By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a housewife for allegedly killing her co-wife with a pestle in Gar Village in Pali Ward, in Alkaleri LGA of the state. The police spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakili, said in a statement on Monday that the suspect...
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The Oyo State wing of the Southwest Security Network (Amotekun Corps) has recovered AK-47 rifles, military camouflage and other items hidden in a forest in the state by suspected kidnappers. Commandant of the corps in Oyo State, retired Col. Olayinka Olayanju, told newsmen in Ibadan on Monday that the...
Gov. Nyesom Wike of Rivers, on Monday, handed over the Intelligence and Surveillance Centre built by his administration to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). Speaking at the inauguration and hand-over of the centre to the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, in Port Harcourt, Wike said that the facility was...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – The Police Command in Ondo State has arrested three secondary school students for alleged conspiracy and defilement of a 14-year-old student. The Police Public Relations Officers in the state, SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Akure. SP Odunlami said:...
Zimbabwean police have confirmed that a 13-year-old boy impregnated his 9-year-old cousin in Tsholotsho. 29-year-old father of the pregnant girl was arrested on 29 October 2022, shortly after it was discovered that his daughter was pregnant. He is reported to have been assisting the police with their investigations. Many suspected...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by unidentified hoodlums. Several items including ballot boxes, Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), voting cubicles, among others were destroyed in the fire incident that occurred around...
Operations of a major cocaine syndicate in Lagos have been disrupted with the arrest of a 56-year-old trafficker, Lawal Oyenuga, by the NDLEA. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated in Abuja on Sunday that the suspect was on a mission to deliver 400 grams of the “Class A’’ drug...
…. Others lament having children fathered by terrorists A mother of one of the abducted students of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, has passed away after she learnt that her daughter was impregnated by a terrorist in captivity, PRNigeria learnt from credible sources. The sources, who...
A Bosnian husband and wife have been arrested in Rome, Italy, on suspicion of physically abusing and enslaving their 14-year-old daughter, forcing her to beg outside a supermarket. The police in the Italian capital reported on Sunday. The police said that the girl had also been offered in marriage...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has recovered four kilograms of cocaine soaked in towels from a Brazil returnee. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated in Abuja on Sunday that the drugs were intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on Thursday, Nov. 24. “The move by...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Police in Bauchi State said its operatives have arrested a 12-year old for allegedly kidnapping a three-year old girl. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Superintendent of Police, who stated this in a statement made available to journalists on Saturday, said the father...
Gunmen have killed two security guards in different locations at Ikare-Akoko, Akoko Northeast Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the gunmen raided the government-owned Mimiko Market and NASFAT Schools in the Ikare-Akoko metropolis, killed the guards and dismembered their bodies, leaving their remains in the...
The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested a 36-year-old suspected, Sikiru Ajibola, who allegedly raped 5-year-old boy to death in Ogijo area of Sagamu local government. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oyeyemi...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A primary school teacher with Goldeen Olive Academy Maiduguri, Ms. Anty Zara has been arrested by the police for alleged rape of her pupil, a 4-year-old girl (name withheld) during school hours within the school premises. Our correspondent gathered that the suspect has been...
Martin Luther Agwai International Leadership and Peace Keeping Centre (MLAILPKC) in Jaji, Kaduna State, has graduated 65 troops, to be deployed for peace keeping mission in Mali. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the troops form Nigerian Medical Contingent 9 Level II Hospital for the United Nations...
Rats in northern India have been accused of eating hundreds of kilograms of cannabis seized from drug dealers and stored in police warehouses. “Rats are small animals, and they aren’t scared of the police,” noted a court in the city of Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, after hearing that local police...
The Chairman of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commision (EFCC), Mr. Abdulrasheed Bawa, says the commission has secured 3,328 convictions against financial crimes in 2022. Its spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren stated in Abuja on Friday that Bawa made the pronouncement in Port Harcourt, while declaring open a workshop on...
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday secured the conviction of one Daniel James, a Black American female on Snapchat over internet related fraud. James was charged along side one Atadoga Samuel for same offence. In his judgment, Justice Mohammed Sani, sentenced...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, has said that the proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) remained a huge threat to Nigeria’s security. Monguno said this during the destruction of over 3,000 small arms recovered from across the country by the National Centre for...
The EFCC on Thursday arraigned an Indian, Chandra Singh, before an Ikeja Special Offences Court for alleged N816 million fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Singh is facing a 19-count-charge bordering on bribery and retention of stolen property. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge....