Gunmen suspected to be Boko haram insurgents looted and set ablaze shops and houses in Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Yobe police Command Spokesman, made this known to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu on Monday. ”We are...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- A devastating incident has occurred in Lafia, Nasarawa State, where kidnappers murdered 22-year-old Anas Zubairu, a Nigerian student of a Moroccan university, after collecting ransom from his family. Anas, who was on holiday, was abducted on Friday, August 28, in the Project Quarters area of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Saturday Gabriel, a 43-year-old man suspected to be a drug merchant along Nasarawa-Toto road in the staye. He was apprehended around 1:00pm on Friday with 15 bags of dry leaves suspected to be indian hemp which were...
The Police Command in Rivers has detained a suspect, identified as Honest, for gang-raping a 14-year-old girl in Erima community, Onelga area. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command spokesperson, confirmed to newsmen in Port Harcourt on Sunday that the suspect committed the crime with his brother, Okwukwe, who is currently...
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested two men for allegedly robbing three commercial sex workers. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday. Hundeyin said that the three sex workers reported the case to the police on...
The Nigeria Police Force has again invited the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Also invited along with Ajaero is the Secretary General of the union, Emmanuel Ugboaja. The invitation letter is dated August 28, 2024, a day before Ajaero honoured the earlier invitation at the...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, has said that its operatives have detained three suspects involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) swap in Kaduna. The police also recovered 54 ATM cards with a Point of Sale machine (POS). The Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners in tbe state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen at a press briefing on Friday in Katsina. ASP Aliyu said the large caches of ammunition were recovered from...
Maxwell Opara, a lawyer to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says the Police have retracted their earlier reasons for summoning the labour leader. Opara disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after the labour leader in company with his lawyers returned from honouring the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has returned to the Labour House after honouring the invitation of the police at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday morning. It was gathered that Mr. Ajaero was accompanied by human rights lawyer Femi...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all its members nationwide to embark on a peaceful prayer procession on Aug. 29. General Secretary of NLC, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, said this in a letter addressed to all affiliates and state councils on Wednesday in Abuja. The letter is titled, “Mobilisation...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has approved the request of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to detain an Assistant Superintendent of Police and 19 others for 30 days over their alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping and terrorism. Justice Peter Lifu granted the request of the defence agency...
The police in Enugu State have detained a 30-yearold man for the alleged murder of his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter while she was sleeping. This is contained in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukw. ”On Aug.18, police operatives serving in the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical...
The Police in Jigawa have detained a tea vendor for allegedly beating a a 20-year-old man to death for stealing bread, milk and noodles in Dutse. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the detention of the suspect in a statement in Dutse,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police detectives in Bauchi State have arrested a 37-year old man for allegedly abducting two almajiri boys and for severally raping one of them. The suspect, an indigene of Hausari Dandal, Borno State, was said to have lured and abducted one of the victims,...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has detained a 37-year old man for alleged abduction and sodomising of two teenage boys. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the detention to newsmen in Bauchi on Monday, said he would be prosecuted upon concluding the investigation. Wakil said the...
The Nigeria Police Force said it has detained 97 members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), known as the Shi’ite group, for prosecution, following the clash with the group in Abuja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clash resulted in the death...
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have foiled two bandits’ attacks and rescued five kidnapped victims in Malumfashi local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq,on Monday in Katsina. He said that the police also neutralised...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its operatives have detained two cattle rustlers, two notorious gunrunners and three kidnappers suspects. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said the operatives also foiled a kidnapping attempt and recovered...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed the death of two of its personnel following an attack by members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday...