The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested two members of the Yoruba Nation Agitators, who attempted to take over the Alausa Police Division in Ikeja. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos state Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria...
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Five persons on Saturday drowned when a car plunged into a canal along River Niger in Kogi. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the incident happened at Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi at about 4.30 p.m. on Friday. Mr Pius Kolawale, Chairman, Yagba West LGA,...
A final year student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) and bolt driver was on Friday night killed by suspected car snatchers at the Mary Slessor roundabout, Calabar, Cross River. The deceased identified as Francis Atabi, had given the two suspected car snatchers a ride around 8pm when the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto With less than 48 hours to May 29th, the day of inaugurating new leaders in Nigeria, the Assistant Inspectors General (AIG) in charge of Sokoto, Kebbi and Zamfara States, Bello Sani Danlijan has assured of adequate security measure in the states. AIG Danlijan, who stated...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Ahead of the May 29th swearing-in of Bauchi State Governor for a second term, the state police command has said that specific security arrangements have been formulated towards giving citizens and visitors a conducive atmosphere for a hitch-free exercise. Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi...
Gunmen on Friday evening, abducted another Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Mathias Opara, in Imo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Opara was abducted along Ejemekwuru and Ogbaku road between Oguta and Mbaitoli Local Government Areas of the state. An eyewitness said that the priest was kidnapped while...
Gunmen suspected armed robbers on Friday afternoon operated at the Oke-Sokori axis of Abeokuta metropolis and escaped the scene with a substantial amount of foreign currency. It was gathered that the robbery gang were in black T-shirts and Jean trousers, and also wore black facemasks, brandishing their riffles in...
Police in Benue arraigned a 21-year-old mother, Nguse Nyita before a Makurdi Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for allegedly feeding her one-year-old child with herbicide causing her death. Police prosecutor, Insp Samuel Itodo, told the court that Nguse of Agam Community in Logo Local Government Area of Benue thereby committed...
The Police on Tuesday arraigned an alleged 35-year old fake medical doctor, Afeez Adegoke, at Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ogun, over hynia surgery that endangered the life of a patient. Adegoke of No. 6 Eri Antena Bus-Stop, Onibukun Ota in Ogun, is facing a two-count charge of false...
Absence of Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatubosun of a Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Tuesday stalled proceedings in the case of assault brought against afrobeat singer Seun Kuti. The chief magistrate was said to be on an official assignment. The information was communicated to counsel in the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – The police in Adamawa State have arrested two inmates who were among those that escaped from Kuje Correctional Centre during Boko Haram terrorists’ attack in July 2022. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed the arrest in a statement...
A 33-year-old father was arrested on Monday for allegedly causing a serious brain injury to his 2-month-old baby by violently shaking him. The Incheon District Court issued an arrest warrant for the man on charges of child abuse, citing concerns that he may attempt to flee. He is suspected...
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...
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...