A 32-year-old woman and her child were abducted at Otaefun/Kobo’ngbogboe Area of Osogbo on Tuesday, police in Osun confirmed on Wednesday. Police spokesperson in Osun, SP Yemisi Opalola, said a report of the abduction was made to the police and that machinery had been set in motion to rescue...
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Eight school children in Ghana’s Bono East Region were killed after the boat taking them to school capsized on the Volta Lake, officials confirmed. National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) told newsmen that the eight, five boys and three girls aged five to 12, were among 20 pupils who were...
The Police Command in Kano State, said it has arrested one Bamuwa Umaru, 62, for offering N1 million as bribe to secure the release of a suspected kidnapper. SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, the Command Spokesman confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano on Tuesday. “On Dec....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed that an attack on Gambar Sabon layi village, in Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of the state, has left four people dead. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident...
The Nigeria Police Force has advised Nigerians against negative portrayal of security agencies, particularly the police, to young ones in their formative ages. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, gave the advice on Sunday in a statement, while reacting to a trending video, where a man constantly...
Edo Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, on Sunday said the suspects of Igueben Train Attack and abduction appeared in court for the extension of exparte order. Nwabuzor’s reaction in Benin, follows speculations and reports that the court has commenced trial of the suspects. According to Nwabuzor,...
Prof. Zainab-Duke Abiola, widow of late MKO Abiola has dragged the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Alkali and Insp. Teju Moses to court for alleged defamation. Prof. Abiola, through her counsel, Mr Tawo Tawo, SAN, in her statement of claim, averred that she was framed...
Gunmen shot two persons dead in Mkpuma Akataka Community, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi on Friday. A native of the community, Mrs Grace Nwite, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that hoodlums invaded the community and shot sporadically. “They came into the community and started...
Mr Olona Oluwapelumi, a third year student of Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has allegedly committed suicide at his off-campus lodge in Akure. Joseph, who was in FUTA’s Department of Industrial Design, allegedly took his life by hanging, for reasons suspected to be connected to depression and financial...
The Baptist Conference in Osun said on Friday that N10 million ransom was paid to secure the release of four members of the church kidnapped on Jan. 11 and Jan. 16. Two of the victims were kidnapped on Jan. 11, and N6 million had to be paid to secure...
A 26-year-old man, Owolabi Olabisi, has been arrested by detectives of the Family Support Unit, Surulere Police Division, for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s eight-year-old girl. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspect committed the offence on Jan. 18 at Ojuelegba, Surulere area of Lagos State. It...
Suspected terrorists have killed Mr Saleh Yakubu, a councillor representing Allawa ward in Shiroro local government area of Niger, government official has confirmed. The councillor was killed by the terrorists in the early hours of Friday on his way from Kuta to Allawa, his home town, the official confirmed...
A 36-year-old civil servant, Moses Saka was docked in an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja for allegedly using ‘juju’ on four-year-old girl. The police charged Saka and Joseph, at large with criminal conspiracy and unlawful juju. The Prosecution Vounsel, Abdullahi Tanko, told the court that the complainant Mr Labaran...
A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday ordered that two State Shari’a Court judges, a cashier and 16 other financial registrars be remanded in a correction centre for alleged N580.2 million theft. The police charged Bashir Kurawa, Saadatu Umar, Tijjani Abdullahi, Maryam Jibrin-Garba, Shamsu Sani and Hussaina Imam with...
The Edo Government has confirmed the arrest of two village chiefs in connection with the Jan. 7 train attack which resulted in the kidnap of 20 passengers at the Igueben train station. Chris Nehikhare, state’s Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, said this when he briefed newsmen shortly after the...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has donated 27 new Hilux vehicles to security agencies to beef up security during the ongoing distribution and collection of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) in the state. Uzodimma handed over the vehicles to operatives of the state “Operation Search and Flush”, on Wednesday in...
A Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 22-year old domestic help, Abigail Sunday who allegedly stole her employer’s diamond ring. The Police charged Sunday, a resident of behind Duru Dawaki with theft but she pleaded not guilty. The Judge, Saminu Suleiman, ordered...
A Police Inspector from Ndiegoro Police Station was killed on Tuesday by suspected IPOB/ESN members around Ohanku Road-Iheorji junction in Aba, Abia. Two of the attackers were however neutralised by the police in the ensuing gun duel. Confirming the incident, the Abia Police Public Relations Officer, SP Geoffrey Ogbonna...
An Investigative Police Officer (IPO), Insp Israel Ojo, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a 30-year-old actor, Temitayo Ogunbusola, allegedly stabbed his neighbour, Oladotun Osho, to death over a N1,000 electricity bill. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ogunbusola is being tried for murder which he...