The Katsina State Police Command has said it is making efforts to rescue the 21 teenagers abducted from a farmland in Mairuwa, Faskari Local Government area of the state. The victims, who are mostly between the age of 16 and 21, were kidnapped on Oct. 4, 2022. The command’s...
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The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) said it would conduct final outdoor field training exercise for cadets beginning from Saturday. The Acting Public Relations Officer of Academy, Major Kayode Owolabi said in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna that cadets of Direct Short Service Course 26 Army, and Course...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – It was a black Thursday night for the students of Nasarawa State University Keffi, as armed robbers stormed the community and collected their belongings at gun point. The robbers, who were over forty in numbers attacked the students in their different compounds behind former...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting at Ibadan on Friday, has granted bail of N200,000 each to two nurses and two security personnel working with Ibadan Central Hospital, Ibadan, for allegedly cutting off flesh from a corpse in their hospital. The defendants are nurses Muibat Olatunji, 27, and Oluwafunmilayo...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The United Nations Children’s Fund has called on the Federal Government to immediately secure the release the of the 21 children recently abducted in Faskari local government area of Katsina State This was contained in a press release made available to journalists in Bauchi on Friday,...
Mrs Anthonia Okonkwo, the widow allegedly stripped naked by some youths in an Enugu State community says she did not harvest snails from the scared forest as alleged by the perpetrators. Okonkwo made the disclosure on Friday when an NGO, the Women Aid Collective (WACOL) led by the Founder,...
A 28-year-old man identified as Nicolas Aina, has been arraigned to court for stabbing his 64-year-old mother, Caroline Adeyelu, to death. Aina also injured his 33-year-old sister, Angel Adeyelu, at their family house in East London, United Kingdom. According to itv News, the 28-year-old allegedly went into his sister’s...
Autopsy reports by Nigerian Army and Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on late police Insp. Monday Orukpe allegedly killed in Ojo Lagos by some soldiers Two autopsies carried out on late police Insp Monday Orukpe of the police command in Lagos State have revealed that the officer died...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arrested two suspects for alleged possession of human hair and flesh. The police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Osogbo. SP Opalola said the suspects were arrested on Thursday in Ijebu...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Kaduna State has condemned the incessant kidnappings for ransom and killings of people in the state. The PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Abraham Catoh, condemned the act on a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Kaduna. Mr. Catoh...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Gunmen have kidnapped one Mrs Victoria Dandaura, wife of the head of the Corps’ Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS). The incident happened at the victim’s residence in Gidi-Gidi, around Cattle market, Lafia, Nasarawa State, on Wednesday at about 7 p.m. The spokesman of...
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian troops on Oct. 29 repelled an attack by the Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists at Wawa Cantonment in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at a bi-weekly news briefing on the operations of armed...
A former employee of Wema Bank, Akinyele Ogunpola,40, was on Thursday docked in a Chief Magistrates’ Court, in Abeokuta, for allegedly stealing N70million from his employer. The defendant, is charged with conspiracy and theft. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olaide Rawlings, told the court that the defendant committed the offence...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The kinetic and non-kinetic operations being conducted by troops of the Nigerian military in the various theatres of operations have continued to record significant results with the elimination of 59 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists and arrest of over 90 other criminal elements. Director, Defence Media...
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has handed over 284 seized parcels of cannabis sativa to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Kebbi. The Customs Comptroller in Kebbi, Mr Joseph Attah, handed over the cannabis seized from drug traffickers to the state NDLEA Commander, Mr Sulaiman Usman, in...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Oyo State Command, says it has arrested and repatriated 18 foreigners for allegedly possessing voters cards. The NIS Comptroller in the state, Isah Dansuleiman, made this known during a sensitisation programme on the 2023 general elections for stakeholders in Ibadan on Wednesday. The News...
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, has directed the Commissioner of Police, Osun State, CP Olaleye Faleye, to investigate the alleged assault on female Inspector Olorunsogo Bamidele by her DCO in Ode Omu Osun State. In a trending video, the female police officer accused her attacker who she gave...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ismaila Atumeyi, has arrested a candidate of Kogi State House of Assembly with N326 million and $140,500 cash. Atumeyi, who is a candidate of New Nigeria Peoples Party, is seeking to represent Ankpa 11 Constituency in the Kogi State House of Assembly....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Musa Hamza, a resident of Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, has been sentenced to death by hanging by a High Court number 10 sitting in the state for killing his friend. The presiding Judge, Justice Faruq Sarki, found the man guilty that...
The Minister of Defence, Retired Maj-Gen Bashir Magashi, has said the Ministry is trying to verify the source of the security alert threat issued by the U.S. Magashi said this when he appeared before the House of Representatives committee on Army to defend the 2023 budget proposal for the...