The daughter of former Iya Oloja of Ibadanland, late Alhaja Aminat Abiodun, was on Wednesday shot dead by gunmen at her house in Bashorun area of the city. Fatimah was said to have been shot on the head by the gunmen that stormed her residence in Bashorun area, Bodija,...
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A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out the motion filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) to further detain suspended DCP Abba Kyari and six others for 14 days. Justice Zainab Abubakar struck out the application after counsel to the NDLEC, S. S. Obot, informed...
Nigerian Celebrities have reacted to the news of the missing lady, identified as Bamise Ayanmole, who was found dead with her private parts missing after her disappearance from a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) bus at the Chevron area of Lekki in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command have confirmed the arrest of a Bus Rapid Transport(BRT) driver, Andrew Nice, in connection with the death of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole. NATIONAL ACCORD has reported that the 22-year-old lady was found dead on Monday on the Carter Bridge by...
The 22-year-old lady, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing in transit on Feb. 26 while on a BRT bus in Lagos has been found dead. Police spokesman in Lagos State, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday that Oluwabamise’s corpse was found on Carter Bridge...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In a bid to bring to an end the worrisome spate of insecurity that has bedeviled Zamfara, Sokoto and Kebbi States in north West, the newly posted Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police in Charge of Zone 10, AIG Bello Dalijan said synergy with...
The Force Headquarters said it has invited the policeman seen in a viral video carrying a plate of food for a well dressed woman, identified as former Ambassador Nimota Akanbi, and following her sheepishly at a colourful event. The Acting Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this development...
Popular Nigerian music star Timaya has been arrested by police operatives on Thursday after he was accused of almost killing a young lady. Recalled that on a Wednesday, an Instagram user, Osinubi Omowumi, who claimed to be the sister of the victim, accused the music star of ramming his...
Niger State Police Command has confirmed the killing of “many bandits” by the Joint Security Task Force in the North-Central state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bala Kuryas, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Wednesday in Minna that several bandits were neutralised by the joint security...
A couple have been reportedly found dead while allegedly having sex in a car along Lagos-Ibadan expressway. Eyewitnesses claimed that the couple might have been dead for two days. The car’s number-plate was displayed in the video and those who know the couple have been asked to contact Owe-Ibafo...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Police Command in Kaduna State said it had deactivated an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a bar on Feb 27, same day explosion occurred in an hotel in Kaduna. The Command’s spokesperson, Mohammed Jalige, said who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday,...
By EDDY OCHIGBO, Kaduna – A bomb has exploded, in Kabala West, a suburb of Kaduna in the wee hours of Monday. Community Leader of Kabala West Alhaji Badamsi Salisu told NATIONAL ACCORD that the incident occurred at Dorino Hotel, a popular spot in the area. “The bomb exploded...
There is heavy presence of security personnel in Jos North and Bassa Local Government Areas of Plateau for the ongoing by-election for Bassa/Jos North Federal Constituency. Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited some areas reports that a combined team of security personnel were stationed in...
The Police command in Edo on Friday confirmed that some monies suspected to be carted away by robbers during Thursday’s armed robbery attacks on some banks in Uromi, have been recovered. Mr Phillip Ogbadu, the State Commissioner of Police confirmed this in a phone interview with the News Agency...
Gunmen attacked four banks and a Police Divisional Headquarters on Thursday as they laid siege on Uromi town in Esan Northeast Local Government Area of Edo. Eyewitnesses said the gunmen got to the town in their numbers and in several vehicles before they attacked the four banks with dynamites....
Unidentified gunmen numbering about 10, on Wednesday, disrupted ongoing council elections at Enugu South council area ward 3, in Obeagu community near Enugu, burning electoral materials and three vehicles. The gunmen stormed the polling units of the ward at about 1p.m. in a Sennia car and Toyota Highlander Jeep...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, granted the request by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) permission to further detain suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari for 14 days on allegations bordering on drug trafficking. The NDLEA, in an ex-parte application moved before Justice Zainab...
PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Barely few days to the Cross River State byelections in Ogoja Yala Federal Constituency and Akpabuyo State Constituency, the State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Alphonsus Ogar has declared the River State Governor, Nyesom Wike as a security risk to the state. Mr....
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, refused to grant an application for bail filed by the suspended DCP Abba Kyari. Justice Inyang Ekwo, who declined to grant the plea in a motion ex-parte brought by Kyari’s Lawyer, C. O. Ikena, ordered that the respondent, National Drug Law Enforcement...
Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging his continued detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari who is currently on suspension from the Nigerian Police Force is seeking an...