The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested four suspects over the murder of a retired Brigadier General, Uwem Udokwere, in his Sunshine Estate home in Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, disclosed this at a news conference...
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Panic as gunmen kill popular PoS operator in Ekiti Residents of Ado-Ekiti, the Capital City of Ekiti State were thrown into panic as unknown gunmen on Thursday morning killed a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, popularly known as Alfa Taofeek. This came barely three days after an Okada riders’...
The Nigerian Citizens Association in South Africa (NICASA) and the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) have condemned the alleged murder of a compatriot, Mr Ebuka Nwoko, by South African police officials. The President-General of NICASA, Dr Frank Onyekwelu condemned the alleged murder of the Nigerian in an interview...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – There is serious controversy and tension between the people of Egba and Ologba communities in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State which in the recent time bothered majorly on the murder of a youth from Egba community. The two communities have...
A battle of supremacy by two bandit groups over the control of some mining sites has led to the killing of several terrorists. A credible intelligence obtained by PRNigeria revealed that the brutal clash was between Jammatu Ansarul Musulmin Biladis Sunna, also known as Ansaru, and Dogo Gide’s...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Suspected ritualists have murdered and removed some body parts of a 3-year old girl in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Reports said that the mutilated body of the girl was discovered late Thursday evening without her two eyes which had been...
The Police Command in Rivers has recovered the remains of the former Ahoada Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Bako Angbashim, who was killed by cultists. Angbashim was reportedly murdered by infamous Iceland cult leader, Gift Okpara, alias 2Baba. The police later gunned down the criminal mastermind two years...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi- The recent comment by the Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia that a section of the Masev community involved in cattle rustling that led to the attack and killing of the people at Mbakyor, Mbalom Masev in Gwer LGA was not meant to indict...
By HARUNA AHMED, Duste- The Jigawa State Police Command has launched investigation into the murder of a popularly Dutse restaurant owner, Esther Adekamla, popularly known as Hadiza Nakowa. The command’s spokesman, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Dutse, said the deceased was...
Justice Ibironke Harrison of a Lagos State High Court has sentenced police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi, to death by hanging for killing lawyer, Barrister Bolanle Raheem. Vandi had shot Mrs Raheem dead in the presence of her husband while returning from church on Christmas Day December 25,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMGANI, Bauchi – Police operatives in Bauchi State have commenced investigations and manhunt of the suspects responsible for the gruesome killing of an 18-month old toddler whose corpse was thrown in a soak away. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of...
Gunmen killed 10 people and injured another two at a busy junction in the city of Bamenda in Cameroon’s troubled northwest, the regional governor said on Monday. A witness said the attackers arrived in vehicles late on Sunday, ordered people onto the floor with accusations of failing to back...
The people of Eke Community in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State have alleged the killing of a volunteer member of its neighborhood vigilante watch and a housewife from the community by soldiers. Narrating what transpired on Sunday, Mr Emeka Anigbo, Assistant Chief Security Officer of Eke Security...
The Waziri Muminina of Yorubaland, Ustaz Abdul-Lateef Adekilekun, says killing for blasphemy is not Islamic. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Ede, Adekilekun described Islam as a religion of peace and not of violence. The cleric was speaking against the backdrop of the killing...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benue on Thursday ordered the remand of nIne persons in a correction centre for allegedly robbing and killing one Inspector Peter Ilonye. The police charged the defendants, who live at various addresses in Gwer-East Local Government Area of Benue with criminal conspiracy, armed...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The police authority in Zamfara State has confirmed the killing of SP Kazeem Raheem, the Maru Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Maru LGA of the state. The bandits also killed a Police Inspector, Rabi’u Umar, who was attached to the division. The police spokesman,...
Sen. Teslim Folarin, the APC Governorship candidate in Oyo State, has called on the Nigeria Police Force to investigate circumstances surrounding the killing of a young man allegedly wearing a cloth with his picture. Folarin made the call on Sunday in a statement by his Media Aide, Yekeen Olaniyi,...
Gunmen have killed Nnaemeka Ugboma, the Chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. Ugboma was killed on Thursday by gunmen, who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident according to the Punch, brought the court sitting to an abrupt...
Human Rights Watch on Thursday urged Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr to publicly order police to end their war on drugs. This, has led to the killings of thousands of suspects since the previous administration launched it in 2016. The New York-based rights group noted that Marcos Jnr vowed...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi — The Police in Bauchi have arrested a 25-year old man for allegedly kidnapping and killing a five-year child, the State Command has said. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, disclosed this in a media statement made available to journalists...