The Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command, on Tuesday paraded 42 suspects for offences ranging from murder, armed robbery, cultism, diversion of goods and recovered fresh human parts. The new Commissioner of Police, Adebowale Williams, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan. The News...
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By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the killing of police inspector, Adebayo Adeforiti, and abduction of a Chinese national by some gunmen at CGC construction company along Shao/Oloru Expressway. The police spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, said in a statement on Tuesday that the...
Katsina State Government says bandits have completely burnt down two primary health centres in Batsari Local Government Area of the state. Dr Shamsudeen Yahaya, the Executive Secretary, Katsina State Primary Health Care Development Agency disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday in Katsina. According to him, 69 out of the...
Sporadic gunshots and bomb blast have been reportedly heard near the Kuje Correctional centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on Tuesday night. Residents close to the area, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said the heavy gunshots which started at about 10.pm lasted close to...
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC), has detained the Managing Director of a construction company, Temitope Banjoko, over allegations of money laundering. ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, confirmed the arrest to Channels Television on Tuesday. She said that Banjoko was awarded a contract worth N46,305,000...
Gunmen have kidnapped an Abuja-based officer of the Naval Headquarters in Abuja, Musa Lawal. The victim, with enlistment no. X12775 ABRP3, was whisked away by his abductors in Kogi State. It was gathered that some heavily armed men numbering five invaded his residence located behind Post Flood Housing Estate, Lokoja...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Operatives from The Ondo State Police Command have re-arrested a convict identified as Ikuemelo Tosin, who escaped during the jailbreak in Owo Correctional Centre in March. The convict, popularly know as 4G Network, was arrested and arraigned in court for alleged cultism and murder,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 50 hoodlums have attacked some members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly during a meeting on Monday. The hoodlums who were armed with dangerous weapons, stormed the venue of the meeting along Sir Kashim Ibrahim road, few meters away from...
Angry natives on Monday set two suspected ritualists ablaze for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl to death in Ede-Oballa, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State. An eyewitness from the community, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the incident had thrown the community into...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Benin – The police authority in Edo State has confirmed the abduction of two Catholic Reverend fathers from Central Senatorial District on Benin-Auchi Expressway between Ehor and Iruekpen areas. The police spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who disclosed this in a statement, identified the Catholic priests are...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Igboeze North Local Government Area of Enugu State has been burnt down by unknown arsonists. The office, situated at the council’s headquarters in Ogurute was set on fire late Sunday night and the affected building was...
Edo Police Command on Sunday said its men arrested seven suspected cult members in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin. NAN recalls that the police command on...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a former driver with a public transport company, BRT, identified as Muyiwa Babalola Bolujoko for ingesting 90 pellets of cocaine. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi said in statement thatsuspect was arrested on Monday at...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than. 56,000 bandits have so far surrendered to the Nigerian Army since Operation Hadarin Daji began in the north Western states of Sokoto, Kebbi, Zamfara and Katsina. Maj General Uwem Bassey, who is the General Officer Commanding, 8 Division, Nigerian Army, Sokoto...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 22 blocks of heroin, with street value of over N4.5 billion at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on Sunday in Abuja....
Dr Mansur Muhammed Dansadau, the Medical Director of Dansadau General hospital in Zamfara State alongside two other health workers who were abducted in Dansadau emirate have been released by their abductors. It was gathered that they were released on Friday night after seven days in captivity after the sum...
By OlA MODUPE, Akure – Operatives from the Ondo State Police Command have rescued about 77 people for the case of suspected abduction from The Whole Bible Deliverance Church in Ondo Town, Ondo West LGA of the state. The state police spokesman, SP Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed the rescue operation...
Chief of Army Staff, Lt.- Gen. Farouk Yahaya, has described sports as very critical to the physical and mental alertness of military officers. COAS Yahaya made the remark during the ceremonial tee-off of a golf tournament at the Arsenal Golf Course on Saturday in Owerri. The News Agency of...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Zamfara State has faulted Governor Bello Matawalle’s directive to the people of the state to bear arms and defend themselves. In a statement, The Secretary of the PDP in the state, Faruku Ahmed, said the decision to allow...
The Abia State Police Command has confirmed electrocution of a suspected electric accessories thief at Amoji-Ukwu Village, Obingwa Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, said the suspected thief was electrocuted in the early hours of Friday while cutting two cables linked to a...