Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos kidnapped by gunmen in the north-central State on August 15. Its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Sewuese Anene, confirmed their rescue to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) at 11.15 p.m....
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The Minister of State for Defence, Dr Bello Matawalle, has urged the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen, Christopher Musa to fish out the killers of Alhaji Isa Bawa, the District Head of Gatawa in Sokoto State. Matawalle gave the charge in a statement on Friday in Abuja, by Mr...
Bloodthirsty bandits have killed 13 persons on their farms at the Ijuwa fringes of the Alawa community of the Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State. The LGA Chairman, Akilu Isyaku, confirmed the killing of the 13 farmers in an interview with a local radio station in Minna...
Enugu State Government, Wednesday, demolished a property allegedly used by kidnappers for the abduction of their victims in Enugu East Local Government. Mr Uche Anya, Executive Chairman, Enugu Capital Territory Development Authority, said the property was an uncompleted storey-building with an underground tunnel at Nkwubor Layout in Emene Nike....
Police Command in Osun says it has arrested a 29-year -old commercial motorcyclist for allegedly robbing his passenger of her valuables and also raped her. Police Spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, made this known when it paraded the suspect and others at the state police headquarters on Wednesday...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of his quest for the safety of the lives and property of citizens in Sokoto State, Governor Ahmed Aliyu has approved the construction of a road in Tureta Local Government Areathat will open up the den of bandits terrorising the Sokoto/Gusau route....
The Air Component of Operation ”Hadin Kai” has eliminated five key terrorist commanders, alongside more than 35 foot soldiers, in a successful air interdictions in Arina, Southern Tumbuns of Borno. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, Nigerian Air Force (NAF), AVN...
An Iyaganku Family Court, sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a tenant, Kareem Mojeed in Agodi Correctional facility, for allegedly defiling his landlord’s seven-year-old daughter. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Olabisi Ogunkanmi, who did not take Mojeed’s plea ordered that the case file should be sent to the Director of...
The Enugu State Government has said it would pull down property, whether private residence or business premises, used for kidnapping for ransom in any part of the state. The Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Chidiebere Onyia, disclosed the government’s threat in a statement issued on Tuesday in Enugu...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The President, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has been invited by the police for interrogation on charges related to alleged “criminal conspiracy, terrorism financing, treasonable felony, subversion and cyber crime” NLC Head of Information and Public Affairs, Mr Benson Upah, disclosed this in a...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Olukayode Egbetokun, has charged the Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to deal decisively with criminals. The I-G specifically directed the SIS to deal decisively with terrorists, bandits and other violent groups threatening the peace and unity of the country. Egbetokun gave the directive on Monday...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have detained two notorious gunrunners and bandits’ informants in Kaduna. The command’s spokesperson ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. Hassan also confirmed the foiling of a kidnapping attempt and the two victims...
The suspect behind the June 25 dynamite explosion at the Rivers State-owned Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt was on police ‘Wanted List” before the incident. NAN reports that a dynamite explosion happened on June 25 near Hotel Presidential in Port Harcourt during a protest by some persons over the...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has tasked security agencies to urgently intensify efforts and ensure the immediate and safe release of medical student abducted in the state. Governor Alia in a statement by the Chief Press Secretary, Tersoo Kula condemned in strong terms,...
The Nigerian Army announced on Sunday that its troops had neutralised a notorious Boko Haram commander, Abu Rijab, and other terrorist fighters in an offensive operation on Saturday. This was made known in a post on the Nigerian army’s official X Handle. It said that the operation took place...
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen kidnap Anambra commissioner, wife, kill aide en route to Soludo’s daughter’s wedding in Abuja
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Anambra State Commissioner for Youths Development, Patrick Aghamba, and his wife. Sources said an aide of the commissioner, whose name was given as Kpajie ABK Offiah, an Onitsha youth and a stalwart of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), who...
No fewer than 20 medical students from University of Jos (UNIJOS) have been kidnapped in Otukpo on Thursday evening. Benue State Police Public Relations Officer, Sewuese Anene told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday by telephone that the incident happened at 5.30 p.m. Anene said that...
Oyo State Police Command has arrested eight suspected serial ritual killers and 15 others over alleged murder, robbery and rape. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Ayodele Sonubi, made this known while parading the suspects at the command’s headquarters in Ibadan on Friday. Sonubi said that the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly burying a man alive in Zaria. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna. Hassan said that the detention of the two suspects...
The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted 12 containers laden with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27, 540 pieces of cutlasses and machetes with duty paid value of N1.8 billion. The Comptroller-General of Customs, Bashir Adeniyi, disclosed this while unveiling the contraband in...