By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – Kwara State Policeoo Command has rescued a Chinese national, Peng Chao Zhang, who was abducted on March 10 by six armed men around Eiyenkorin area of Ilorin. The police spokesman in the state, DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday...
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The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a dismissed soldier and one other over alleged armed robbery in Gwarimpa area of Abuja. The Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of the FCT, Mr Benneth Igweh, made this known at a media briefing on Wednesday...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command have seized Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), arms and ammunition from suspected cultists in the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, revealed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Port Harcourt. She said that the command’s C4i Strike...
Police in Edo State have rescued one Rev. Tony Mukoro, from the den of suspected kidnappers in the state. The victim was reportedly abducted by suspected gunmen at Isihor community in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state while returning home in his car. The...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered the remand of a 35-year-old man, Tijjani Bala in Correctional Centre over alleged sodomy. Bala, who lives at Kinkinau, Kaduna, is being tried on a one-count charge of unnatural offence. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, who did not take the suspect’s...
Borno State Police Command on Monday confirmed that a suicide bomber injured two persons in Biu Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Faso Nahum confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Monday. Nahum, said that the incident occurred...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi A suspected motorcycle thief has been killed by an angry mob and his corpse set ablaze by angry youths at Magama Weekly Market in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The suspect whose identity is not yet known was caught while trying to steal...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Gunmen whose identity is not yet known have killed the Village Head of Riruwai in Lame District of Bauchi Emirate in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Garba Badamasi. According to sources from the area, the village head was earlier kidnapped...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Suspected ritualists have murdered and removed some body parts of a 3-year old girl in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Reports said that the mutilated body of the girl was discovered late Thursday evening without her two eyes which had been...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin- Edo State Government has stepped up surveillance and is currently collaborating with security agencies for the safe release of the kidnapped chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Dr Tony Aziegbemi. The state Commissioner for Communication and Orientation, Chris Nehikhare, disclosed...
Gunmen kidnapped the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (P on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Aziegbemi was kidnapped at a spot close to his residence at the Government Reservation Area in Benin City. His abduction happened less than a month after the party’s...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Police in Lagos State are looking for family members of a boy who had been wandering around Ikorodu as he could not find his way home. Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said in a statement on Saturday, that the police found 11-year-old Ogunrinde on...
Police have arrested a secondary school principal in Igando area of Lagos for allegedly flogging a female student and inflicting injuries on her body. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday that the principal was picked up on Friday by the...
Police in Enugu State have arrested a suspect notorious for robbing residents using a toy gun. Police spokesman in Enugu State, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated on Sunday in Enugu that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday and was arraigned on Friday. Ndukwe stated that police operatives arrested the...
Police in Akwa Ibom State have rescued four kidnap victims in the last one month. One of them is a woman who faked her own kidnap. They also arrested 52 suspects for various crimes. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Waheed Ayilara, told a news conference in...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abakaliki on Friday ordered that a 35-year-old man, Monday Ikeagwu, be remanded in a correction centre for allegedly threatening to kill his own mother. The police charged Ikeagwu with threat to life and stealing N625, 000 belonging to his mother, Jacinta. The Magistrate,...
Hoodlums, on Thursday, invaded the office of Anambra State Vigilante Group in Amichi, Nnewi South Local Government Area of the state and reportedly set a man suspected to be a member of the vigilante ablaze. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the hoodlums, who were in...
Police in Adamawa have arrested a 42 year-old man for raping his nine-year-old daughter at Kabak in Mubi South Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, SP Suleiman Nguroje, stated on Thursday in Yola that the man was arrested on Tuesday following a report...
A 17-year old apprentice boy, Ojibe Chibueze, has reportedly died in an apparent suicide after being accused of stealing money from his boss. The Police spokesperson in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Hundeyin said that one Cynthia,...