The police in Ogun rescued a journalist, Oluseun Oduneye, from his kidnappers after a gun battle which lasted for 45 minutes. Oduneye, who’s the publisher of Issues Magazine, was kidnapped at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi,...
Crime News
Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 19 people and burned a medical facility in a raid on a village in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo early on Sunday, two regional officials and a resident said. The attack, which occurred around 1 a.m. (2300 GMT) in the village of Kirindera...
Police in Ebonyi on Sunday in Abakaliki confirmed Saturday’s killing of a councillor, Mr Ogbonnaya Ugwu. Spokesman of the police, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that investigation had started to track the killers so as to bring them to book. A resident told NAN...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it will continue to arrest and prosecute those involved in the production and circulation of fake redesigned Naira notes. The Commandant-General of the corps, Ahmed Audi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Abuja that the number...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspected members of a ritual gang, which specialises in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for rituals. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has arrested 35 persons over alleged trafficking in various illicit drugs and substances. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, made this known in a statement on Sunday, in Abuja. Babafemi said that operatives, acting on intelligence, intercepted a consignment...
The police command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of a 24-year old security guard, Barnabas Job, over alleged murder of a 26-year old housemaid, Miss Tereza Ekibi. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said...
The Police in Kaduna State, have confirmed the occurrence of a fresh attack on Zango Kataf Local Government Area, on Saturday night. SP Muhammad Jalije, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday, that the attack occurred at 20:40hrs in Ungwan Wakili....
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over 11 victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) Sokoto. The NIS spokesman, Controller of Corrections (CC), Mr Tony Akuneme, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a rehabilitated ex-fighter of the Boko Haram terror group, Alayi Madu for alleged drug trafficking. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued to newsmen on Sunday in Abuja. Mr....
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The police operatives in Zamfara State have dislodged a bandits’ camp and rescue 14 kidnapped victims, who had spent 68 days in captivity. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Gusau....
Amotekun Corps, the security network of states in the Southwest geo-political zone arrested a 24-year-old suspected rapist in Iwo, Osun on Friday. He was alleged to have been keeping a 16-year-old girl in his room for three days while having carnal knowledge of her. Commander of the corps in...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Akwa Ibom on Saturday said it seized 150 smuggled drums of petrol and arrested two suspects on March 9. The NSCDC Commandant in Akwa Ibom, Mr Yusuf Imam, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Uyo on Saturday. Imam said the...
A disgruntled former Jehovah’s Witness member shot dead six people of the Christian group’s congregation in the German city of Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Friday. Eight other people were wounded, including four seriously, in Thursday evening’s attack, said Hamburg interior minister Andy Grote, calling...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – A 13-year-old boy has allegedly shot a three-year-old girl to death at Kukudi Village, Imasayi in Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued to newsmen in Abeokuta on Friday,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The police in Nasarawa State have arrested two suspected rapists who allegedly had unlawful canal knowledge of a 15-year old girl in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, confirmed the development in a statement issued to our...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The United Nations has strongly condemns the reported ambush and brutal killing of more than 30 civilians in Mukdolo village in Ngala Local Government Area in Borno State. Several people were also reportedly injured, and others are still missing following the deadly attack allegedly...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of the armed forces, nabbed eight political thugs at Okehi in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi during the just concluded Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, made this known at the bi-weekly news briefing on...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – The Police Ebonyi State have killed no fewer than three 3 gunmen and arrested two suspects in an operation in the state. The police also recovered two AK-47 riffle, one locally made pistol, one AK-47 magazine, 30 AK-47 live ammunition, 20 AK-47 expended ammunition...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Troops of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, Calabar, deployed for Operation Akpakwu, have rescued the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River, Mrs Gertrude Njar, from captivity. Mrs. Njar, who has been under captivity for 35 days, was rescue by the troops on Wednesday around...