By HARUNA AHMED, Sokoto – At least four persons have been killed following an gas explosion from a shop of a local welder in Isa Local Government Area of Sokoto State. Three other persons also sustained various degrees of injuries in the incident that occured on Sunday afternoon. The...
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The Police Command in Imo says it has launched a rescue operation to free a Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Jude Maduka, who was kidnapped on Sunday morning. Maduka, the Parish Priest of Christ the King Parish, Ezinachi/Ugwuago of the Diocese of Okigwe in Okigwe Local Government Area, was abducted...
The Police Command in Lagos State on Sunday, confirmed the electrocution of two members of staff of the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) in Lagos State. The incident took place at the Obalande area of Lagos Island. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the...
Gunmen ambushed and killed two policemen at the popular “Okpala Junction’’ at Ngor-Okpala Local Government Area of Imo on Saturday. The attack came one month after five policemen and a couple were killed at the same junction on April 21. On March 27, gunmen ambushed and killed five personnel...
The Kano State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Musa Abdullahi-Lawan, on Friday received the case diary of Majority Leader of the House of Representatives, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, on alleged murder. Abdullahi-Lawan made the disclosure while addressing newsmen in Kano, shortly after receiving the diary from Kano State Commissioner...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year-old man, Monday Alfred, for allegedly being in possession of human parts. The police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who stated this in a statement on Friday, said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday at about 2.15 p.m....
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Two abducted workers of the United States Consulate Lagos, have been rescued by security operatives in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra on May 16. The spokesperson of The Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the development in a statement issued in...
The Police Command in Sokoto State said its personnel have rejected a bribe of N 800,000 and arrested no fewer than three suspects with twelve rolls of copper wires suspected to be stolen from an electric pole. This is contained in a statement issued in Sokoto on Thursday by...
Anambra Police Command has revealed that nine persons lost their lives in an ambush attack on the US convoy in the state on May 16. The command’s disclosure is contained in a press statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) through DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Anambra Police...
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday grantedan application for extension of remand of afrobeat singer Seun Kuti for additional four days. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Adeola Olatubosun, extended Kuti’s remand until May 23. Mr Simon Lough (SAN), who led a police legal team to the court,...
Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra has expressed sadness over the attack on United States embassy staff and Policemen in the state. Soludo, in a statement signed by Mr Christian Aburime, his Press Secretary, described the attack as heinous and unprovoked. Recall that US Embassy convoy were attacked on Atani-Osamala...
Security operatives of the Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) on Wednesday arrested five suspects in connection with the attack on Bwai in Mangu Local Government Area of the state. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Jos. He said...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The United States Government has confirmed gunmen attack on its Embassy convoy in Anambra State, South East Nigeria, adding that none of its citizens were killed in the terrorists’ attack. The U.S National Security Council spokesperson, John Kirby, stated this on Tuesday during a...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – No fewer than four persons have been killed by gunmen, who opened fire on the convoy of staff of U.S Consulate, in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. Anambra State Police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Tuesday, gave reasons it resorted to the trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and his co-defendants behind closed doors. Counsel for the NDLEA, Mr Sunday Joseph, told newsmen who were barred from covering the sitting shortly after the case was...
A Senior Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Tuesday ordered that a 22-year-old man, Ibrahim Musa, who allegedly stabbed his biological mother, Hajara Mohammed, 50, be remanded in a correction centre.. The police charged Musa, who lives in Bachirawa Quarters Kano, with standing culpable homicide. The Prosecution Counsel, Mrs Rabi’a...
Journalists covering the ongoing trial of the suspended DCP Abba Kyari and others were, on Tuesday, restrained from coming into Court 10 of the Federal High Court, Abuja, venue of the proceeding. Justice Emeka Nwite gave the order following an application to the effect by Mr Sunday Joseph, counsel for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Department of State Services (DSS) says its operatives in conjunction with the Nigerian Army and the Police Force have arrested five suspects during raids of insurgents/terrorists hideouts in parts of Kaduna and Kano states. The DSS spokesman, Dr Peter Afunanya, confirmed the arrest...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Police operatives have eliminated a suspected terrorist and rescued five kidnapped women in Dutsinma Local Government Area of Katsina State. This is according to a statement issued on Monday by the command’s spokesman, CSP Gambo Isah. CSP Isah said: “On May 14, 2023 at...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti, has turned himself in to the Lagos State Police Command on Monday morning over investigation into his alleged assault on a policeman in a viral video. The Spokesman of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the development...