BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Yet to be apprehended bandits on Wednesday unleashed terror on Takakume village of Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing 6 persons, abducted 15 others while many sustained injuries. The bandits who were said to have stormed the farming settlement on...
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A driver with an e-hailing company, Bolt, in Calabar, on Wednesday night escaped with gun injuries from the hands of his alleged abductors in the Cross River capital city. The incident which occurred along Nelson Mandela Street by Target in Calabar South Local Government Area, had the...
A total of 80 suspects have been named following a failed attempted coup on Nov. 26 in Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, local police have said. William Fayia Sellu, inspector general of the Sierra Leonean police, told a press conference Tuesday that the suspects include former President...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti- Ekiti State Police Command has recovered three vehicles and two motorcycles used by the Armed Robbers that invaded Ikere-Ekiti, killing three people during bank robberies in the town. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Sunday Abutu disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday in Ado-...
A 22-year-old girl, Florence Vandi, has reportedly committed suicide at Viniklang community in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa. Vandi is believed to have consumed a poisonous substance locally called “Otapiyapiya”. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the police spokesman in Adamawa confirmed the development in a statement on Wednesday in...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested one Abubakar Gambo, Director, Administration and General Services, in the State Ministry of Water Resources and two others for allegedly misappropriating government properties. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Hussaini Gumel, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) in a telephone...
A 44-year-old man, David Eludi, who allegedly obtained the sum of N352,000 from a woman under false pretences, has been dragged before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendant, said to be a pastor, was arraigned on a three-count charge of conspiracy, obtaining by false pretenses and...
The Nigeria Navy has arrested three suspects over alleged falsification of its approval for shipment of 150,000 litres of suspected adulterated diesel in Rivers. Commodore Desmond Igbo, Commander, Nigeria Navy Ship (NNS) Pathfinder, disclosed this on Tuesday in Port Harcourt during the handover of the suspects to the...
The Anambra Police Command, on Monday, confirmed the alleged killing of two vigilante operatives attached to Porsche nightclub at Oba in Idemili North Local Government Area. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), pointing out that...
The traditional ruler of Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River, Etiyin Maurice Edet, was on Sunday night abducted by gunmen at his residence in the council area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that an aide to the traditional ruler was shot dead in the process...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – One person was killed while three others sustained various degrees of injuries when gunmen suspected kidnappers attacked Bakutumbe village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State on Saturday evening. A source in the area told journalists that the gunmen also abducted four...
By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Police have arrested a 28-year old ex-convict and internet fraudster, Fatai Bakare, for allegedly killing his father’s tenant, Onyimi Grace, at Ore town in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, confirmed...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has foiled a kidnap attempt along Dutsinma-Kankara highway, killing three suspects in the process. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Katsina on Sunday. “On Dec. 10, 2023, at...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Retired police officers have petitioned the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun and all Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIGs) over Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS). In their statement which was made available by our correspondent on Sunday and signed by Peter...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the two Special Constabularies, who were caught in a viral video demanding money from a Dutch woman rider in the Ojongbodu area along Iseyin/Ogbomosho Road in Oyo. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi,...
The Ogun Government has announced a reward of N50 million for any information that could lead to the arrest of the killers of Director of Finance and Administration (DFA) attached to Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s office, Mr. Taiwo Oyekanmi . Mr Tokunbo Talabi, the Secretary to the State Government,...
The Police Command in Imo has announced the arrest of 15 suspected members of Eastern Security Network (ESN), the armed wing of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Spokesman of the Police Command, ASP Henry Okoye, said in a statement issued in Owerri on Friday that...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – For several hours, on Thursday, travellers along Lafia-Makurdi federal express-way were held hostage by students of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), who protested over the kidnap of 10 fellow students. The students were kidnapped by suspected kidnappers at their off-campus lodge in...
Gunmen on Wednesday night abducted yet-to-be ascertained number of students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia). The students were abducted in Gandu community near the university, Mr Abubakar Ibrahim, Head of Information and Public Relations of the institution, indicated. According to him, the incident happened outside the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command has arrested two persons, Akeem Usman and Niyi Ifadowo, for allegedly killing 18-year-old 100-level Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) student, Quadri Salami, for rituals. The Command’s spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola,, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...