Mrs Nafisat Muideen, the mother of a 5-month-old baby killed by a German Shepherd dog (Alsatian dog) at Hallelujah Estate, Osogbo, Osun on Wednesday, said there was no timely rescue during the attack. Muideen, 28, narrated her ordeals while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) at...
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By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Command says its operatives have killed five suspected kidnappers during a shootout in Jama’are town Jama’are Local Government Area of the State. The Commissioner of Police in the State, Auwal Muhammed, disclosed this through the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed...
Edo State Police on Thursday warned that the use of dangerous weapons would not be tolerated at Saturday’s local government elections in the state. Police spokesman in the state, SP Chidi Nwabuzor quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mr Mohammed Dankwara, as stating that adequate personnel had been deployed...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Human rights and constitutional lawyer, Barr. Ichire Imo-Okim, has called on Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, Adepoju Carol Wura-Ola, to stop NIS personnel operating in Cross River State from harassing or intimidating traditional rulers of Effi community in Ikom LGA of the state....
Niger State Police Command has confirmed the death of a 16-year-old girl, Priscilla Galadima, who was crushed to death by a tanker in Minna. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Minna on Thursday. He said the deceased...
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...
Police in Lagos State arraigned a 31-year-old, Eghiewe Aigotsua before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for alleged obtaining N6.04 million from a complainant under false pretence. Police prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that Aigotsua fraudulently obtained N6.04 million from one Adewale Adebiyi claiming that he...
Police in Delta State have revealed how its operatives arrested 67 persons suspected to be homosexuals in Ekpan Community in Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Wale Abass, said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday at the Ekpan Police Station....
The Ebonyi State Police Command has rescued an Inspector of Police attached to the Police Detective College, Enugu and the village chairman of Ngwogwo, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi from kidnappers. Police spokesperson in Ebonyi, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, stated in Abakaliki on Tuesday that the duo...
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 20-year-old student, Austin Ife be remanded in a correction centre for alleged murder and belonging to a cult group. Ife who lives at No 22 Solomon Akaahan Street in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue was charged with criminal conspiracy,...
The Police Command in Bauchi State, has arrested 15-year old Adamu Ibrahim for chopping off the hand of a farmer in Jital village, Bauchi local government area (LGA) of the State. This is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, and...
The Police Command in Benue, has confirmed the arrest of one Aondohemba Joseph, over the death of Justice Margaret Igbetar, a retired President, Benue Customary Court of Appeal, The State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday in Makurdi. The...
A retired President of the Benue State Customary Court of Appeal, Mrs Margaret Igbeta, has been allegedly murdered in her home located at Wantor Kwange Street in Makurdi metropolis of the state. Igbeta, 72, was found lifeless in a pool of blood Thursday night. Our correspondent gathered...
A soldier was killed in a robbery attack in Benin on Wednesday, the police confirmed on Thursday. Spokesman of the police in Edo, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, told newsmen that the robbery took place at the First Eastern Circular and Akpakpaba Roads intersection in the Edo capital. She...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man and his wife for allegedly stealing their neighbour’s two- year-old son. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated this on Thursday in Lafia while briefing newsmen. Nansel said that the father of the victim, Adamu Abdullahi of Orange...
At least, four people were killed and six wounded in a mass shooting on Wednesday night at a landmark biker bar in Trabuco Canyon in Orange County (in southern California). The law enforcement sources said made this known on Thursday. Authorities descended on Cook’s Corner on Santiago...
The Police Command in Adamawa has apprehended 94-year-old man for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in Tappare ward, Ganye Local Government Area. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the command spokesman, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Yola on Wednesday. He said the suspect, who is a...
There was pandemonium on Wednesday in Nkpor, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, over ownership of parks, as armed masked men allegedly took over the parks. It was gathered that no fewer than five persons were allegedly injured during the stampede caused by the shooting from the...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has warned members of the public on raising false alarm over alleged disappearance of male genitals in some local government headquarters of the state. Police warning is coming on the widespread alarm of missing male organs in...
Former Nigerian Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, has been charged with bribery offences relating to her time as Nigeria’s oil minister, the United Kingdom (UK) National Crime Agency (NCA) said on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke, 63, has been on bail since first being arrested in London in October 2015. She will...