By Oluwaseyi Ajibade President Bola Tinubu has strongly condemned the brutal killing of military personnel in Delta State, describing the act as cowardly. In a statement on Sunday, the President said he stood in solidarity with all well-meaning Nigerians and the brave men and women of the armed Continue Reading
Crime
By Olaolu Fawole A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state. NDLEA officers on patrol around Opolo area of Yenagoa […]Continue Reading
A yet-to-be-identified man was on Thursday night shot dead by gunmen suspected to be cultists along the Nanka/Lumumba Diobu axis between Mile 2 and Mile 3 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that about three gunmen had trailed the deceased to a location where he went to buy noodles and shot him in […]Continue Reading
Tragedy struck in the Gbagada area of Lagos after a yet-to-be-identified woman was stabbed to death by her house help, in her apartment on 29, Kiniun-Ifa Street, Sawmill. It was not clear when the fleeing house help, identified simply as Peter, allegedly committed the murder. But the lifeless body of the woman, according to information […]Continue Reading
A baker, Tina Ileogben, has been killed and her heart reportedly ripped out of her chest and stolen at her residence on Olowo Street, in the Alhaja Shifiwa area of Dopemu, Agege, Lagos State. It was gathered that the victim, who was said to be working at a bakery, did not report for duty on […]Continue Reading
Two Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, have been suspended by the Rivers State Command for Alleged extortion in the course of duty. The suspended ASP Doubara Edonyabo and ASP Talent Mungo were Alleged to have been involved in an untoward act. The suspension of the two officers, as well the stoppage of their salaries were […]Continue Reading
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have nabbed a 26-year-old lady, Obasanmi Esther Iyanu, who produces and distributes skuchies during a raid on her hideout in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. At least, 16.5 litres of the illicit substance and different quantities of molly and cannabis were recovered from her during the […]Continue Reading
A woman simply identified as Rukayat is now in police custody for allegedly poisoning her one-year-old daughter with an insecticide in the Oworonshoki area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Friday. A police source told newsmen that the infant had epilepsy and that the mother poisoned her because she was […]Continue Reading
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp, NSCDC, Kano command have arrested an 85-year-old suspected kidnapper, Ibrahim Usman, at Yar’adua quarters, Rimin Kebe, Ungogo LGA. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SC Ibrahim Idris Abdullahi, who made this known in a statement, said the suspect abducted a 3-year-old boy in his neighbourhood. He said […]Continue Reading
Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State has pledged to get back all the students abducted by bandits in Kuriga, Chikun Local Government Area of the state, on Thursday. The governor pledged, when he visited the community, to commiserate with them over the incident. He, however, said that the total number of those kidnapped has not […]Continue Reading
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a 40-year-old businessman, Ejike Chibuke Solomon with 1.45 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage while attempting to board an Ethiopia Airlines flight number 950 to Vietnam via Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja. Ejike was Continue Reading
By Oluwakayode Banjo Chairman, Oyo State Anti-Corruption Agency, OYACA, Retired Justice Eni Esan has disclosed that legislative and legal processes are ongoing to enable the agency to prosecute offenders. She said this while responding to questions from journalists after a sensitization and advocacy programme for the 2024 Batch A, Stream One of the National Youths […]Continue Reading
By Tijjani Ibrahim A student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Owerri is said to have been killed and several others injured in a clash suspected to be linked to cult activities. The unfortunate incident unfolded on Friday morning when a faction of students from Imo State University (IMSU) allegedly infiltrated the FUTO […]Continue Reading
By Abisola Oluremi The Oyo-Osun Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted fake pharmaceutical drugs worth one billion seven hundred and thirty-nine million naira at Bakatari area of Oyo State. The drugs include seven sacks of 625 mg augmentin tablets, twenty-two sacks of ampiclox and twenty-four sacks of 500 mg amoxicillin capsules. The Area […]Continue Reading
By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has paraded a sixty-four-year-old man for allegedly raping his sixteen years old granddaughter. The suspect was paraded alongside six other suspected criminals arrested for child trafficking at the NSCDC headquarters, Agodi Ibadan. Speaking with journalists, the sixteen-year-old rape victim said he Continue Reading
No fewer than seven people were reportedly killed in a rival cult clash that rocked North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue State. The severity of the clash, forced the market located around the area to close for business. According to reports, the clash was between Black Axe and Red Axe cult groups. An eyewitness, […]Continue Reading
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy, Forward Operation Base, Ibaka, in Akwa Ibom have arrested two suspects and impounded their wooden boat laden with 5,100 litres of petrol. The Commanding Officer of the base, Navy Capt. Uche Aneke, handed over the suspects, the boat and the petrol over to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps […]Continue Reading
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested two men for burgling and stealing in a residential building. A statement issued by the office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander , Mr Soji Ganzallo through the Director, Information and Public Relations of the Corps, […]Continue Reading
Some operatives attached to the Special Tactical Squad of the Nigeria Police Force in Abuja have been arrested for extorting N30 million from a citizen. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. According to the FPRO, the extortion was brought to the notice of the force via […]Continue Reading
The Nigerian Navy has expressed its readiness to combat all forms of crimes and criminalities in the riverine areas of Ondo State, specifically in Ilaje and Ese Odo Local Government Areas of the state. The military revealed that a helicopter had been deployed in the areas to extend the “line of sight of surface assets […]Continue Reading
By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has apprehended ten suspected illegal miners at Ona Ara Local government area of Oyo state. The ten suspected illegal miners were paraded at the NSCDC headquarters, Agodi, Ibadan by the Oyo state Commandant of the corps, Mr Augustine Padonu, (MRM). Parading the suspects, the NSCDC […]Continue Reading
By Olaolu Fawole Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a large consignment of Loud, a synthetic strong strain of cannabis, concealed in giant loudspeakers tucked in a consolidated cargo imported from New York, United States of America. Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of NDLEA in a statement on Sunday, […]Continue Reading
Army authorities in Adamawa have intercepted five trucks of cement along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. This was made known by Hunmwashi Wonosikou, the spokesman of the Governor of Adamawa State, Umaru Fintiri, during a joint press briefing by the state government and the Police. According to him, after interception, the trucks were handed over to the […]Continue Reading
Police operatives attached to the Anti-kidnapping Unit of the FCT Police Command in the continued effort against criminality in the Territory have arrested one of the most wanted and deadly kidnapping kingpins terrorising Abuja and environs. The kidnap kingpin, Saidu Abubakar, is one of the three wanted kidnap kingpins who were declared missing after narrowly […]Continue Reading
By Oluwatoyin Adegoke Nigeria Police, Ogun State Command has paraded seven suspected Kidnappers and ritualists in connection with the murder of 35-year-old Adijat Sulaimon in the Atan Ota area of the state. Those arrested were Moses Abidemi, Olowo Samuel Monday, Akinwunmi Ifatosin Prophet Jamiu Yusuf, Sheriff Agbai and Osijeahen Alioneitouria. Briefing newsmen in Continue Reading