One person was feared shot dead in Ikirun, Osun State on Wednesday. Suspected arsonists also set part of the palace of the Akirun of Ikirun, the traditional ruler of the community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state on fire. Trouble started when a group of persons tried...
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By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia- The Nasarawa State Police Command has rescued six young girls and a baby of about six months after busting a baby factory located at Ado Kasa, in Karu LGA of the state. The girls and the baby according to the police were rescued at St....
Bandits have abducted four people in the Kolo village of Gusau Local Government Area in Zamfara State and refused to collect old naira notes as ransom. Channels Television gathered that the bandits earlier demanded N10m as ransom but after the negotiation, they agreed to collect N5m. Sources from the...
The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River chapter, on Monday embarked on an indefinite strike over the kidnap of its members on Nov. 18. The kidnapped medical practitioners were Dr Joshua Omini, a staff of General Hospital in Ugep community, Yakurr local government area of Cross River and Dr...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 45-year old carpenter, Segun Omotosho, who allegedly beat his wife, Olubukola to death in Ogun State The Police spokesman, CSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday. Oyeyemi said detectives arrested...
A 47- year-old man, Olanrewaju Alonge, was on Monday docked in an Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’Court in Ibadan for allegedly stealing an ATM card and withdrawing N36 million. The police charged Alonge, whose address was not given with theft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigeria Air Force (NAF) Component of Operation Whirl Punch has destroyed about 10 camps and neutralized several bandits during air interdiction missions in 3 LGAs of Kaduna State. The state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, who confirmed the...
Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) has handed over three assailants who attacked its men on official duty to the police. Its spokesman, Mr Emeka Ezeh, told newsmen in Enugu on Sunday that the assaulted officials went to disconnect supply to some energy thieves on Friday, but were attacked by...
The Commissioner of Police in Kebbi, Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, has confirmed the rescue of five persons who were abducted in two separate incidents in the state. Magaji-Kontagora told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi that two women and a man abducted along Bena-Mairairai road were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old female serial kidnapper for allegedly kidnapping two boys. Police Public Relations Officers, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday at Ikeja. SP Hundeyin stated that the suspect kidnapped a three-year-old...
Gunmen have abducted a cleric and his son at Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin on Saturday. Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the abduction on Sunday and said two suspects had already been arrested. “Police are already investigating the matter. Efforts are also at an advanced stage to...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized no less than 5.6 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and tramadol in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the drugs were discovered in items like play station, bicycles, motor propeller and local...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered for an intensified manhunt of assailants who murdered three police operatives performing stop-and-search duty within the state. The policemen were killed at Agbani Roundabout in Agbani community of Nkanu West LGA by armed...
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...
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...