Gunmen suspected to be bandits have kidnapped a 60-year-old man and shot two others in Gangarbi village of Rano Local Government Area of Kano State. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Manman Dauda, confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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Gunmen have shot a policeman to death on Friday in Ikorodu area of Lagos State, police confirmed on Monday. The assailants escaped with the rifle of the slain policeman. Police spokesman in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that three other police operatives...
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – Police tactical team have killed two bandits and repelled attack on a community in Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The state police spokesman, CSP Muhammad Shehu, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Gusau. CSP Shehu assured residents...
Prof. Onje Gye-Wado, Former Deputy Governor of Nassarawa State abducted by gunmen on April 7, has been released. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Lafia. NAN recalls that Gye-Wado, who was deputy...
A boy, 22, was on Sunday evening set ablaze by an angry mob for allegedly stealing an Android mobile phone at Atimbo area of Calabar Municipality Local Government Area (LGA) of Cross River. An eye witness who narrated the incident, said the boy identified as Eyo, has been known...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested 24 youths for alleged thuggery and attack on innocent citizens in the state. The police spokesman, SP Ahmed Wakil, said in a statement on Sunday, that the seven of them were arrested in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A 60-year old man and his two sons have been arrested by the Police for allegedly attacking and injuring an operative of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) during patrol at Tashan Durumi village in Kirfi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. They were...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – A 43-year old man, Yusuf Hassan, has been arrested for allegedly setting the apartment of his ex- lover Busayo Falola, ablaze, burning down the whole building. The incident occured at 127, old Schorlar Palace, Igan road, Ago Iwoye, in Ijebu North LGA of Ogun...
Three bodies have been recovered from Thursday’s boat mishap at the Yenagoa-Brass Waterway. Initial reports had stated that occupants of a passenger boat that capsized near Okoroma in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa swam to safety. The reports said a cargo boat that was also involved in the...
The Police Command in Adamawa says it has arrested a 70-year-old Man, Usman Ibrahim, for allegedly raping two minors in Yola-North Local Government Area (LGA). SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, disclose this in a statement on Saturday in Yola. He said that the survivors were four- and seven-year...
By EMEKA CHIKWE , Port-Harcourt – The Police have launched an investigation into alleged kidnapping of Dr. Gidswill Dike, a lawyer working for the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State. The lawyer was alleged to have been kIdnapped on Thursday inside the Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission...
Residents of Aponrin in Agbowo area of Ibadan are now on the trail of pastor who allegedly absconded with 52 android and iphones, money and other valuables after a three-day crusade. The pastor was said to have told his victims that he was led by God to come to...
A passenger boat capsized near Okoroma in Nembe Local Government Area of Bayelsa on Thursday in an accident involving a cargo boat. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that occupants of the passenger boat swam to safety, but the cargo boat sank. Mr Tari Dikuma, Assistant Secretary of...
An assailant stabbed a student of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State to death on Thursday after an argument over N1,000. The assailant fled after the incident and is still at large. Irate fellow students went on rampage immediately after the stabbing and razed a building belonging to a...
The police command in Lagos State has confirmed that three persons were killed by unknown gunmen in Gowon Estate, Ipaja area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday. Hundeyin said that the incident happened on...
A Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a leader of Igbo community in Lagos State, Eze Ndigbo Fredrick Nwajagu, for allegedlly threatening to bring the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) to the state. The Chief Magistrate, Mr Peter Nwaka, ordered that the defendant, aged...
The police command in Lagos State says one Inspector was killed and a Divisional Police Officer seriously injured while enforcing the ban on the use of motorcycles (Okada) in some parts of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Wednesday in his verified Twitter handle,...
The police command in Ogun on Wednesday, paraded 24 suspected cultists, who were allegedly responsible for various cult clashes and armed robberies in different parts of the state. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), paraded the suspects at the Command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta. Oyeyemi...
A 17-year-old has been taken into custody for allegedly defiling two minors. The Police Commissioner in Kano, Mr Mamman Dauda, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. ”The police on April 2, at about 3 p.m received a distress call that...
The police command in Ogun has arrested a suspect, allegedly connected with the kidnap of a journalist, Oluseun Oduneye, at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on March 9. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Tuesday, said that the suspect...