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Navy Deploys Helicopter to Combat Kidnapping in Ondo

Web News 22 February 2024 251 0

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 Continue Reading

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NSCDC Apprehends 10 Suspected Illegal Miners in Oyo

Web News 21 February 2024 304 0

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

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NDLEA Arrests Female Lawyer Who Inherited Illegal Drug Trade from Father

Web News 18 February 2024 767 0

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

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Army Intercepts Trucks of Cement along Nigeria-Cameroon Border

Web News 18 February 2024 275 0

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

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Police Apprehend Notorious Kidnap Kingpin

Web News 16 February 2024 460 0

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

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Seven Suspected Ritualists in Police Net

Web News 16 February 2024 212 0

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

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Five in Police Net for Killing Retired Permanent Secretary

Web News 15 February 2024 333 0

Operatives of the Oyo State Police Command have arrested five suspects for the murder of a retired permanent secretary in the state civil service, Mrs Olaitan Gbenle. Thirty other suspects were arrested for various crimes. The state Commissioner of Police,  Adebola Hamzat, announced the arrests during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Eleyele, […]Continue Reading

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Court Sentences 15 for Internet Fraud

Web News 15 February 2024 202 0

By Oluwakayode Banjo Justices Olusola Adetujoye, O.A. Lajide and S.O. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan have convicted and sentenced 15 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. This is contained in a statement by the Commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale. The statement indicates that They were jailed after pleading Continue Reading

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Ekiti kidnap : Rescued Victims Discharged from Hospital

Web News 11 February 2024 645 0

The eight rescued kidnap victims who have been receiving medical attention at Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, were on Sunday discharged after a week in the facility. The victims including five school children and three staff of The Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, who were kidnapped along the Emure-Eporo Road, on […]Continue Reading

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NDLEA Nabs Man for Supplying Drugs to Terrorists

Web News 11 February 2024 197 0

The Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it has arrested a 42-year old man, Ahmad Mohammed, responsible for supplying drugs to insurgents in Borno State. In a statement on Sunday by agency’s Director, Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, the suspect is part 24 suspected traffickers and dealers recently arrested by its operatives. The statement revealed […]Continue Reading

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Court Orders Labourer Be Given 12 Strokes for Stealing

Web News 8 February 2024 576 0

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, ordered a 21-year-old labourer, Shuaibu Haruna to be flogged with 12 strokes of the cane for stealing a wallet. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, made the pronouncement after Haruna, a resident of Badiko, Kaduna, pleaded guilty to a  one-count charge of theft levelled against him. Haruna prayed the court […]Continue Reading

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Oba Aromolaran Condemns Ilesa Cult Killings

Web News 8 February 2024 526 0

By Olufunke Adeosun The Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Gabriel Adekunle Aromolaran has condemned Tuesday’s night cult killing in Ilesa, describing it as alien to the culture of the land. Oba Aromolaran, while reacting to the recurrent bloody clashes between the Eye and Aye confraternities in Ijesaland, said all hands must be on deck to […]Continue Reading

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Student Commits Suicide in Ogun

Web News 7 February 2024 303 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke A 400- level female student of a government-owned University in Ogun State, Adaze Jaja, has reportedly committed suicide in an hotel Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer, Ogun State Command,  Omolola Odutola, said the 31 year old lady committed the act with  poisonous substance . The PPRO explained that the […]Continue Reading

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NCC, Customs Collaborate on Curbing Piracy

Web News 6 February 2024 297 0

By Oluseyi Olarinde Intellectual property theft and copyright infringements which involve the printing of books without the author’s permission, and the downloading of music and films illegally have over the years affected the book chain in Nigeria. To this end, the Nigerian Copyright Commission, NCC, had reached an agreement with the Nigeria Customs Service, NSC, Continue Reading

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NDLEA Intercepts Over 14 Tons of ‘Loud’ in Lagos

Web News 4 February 2024 384 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, have intercepted large consignments of Ghanaian Loud smuggled into Lagos in two trucks and a J5 bus with a total weight of 14, 524.8 kilogrammes. The NDLEA Director, Media & Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, the three vehicles […]Continue Reading

