By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A Bauchi based Civil Society Organization, Young Leaders Network, has condemned the description of the management of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) of its students, who came out to protest the killing of their schoolmate as “miscreants.” Recall that a final...
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested five suspects in possession of five guns and security agencies’ uniforms were intercepted during the convention of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja. The Command’s spokesman, SP Josephine Adeh, said...
No fewer than 50 repentant hoodlums, on Wednesday surrendered their weapons to the Police in Gombe. The hoodlums who operate in Bolari area of Gombe, said they had renounced crime and ready to support law and order in Gombe State. The Commissioner of Police in the state,...
The Secretary to the Kogi State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, David Mike, said gunmen carted away the petitions of four parties challenging the electoral victory of All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Usman Ododo, in the November 11, 2023 poll. This was according to the spokesperson for the...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – In continuation of his Family Group Life Assurance and Welfare Scheme, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has presented a cheque of five million, six hundred and ten thousand, four hundred and sixty nine Naira, twelve Kobo only (N5,610,469:12) to...
The Police Command in Borno State said it successfully diffused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) at the entrance of the University of Maiduguri on Monday. The Borno Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Nahum Daso, confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said it’s operatives have arrested four suspects with 50kg Indian hemp at Unguwar Mai Hayi in Makarfi. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansur Hassan, a gun was recovered from the suspected drug dealers when the operatives raided their base....
The Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi has been shut down following students’ protest. The Director, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, , Mr Zailani Bappa, who announced this on Monday at a news conference in Bauchi, said the school would be closed for one week. According to...
Two men are in police custody in Nasarawa State for allegedly locking up their 35-year-old cousin and starving him to death over allegation of witchcraft. Acting Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Mr Shettima Muhammad, confirmed the arrest of the duo on Monday in Lafia. He said police...
The Police Command in Cross River has assured the people of effective policing in all parts of the state during the annual Calabar carnival, which kicked off on Friday. The assurance is contained in a statement issued in Calabar by the command’s Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, and made...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – It was a sad day on Saturday for Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, as one of its students, Joseph Obiaje Agabaidu, a 500-level Geology student was stabbed to death by robbers, who tried to steal his phone. The final year student hails...
Kano State Government has uncovered a warehouse where food items meant for palliatives were being diverted in the state. The Press Secretary, Malam Bature Dawakin-Tofa, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Kano, said the warehouse was at Sharada Industrial Estate Dawakin-Tofa said Gov. Abba...
Suspected gunmen on Friday attacked the residence of the Kogi Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Hale Longpet, in Lokoja, an official has confirmed. Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the Chief Secretary to INEC Chairman, said this in Abuja on Friday, adding the incident occurred around...
Taraba State Police Command has killed no fewer than 50 suspected bandits terrorising communities across the Bali Local Government Area of the state. The feat which is a major breakthrough in the fight against banditry in the North-East state was achieved on Tuesday. The police spokesman in...
A High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a traditional ruler and two others to life imprisonment for conspiracy and kidnapping. Those convicted are the Sarkin Fulani of Kwara, Usman Adamu, his brother, and one Gidaddo Idris. They were tried and convicted of kidnapping one Abubakar Ahmad sometime...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police in Bauchi State in conjunction with local vigilantes have engaged bandits in a gun battle and killed one in the process. The police also rescued four people who were kidnapped by bandits after they invaded their Raddi village via Bassa Local...
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers on Wednesday in Abeokuta shot dead an accountant of the Ogun State Government, Mr Taiwo Oyekanmi, and escaped with the money he just withdrew from the bank. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oyekanmi, who was the Director of Finance...
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Tuesday visited the Adamawa Police Command to sympathise with officers and men over the killing of an Inspector by soldiers on Nov. 21. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Inspector Daniel Jacob was shot to death when some...
A mother of one Hantar Daba, one of the crime suspects declared wanted by the Kano State Police Command on Tuesday, handed him over to the Police for prosecution. The command Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa in Kano made the disclosure in a statement issued on Tuesday...
Suspected armed robbers have shot a Deputy Superintendent of Police dead in Asaba on Tuesday in a robbery attempt at a residential neighbourhood in the Delta capital. The robbery was, however, repelled by men of the “Operation Still Water II’’ of the 63 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Asaba. Col....