna State and the entire country. Lagbaja gave the assurance on Tuesday when the Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State, paid him a courtesy visit...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has expressed sadness and grief over the latest round of violence and killings in Plateau State. The President in a statement on Tuesday by his media aide, Dele Alake, condemned in strong terms the most recent internecine killings in Mangu Local...
Of the 21 military, paramilitary and other allied security agencies in the country, only five have persons from the North Central, Southeast and South-South as their Heads, a research analysis by PRNigeria has shown. They are the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the Federal Fire Service...
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court, has remanded four minors to Borstal Correctional Center, for allegedly raping a 16- year-old girl inside a Church’s toilet. The defendants, all students, aged 17, reside with their parents at Ikosi Ketu, Lagos State, are being tried for conspiracy, rape and cyber bullying. The Magistrate,...
Armed bandits on Monday night killed four policemen serving under Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The officers were said to have mounted a checkpoint along Bungudu-Gusau Road when the armed bandits ambushed and opened fire on them. The spokesperson for the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP...
Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Yahaya Abubakar, newly-deployed to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday assumed duty and read riot acts. The spokesperson for the department, SP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed the assumption of duty to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...