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Police Nab 2 with 70 cartons of Expired Drugs

Web News 4 February 2024 179 0

Officers from the Okokomaiko Division of the Lagos State Police Command, on Saturday evening, intercepted a Volkswagen LT bus loaded with seventy cartons of expired drugs and arrested two suspects. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, who stated this in a statement on his X handle on Sunday, said the discovery was made at […]Continue Reading

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Court Remands ‘Emir’ for Murder

Web News 2 February 2024 520 0

By Adenitan Akinola  A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state has ordered the remand of a member of the state transport management system, Oyeyemi Olalekan, popularly known as ‘Emir’ in Ile-Ife correctional centre. The defendant was brought to the court for arraignment but his counsel, Mr Edmund Biriomoni, challenged the jurisdiction of the […]Continue Reading

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Oyo Declares Storage of Dangerous Substance Criminal Offence

Web News 1 February 2024 300 0

By Iyabo Adebisi In Oyo state, it has now become a Criminal offence for individuals or organizations that fail to report the storage of dangerous substances within 72 hours to face the wrath of the law under Section 5(2) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).  This followed the signing […]Continue Reading

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So-Safe Corps Rescue Kidnapped Victim in Ogun

Web News 31 January 2024 317 0

By Omolara Adasofunjo The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps, codenamed So-Safe Corps, has rescued a 17-year-old boy who was allegedly  kidnapped by yet to be  identified kidnap suspects.   ln a statement from the Office of the State Commander of the Corps, Commander, Dr.Soji Ganzallo through the Office of the Director of Continue Reading

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School Pupils Abducted in Ekiti

Web News 30 January 2024 389 0

By Amos Ogunrinde Unspecified numbers of pupils of one of the private, Apostolic Faith Nursery and Primary School in Emure Ekiti have been allegedly kidnapped. The pupils were said to have been kidnapped on Monday around five O’clock in the evening when the school bus conveying them was returning to Eporo Ekiti, a town after Emure […]Continue Reading

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Man Confesses Kidnapping Self

Web News 30 January 2024 191 0

By Oluwatoyin Adegoke  A middle-aged man, Olumide Openaike has confessed to faking his kidnapping to evade a debt of over one point two million Naira. Olumide, who was a staff of a Microfinance bank in Kemta Oloko, Abeokuta, was declared missing on January 17th, 2024 was later found in Mokwa, Niger State, contrary to the earlier report of […]Continue Reading

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Gunmen Kill Traditional Rulers

Web News 30 January 2024 229 0

By Amos Ogunrinde Two traditional rulers in Ekiti State have been killed by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers on Monday It was gathered that the two traditional rulers, the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba David Babatunde Ogunsakin and the Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Samuel Olusola were ambushed and shot dead by gunmen along Oke-Ako road, […]Continue Reading

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Adeleke Orders Investigation into Shooting of US-Based PDP Chieftain

Web News 29 January 2024 435 0

By Mathew Famakinde A Chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party in Ejigbo Osun state and a US based lecturer, Dr. Richard Adeoriokin has allegedly been shot dead in his home town by a local security guard. The incident occurred between 8:00 and 8:30 pm on Saturday, along Inisha Road of Ejigbo, following the conclusion of a […]Continue Reading

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Brazil Returnee Nabbed with 60 Wraps of Cocaine

Web News 28 January 2024 301 0

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a Brazil returnee, Udechukwu Ekene Theophilus at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA Ikeja Lagos for ingesting 60 big wraps of cocaine. The suspect who was arrested during inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa, […]Continue Reading

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Ogun So-Safe Arrests Man for Burglary, Stealing

Web News 27 January 2024 395 0

By Omolara Adasofunjo  The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps codenamed So-Safe Corps, has arrested one Ayomide Ibrahim for burglary and theft. In a statement by the State Commander of the Corps, Dr Soji Ganzallo through the Office of the Director of Information and Public Relations of the Corps, Mr Moruf Yusuf. He […]Continue Reading