The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled an attempts by traffickers to smuggle consignments of cannabis and ecstasy tablets concealed in three tubers of yam. The Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the anti-narcotics...
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The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27 year-old woman, Miss Esther Paul, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, one Sadiq Dahiru,to death. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the arrest was made on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Saudi-bound widow with cocaine concealed in footwear at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday, that the 56-year-old widow and mother of four,...
In sustained offensives against terrorists, aircraft of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have bombed the enclave of notorious gun runner Mallam Ila at Manawa Village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A defence operative told PRNigeria that the gun runner was the major supplier of sophisticated weapons to...
.Armed bandits have organized a feast for the child of a 16-year-old abducted female student of Federal Government College (FGC), Birnin Yauri, in Kebbi State, who gave birth to a child in their custody, PRNigeria learnt. The young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released...
Police in Lagos State have arrested a 38-year old man for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other person after raping his wife’s teenage sister in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in his verified Twitter handle...
A joint police and army security team has neutralised two assailants involved in the killing of a former Commissioner and Council Chairman in Enugu State, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, and his brother. It would be recalled that Onuzulike and his brother were attacked and shot dead by the assailants in...
Gunmen have abducted two medical doctors in Cross River State, and are currently demanding for N100 million as ransom to secure their release, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Calabar branch Dr. Felix Archibong has said. Dr Felix Archibong, confirmed this in an interview with the News...
Police operatives are on the trail of a middle-aged man, Hassan Azeez, popularly known as Saudi, for allegedly setting his wife, Olayinka, ablaze in the early hours of yesterday. According to sources, Azeez had an altercation with Olayinka, a mother of one, accusing her of delaying his breakfast in...
Gunmen have killed two members of “Ebubeagu’’ security outfit in Ebonyi State on Friday. Ebubeagu is the regional security organisation put together by governors of the Southeast geopolitical zone to contain insecurity. Police spokesman in Ebonyi, SP Chris Anyanwu, confirmed the killing on Saturday at Abakaliki. “Investigation is on-going...
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) on Friday completed the field training of its cadets of Direct Short Service (DSSC) Course 26 Army, and Course 30 Air Force . The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Battle of Inoculation is the final outdoor field training for the cadets...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen has directed the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) to ensure justice for the underage housemaid allegedly tortured to death by her guardian. Recall that the guardian, who is a microbiologist, poured hot water on the house...
Police in Kebbi paraded one Bashiru Sani of Helende village in Argungu Local Government Area of the state before newsmen on Friday for being in possession of N316,000 counterfeit naira notes. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the money was...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) in Rivers, has impounded five trucks, and arrested a suspect for alleged oil theft. The State Commandant of the Corps, Michael Ogar said this in a statement issued by the Corps spokesperson Olufemi Ayodele on Friday in Port Harcourt. He...
The Delta Police Command has recovered assorted weapons from two suspects currently at large in the state. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Warri. Edafe said that the weapons were recovered on Thursday by police operatives attached to the Ebrumede...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested 18 internet fraudsters popularly known as “yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Ilorin. Mr. Uwujaren said: “the suspects...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A team of hunters and local vigilantes have intercepted a group of suspected kidnappers around Gorgor and Liya villages in Hawul LGA of Borno State. The team also recovered a sophisticated rifle and the sum of N945,000 as exhibits from the kidnappers and handed...
The General Officer Commanding 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, said in winning the fight against terrorism, banditry and other forms of criminality, the Armed Forces must not compete, but rather complement each other to ensure victory. Lagbaja said this on Friday in Kaduna while speaking at a...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Army Theatre Command of Operation HADIN Kai on Thursday said a soldier went berserk, shot and killed a staff of one of the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) providing humanitarian support in the North East. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.Samson Nantip Zhakom,...
The Police Force in Yobe State on Thursday confirmed the arrested of a man, Ibrahim Yunusa, for allegedly restraining and starving his wife, Sadiya for one year. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu. He...