Ogun Police Command has announced the dismissal of three police officers for allegedly extorting N153,000 from one Sheriff Adedigba, a student of Lagos State University (LASU). The three policemen, Inspector Sunday John, Jimoh Asimiya and Solomon Adedapo, allegedly extorted the young man while he was travelling from Abeokuta to Lagos. The Spokesman for the Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi on Tuesday, in …
BREAKING: Gunmen Attack Private University In Kaduna, Kidnap Pupils The academic establishment, Green Field University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuka Highway at Chikun Local Government Area, as well as the first private university in the nation, established three years back. The most recent incident is the first major assault that bandits will launch on communities across the Kaduna-Abuja Highway since …
Senator representing Ekiti South, Mrs. Biodun Olujimi, has condemned the killings of six persons in a cult clash at Ikere-Ekiti, Ikere Local Government Area of Ekiti State. She spoke just as the Police Command stated 34 more suspects have been arrested in connection with Sunday’s bloody violence in the town. Olujimi mentioned hooliganism and cultism shouldn’t be a way of …
Osun State Police Command has arrested 21 youths for alleged involvement in cultism, kidnapping and different crimes. The Commissioner of Police within the state, CP Wale Olokode, paraded the suspects on the police headquarters in Osogbo, the state capital. The CP mentioned the suspects have been arrested in Osogbo, Ife and Ikire, explaining that some suspects had been launched when …
Niger state police command said its personnel attached to Lapai Division in a joint operation with vigilante operatives have killed three kidnappers in a gun shootout. The kidnappers were engaged in a gun battle following receipt of credible information by the police that the gunmen had kidnapped three persons at different locations to unknown destination. The Police Public Relations Officer, …
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has stated it will use the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS)’s database to trace drug barons and traffickers anywhere in the world. The Chairman/Chief Executive of the agency, Brig-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (rtd), stated this on Monday in Abuja during a courtesy visit to the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Muhammed …
A Customary Court in Kafanchan on Wednesday sentenced a teenager, Isaac John, to three years in a correctional facility for stealing a motorcycle. The presiding Judge, George Gwani, however, gave the convict an option of an N60,000 fine. The Police had charged John with theft, an offence contrary to the provisions of Section 270 of the Kaduna State Penal Code. …
Police have declared 18 people wished in the wake of communal clashes between Effium and Ezza in Ebonyi state. All 18 from Effium are accused of promoting an intra-communal clash that’s ravaged the area for the past three years. They are also wanted on charges that include murder, arson, illegal possession of firearm and ammunition, attempt to commit felony including …
The Minority Caucus in the House of Representatives has expressed shock over the assassination attempt on the Governor of Benue State, Dr. Samuel Ortom, calling for a full scale investigation into the incident with a view to bringing the assailants and their masterminds, no matter how highly placed to justice . Last week, gunmen suspected to be herdsmen attacked the …
The management of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), has confirmed the killing of their staff member by some mini-bus drivers at the Anthony bus stop area of the state. The LASTMA additionally stated one other staff sustained serious wounds during the assault, which it stated, was orchestrated by suspected cultists masquerading as drivers of commercial mini-buses. Obasi Segun …
Assailants yesterday hacked the village chief of Osewu community in Toto Local Government area of Nasarawa State, Abubakar Omazi and 16 others within the area to loss of life. A resident, who identified himself as Yahaya, stated the incident happened at 6 am. He stated the assailants invaded the community in their large number with sophisticated weapons and attacked some …
Angry youths of Ihitte-Uboma LGA in Imo State have taken to the streets of the Isinweke community to protest the alleged killing of an indigene of the area by a suspected policeman. It was gathered that the protesting youths had set on fire, the LG council headquarters in Isinweke, the Ihitte-Uboma Divisional Police Headquarters and a court building in the …
A convicted internet fraudster, Akinrinmade Adeniyi, who was sentenced to three months imprisonment in Abeokuta, is to forfeit his car, a laptop and a cellphone to the Federal Government. The Economic and Monetary Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Office, stated it secured the conviction of Adeniyi on Tuesday for impersonation. He was discovered guilty of the charge preferred against him …
A suspected drug trafficker, Hassan Bishi Taiwo, has been arrested by operatives of the Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA) command of the National Drug Laws Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with three parcels of cocaine hid in a false bottom created in his suitcase. Preliminary investigations revealed that Hassan, who was intercepted at the E-Arrival hall of the MMIA, upon arrival onboard …
Armed bandits have allegedly kidnapped forty-nine individuals in Rafi and Wushishi Local Governments Areas of Niger State. It was gathered that the bandits rode on bikes and parked distant from the village, whereas they walked to the village and unleashed assault whereas they had been quick asleep. It was gathered among the bandits have been left behind to look at …
Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of one ‘Rufai Maikaji’, a deadly bandit terrorising the state, in an aerial interdiction conducted by the Nigerian troops. Maikaji’ and dozens of his fighters were neutralized around the fringes of Malul Forest in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna Central Senatorial District. The state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel …
Nigerian Immigration Service has arrested an imposter of the Comptroller General of the service, Mr. Mohammed Babandede. Jigawa State NIS Command Comptroller Mr. Ismail Abba Aliyu stated the suspect specialized in duping people. He stated the 25-year-old suspect identified as Muhammad Sulaiman Babaji of Bayi Quarters in Hedejia local Government was arrested parading himself as the junior brother of Comptroller …
A shocking revelation emerged on April 5, 2018, in Offa bloody bank robbery on Wednesday, when suspects told a Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin, how they killed about eleven persons in the robbery operation. The suspects, Ayoade Akinnibosun, Ibikunle Ogunleye, Adeola Abraham, Azeez Salawu, and Niyi Ogundare, have been on trial since their arrest. Counsel to the prosecution, …
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has declared that most kidnappers in the State’s forest reserves speak Fulfulde. Akeredolu, who spoke during an interview on Politics Today on Monday, said the kidnappers were using Ondo forest reserves to perpetrate crimes. According to the governor, “What we had to address in Ondo State is essentially our discovery that some criminal elements …
The Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Ari Mohammed Ali, said the command has arrested two suspected murderers in connection with the death of an 18-year-old girl, Akpovwovwo Blessing. CP Ali in a statement signed and made available in news gave the names of the suspects to include, Dafe Desmond (28) and Joel Dafe Ruro. Read Also: Nigerian entertainers should participate …
