By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Four members of the Benue State House of Assembly on the late hours of Wednesday escaped death after their convoy was attacked by blood thirsty gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The legislators were Samuel Jiji of Logo state constituency, Cephas Dyako of...
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By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Police in Nasarawa State have arrested four armed robbery suspects in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State. A statement by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Nasarawa Division led...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – No fewer than 11 persons have been killed by bandits that invaded three villages in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State. The spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Sunday. The police spokesman...
The Police Command in Kano has alerted the public to possible plans by some groups to incite violence in the state over the lingering Emirship tussle Its Commissioner, Usaini Gumel, while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Kano, said that credible intelligence suggests that some individuals plan to stage...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly hiding hard drugs in a loaf of bread. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The three suspects were arrested for attempted...
The police command in Kogi on Sunday confirmed the killing of two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH),Osara. The State Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, said this when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja. Onuoha described the killing...
A student of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Oyo, has been beaten to death by some of his colleagues for allegedly stealing a mobile phone belonging to one of them. A source within the institution told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the students started beating...
Two women have lost their lives after being struck by lightning during the rain in the FESTAC area of Lagos State. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known in a post he shared on his X handle – @benHundeyin, on Saturday. Hundeyin said that...
Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives had arrested a suspect involved in the vandalism of railway tracks with 100 pieces of rail tracks. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Kaduna. Hassan said the arrest...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded 2 suspects for drugs peddling, and attempting to bribe a Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in the state. The command also paraded 22 others for various offences which includes possession of illicit drugs and substance as well as...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has directed the immediate arrest of dethroned Kano Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. News Point Nigeria reports that the directive was communicated to newsmen by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Saturday morning. According to Governor Yusuf, ‘Aminu Ado Bayero’s unprecedented return...
Four dismissed soldiers have been arrested for the alleged murder of a personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Niger. The Police Public Relation Officer, (PPRO), Niger Command, SP Waisu Abiodun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the incident happened on...
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Imo, Mr Aboki Danjuma, has said that the alleged corrupt practices in the Nigerian Police are unjustifiable and without good reason. Danjuma made the remark at a citizens’ engagement on police reform organised by the CLEEN Foundation, a Civil Society Organisation (CSO),...
An Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, on Friday remanded a 22-year-old man, Victor Orlando, who pleaded guilty to stealing two television sets from a church. The Magistrate, Miss K. A. Ariyo, directed that Orlando should be kept in a custodial facility pending review of facts of the case...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, on Friday remanded one 19-year-old Imole Dauda and one 30-year-old Lateef Tajudeen, who allegedly flogged a 22-year-old to death with ‘koboko’. The defendants, whose addresses were not provided, are charged with conspiracy and murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take...
Police Command in Katsina State has arrested four suspects who specialise in swapping their victim’s Point of Sales (POS) machines and withdrawing their money. The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, who disclosed this while parading some suspects in Katsina on Thursday, said seven POS machines were...
Security personnel have taken over the Cross River House of Assembly complex, following the impeachment of the Speaker, Mr Elvert Anyambem, on Wednesday. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the speaker’s removal almost resulted in a clash between his supporters and other members of house The state...
By BARBARA KALU,Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has arrested a masquerade (popularly called Oriokpa) seen physically assaulting a female nurse (name withheld) at Ugwuoye Junction in Nsukka metropolis. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated this in a statemenn Thursday in Enugu. Ndukwe said that police operatives...
By HARUNA AHMED, Yola – Gunmen suspected to be Kidnappers have abducted a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Oliver Buba. Fr. Buba was abducted on Tuesday in his residence in Numan Local Government Area of the Adamawa State. Confirming the incident, the Catholic Bishop of Yola Diocese, Most Rev....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a Superintendent of Police (SP) Pius Sunday, who was the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) Marte Divisional Headquarters, Marte. SP Sunday was killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists while responding to a distress call on...