Police paraded Maurice Ibangha (22), before newsmen on Thursday in Calabar after confessing that greed led him to attempt the kidnap of his boss, Mr Peter Egba, Cross River’s Commissioner for Commerce and Industry. Ibangha said he planned the kidnap attempt with three others, including the commissioner’s driver before...
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By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Commissioner of Women Affairs, Professor Getruth Njar has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen along Main Avenue axis of Calabar South Council of the state. Prof. Njah, who was recently sworn in by Governor Ben Ayade, was kidnapped and whisked away through...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi One person has been killed and one other injured after they were shot during the campaign rally of the gubernatorial candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) t Akuyam town in Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The Bauchi State Police Command confirmed the incident...
The police command in Lagos state says it has started investigations into the alleged attack on Funke Akindele, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy Governorship candidate in the state. The command’s spokesperson , SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. NAN recalls...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, on Monday visited Azare, the headquarters of Katagum Local Government Area of the state to commiserate with the Emir of Katagum, Alh (Dr) Umar Farouk II, and the people over an explosion that rocked the area. The governor, who...
Police in Enugu State have burst a criminal gang’s hideout on Onitsha Road, Enugu where they recovered two assault rifles, one English-made and one locally-fabricated pump action gun. They also recovered one double-barrelled gun, 349 live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, 25 live cartridges, a hammer, one battle axe head,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Following the Osun Governorship Election Tribunal judgement, a leading Civil Society organisation, the Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) has charged the Independent National Electoral Election (INEC) to be circumspect and thorough with regards to all aspects of its responsibilities in view...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Police in Adamawa State have arrested five Cameroonians suspected to be involved in the attempt to kidnap one Emmanuel Ebel, resident of Jambutu, Yola-North LGA of the state. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Command’s spokesman, disclose this in a statement on Saturday in Yola. He...
A man identified as Bestman Lekia, aka Biggie, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing four persons and using their intestines to prepare a meal in a community in Khana Local Council of Rivers state. Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt sentenced and convicted Biggie...
A 13-year-old girl who went missing two weeks ago in Kaduna but ended up in Borno, has been reunited with her family. The girl was found wandering at the Borno Express Corporation terminus in Maiduguri and handed over to the Police. According to the spokesman of Borno Police Command,...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday...
Gunmen have abducted Chief Joshua Ahmadu, the District Head of Chawai in Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Ahmadu’s abduction was confirmed on Wednesday by Mr Abel Adamu, President, Chawai Development Association (CDA). Adamu, in a statement signed by Mr Raphael Joshua, Public Relations Officer of CDA, said that...
The Police Command in Delta says it has arrested a suspected financier of a cult group, “Aro Bagger”, in Sapele Town. Its Spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe, told newsmen on Wednesday in Warri that the suspect was nabbed by a combined team of the Police, Department of State Service (DSS)...
Spain Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said a suspect has been arrested two months after letter bombs in Spain were sent to several Embassies and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, among others. The state television station RTVE and other media on Wednesday reported the police as saying that the 74-year-old man...
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...
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,...