The Police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned two persons, Uchechukwu Uchendu and Onyiyechi Ogbu, for allegedly punching and spitting on an inspector. The defendants appeared before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court on a four-count charge of conspiracy, assault, disorderliness and obstructing lawful duties. They, however, pleaded not guilty before Magistrate...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Twelve (12) persons have been reportedly killed during a two-day serial attacks by suspected herdsmen who invaded Tattara Mada, Migini, Angwan Barau communities in Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. Eyewitness, said houses and property worth millions of naira belonging to the locals...
Operatives of the Ogun State Amotekun Corps has arrested a 45-year-old father of three, Gbenga Ogunfadeke, for allegedly locking his two children in solitary confinement and starving them to death. Ogunfadeke was arrested by the Amotekun Corps in Ibiade, Ogun Waterside Local Government Area of the State. The corps’...
The Police Command in Bauchi has warned criminals who want to perpetuate crimes during and after Eid-el-Fitr festival to desist or face the full weight of the law. The command also announced the arrest of 26 political thugs across the state. This is contained in a statement by the...
The husband and wife alledgedly abducted on the Iragbiji-Osogbo Road in the early hours of Saturday in Osun, while returning from a vigil, have escaped from their abductors. According to Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, Osun State Amotekun Commander, the wife was spotted by operatives of the corps, running out of...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a couple on the Osogbo-Iragbiji Road in Osun on Saturday as they were returning from a church programme at 4 a.m. The man and his wife were reportedly riding on a motorcycle when they ran into an ambush mounted by the kidnappers....
The Police in Ondo State said seven suspects have been arrested for stoning a 35-year-old driver to death on April 10. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the driver, Olorunfemi Tope had in an accident killed one person and injured others along Ijoka road in Akure. The...
There was mild drama, on Monday, at the premises of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Bwari, Abuja, as factional Chairman, All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Edozie Njoku, was arrested by the Nigerian police. The arrest followed a complaint by the prosecution lawyer, CSP Ezekiel Rinamsomte,...
I filed a petition with the Federal Capital Territory Police Command seeking redress for an injustice I suffered. The petition, dated March 23, 2021, detailed a case of unlawful confiscation of my properties and a criminal breach of trust The suspect had deceptively confiscated my Honda Accord car, a...
Gunmen on Sunday have kidnapped an officer of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Popoola Olasupo, along Fidiwo axis on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that Olasupo was kidnapped at about 6:30 am on Sunday morning while going to his duty...
The Police Command in Ebonyi, has paraded four arrested suspects in connection with the murder of Mr Peter Nweke, People’s Democratic Party’s (PDP) ward chairman in Ezza North local government area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Nweke was murdered in the area during...
By HARUNA AHMED, Dutse – The corpse of a 16-year old “Almajiri’’ boy has been recovered by the police in Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa’ State on Friday. Assailants had gorged one of his eyes before the police arrived. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, stated...
Police operatives have killed two suspected terrorists while repelling their attack on Danmarke village in Kurfi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The police spokesman in the state, CSP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Katsina. CSP Isah said that: “Today, Friday, at about...
A corps member in Oyo State, Ukanwa Ikechukwu, was Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court for allegedly swindling a police officer of N235, 000. The police charged the defendant with false pretence andtheft. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp Olufemi Omilana,...
Police on Friday, confirmed the death of four people and 11 others rescued while emaciated from occultation underground in the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi. The police said in a security report that they had been tipped off that there were dozens of people starving to death at a...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Police operatives attached to Apo Division in Abuja, on Wednesday foiled an armed robbery operation and arrested a suspect. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine Adeh, in a statement, said the operation followed a distress call received from Zone E...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH Lafia – The Vigilante Group of Nigeria in Nasarawa Eggon, the headquarters of Nasarawa Eggon LGA of Nasarawa State, has apprehended six suspected kidnappers at their hideout in Tudun Waya. NATIONAL ACCORD gathered that during the operation, the vigilante men also rescued seven abducted victims in...
Police in Lagos State have vowed to bring those responsible for the breach of peace in a tussle over land ownership at Magodo-Isheri on Tuesday to book. Commissioner of police in the state, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, made the vow after peace was restored in the area. Hoodlums clashed at...
The Police Command in Ekiti on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of alleged masterminds of cult clashes, and 15 others in connection with different crimes across the state. Addressing newsmen in Ado-Ekiti, the Commissioner of Police, Ogundare Dare, said the arrested suspects included kidnappers, robbers, rapists and notorious cultists, among...
The Nigeria Police, Ondo State Command, on Tuesday said it has arrested two suspects who allegedly stoned a 35-year-old man, Olorunfemi Tope, to death in Akure. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that angry mob on Monday stoned Tope to death, when his alleged reckless driving caused an...