Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered deployment of personnel, operational and intelligence resources to ensure public safety on Mondays and all days in the state. This is sequel to the June 1 order by Gov. Peter Mbah cancelling the weekly sit-at-home order in the...
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The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed an attack on two communities in the state by suspected gunmen on Friday night. SP Onome Onovewakpoyeya, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abakaliki. Onovwakpoyeya said the police...
Hoodlums suspected to be political thugs on Saturday attacked the convoy of the Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello and injured some of his security aides. The attack occurred around 12 noon on Saturday near the Naval Base, a few kilometres from Lokoja, the state capital. The hoodlums blocked...
The Police Command in Oyo State says it has recovered additional weapons at Diamond Hotel, a hideout allegedly being used by the wanted former Chairman of Oyo Park Management Disciplinary Committee, Mukaila Lamidi, aka Auxiliary. The command’s spokesperson, SP Adewale Osifeso, disclosed this in a media briefing at the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 33-year old man for allegedly raping a 10-year old in Nasaru Village in Ningi Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who disclosed this in a...
A teenage Islamic State fanatic has been jailed for life for plotting a terror attack on British police officers, or soldiers after being radicalised online during the pandemic. Muslim convert, Matthew King, 19, expressed a desire to kill military personnel as he prepared to stake out a British Army...
The Nigerian Army (NA) has pledged to continue to do its best to secure Nigeria for peace to reign across the country. Maj-Gen. Mohammed Usman, General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan gave the assurance on Friday during a courtesy visit to him by Defence Correspondents at...
US President Joe Biden tripped and fell while handing out diplomas at a graduation ceremony for the US Air Force Academy in Colorado on Thursday. Mr Biden, who is the nation’s oldest serving president at 80, was seen being helped up by Air Force officials and walking back to...
President Bola Tinubu has directed the Armed Forces and other security agencies to provide adequate security measures to safeguard lives and properties of all citizens across the country. The President gave the directive on Thursday when he met with security chiefs at the presidential Villa, Abuja. Addressing State House...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba has approved the promotion of 31,465 personnel, consisting of 24,991 Sergeants to Inspector, 194 Corporals to Sergeant and 6,280 Constables to Corporals. The IGP gave the approval in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by...
Police in Lagos State arraigned a 42-year-old Qur’anic teacher, Suleiman Araromi, before an Ogudu Magistrate’s Court on Thursday for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a lady and defrauding her of N536,000. Araromi, who resides at Balogun Ilawe Street, Alapere, Lagos, is facing a three-count charge of stealing, fraud and unlawful sexual...
Defence Headquarters says troops of the Armed Forces have in the last two weeks neutralised 58 terrorists and bandits and apprehended 161 others in various operations. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made the disclosure on Thursday in Abuja at the bi-weekly news conference on the operations...
Troops of the Armed Forces have recovered and destroyed stolen petroleum products in the South-South geo-political zone and neutralised 58 terrorists and bandits as part of the war against terrorists and other criminal elements across the country. Director, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Majpr-General Musa Danmadami, who made this known...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, on Wednesday shot dead two people and also abducted two others at a farm in Awo Village in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun. One of the deceased was an area commander of Ogun security outfit, So-Safe Corps, identified as Saheed Ogunrinde. The...
The Niger Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has arrested three suspected ‘black marketers’ for fabricating huge extra tanks in their vehicles. The Public Relations officer of the corps, DSC Nasire Abdullahi, stated this while addressing news on the arrest in Minna on Wednesday. He...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation in Enugu. The EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – A popular Tiktok musician, Crown Uzama (known as ShalliPopi) and his manager, Ajayi Hafeez (known as 21 Badda) has been arrested for alleged internet-related fraud. The spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on...
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday sentenced a 42-year-old man, Suleimon Usman to life imprisonment for defiling his eight-years old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Usman was charged with a two-count charge bordering on defilement, which he had pleaded not guilty to....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA), have arrested members of a syndicate involved in the illicit importation and trafficking of lethal synthetic opioid, Fentanyl. The Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Babafemi said that...
An Osun State High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced the owner of Hilton Hotel and Resort, Ile-Ife, Dr Abdulrahman Adedoyin to death by hanging for the muder of Obafemi Awolowo University’s postgraduate student, Mr Timothy Adegoke. The hotelier was sentenced to death alongside two others who were found guilty of...