At least 20 people from the Randa Community in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State were killed after terrorists loyal to notorious terror kingpin, Lawalli Damina, kidnapped the entire male residents of the community over missing rifles, PREMIUM TIMES has exclusively reported. Locals and a traditional leader told...
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There is panic in some communities in Ogun State, following the alleged threat of fresh attacks from suspected killer herdsmen. The communities are Asa, Agbon, Ibeku and Oja-Odan communities in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of the state. According to The Punch, the letter was reportedly written on Saturday....
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – The Delta State Police Command has arrested 6 suspected armed robbers and kidnappers in Ekpan community in Uvwie Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Warri. DSP...
Nigerian Troops have intercepted some surveillance cameras and combat drones in the southeast. Multiple sources who confirmed the development told PRNigeria that the drones, which were deployed by terrorists of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, were on surveillance and combat missions to some communities in the southeastern region....
The Ebonyi State Police Command has recovered some Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) following the discovery of what it described as the biggest bomb factory in the South-East belonging to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The police said the recovered IEDs are capable of causing colossal damage to...
Gunmen suspected to be assassins have killed Labour Party candidate for Onuimo Local Government Area in the Imo State House of Assembly, Christopher Elehu. He was killed on Friday, by suspected assassins, who also set his country home ablaze and destroyed his property including a motorcycle. The suspects struck in...
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested four suspected high profile criminals within a week time as the former upped their game to bring those instigating criminality and violence to book. The operatives within the period recovered one AK-47 rifle with 51 live ammunition of 7.62mm calibre, three locally-fabricated...
The Police in Seoul on Thursday, reported that a total of 12 foreign nationals have been arrested on charges of defrauding female victims in internet romance schemes. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency (SMPA) the suspects are accused of a wire fraud of 3.7 billion won (US$2.8 million)...
An appeal court on Thursday sentenced a 26 year old man to life in prison for killing his former girlfriend’s mother after she filled rape charges against him. The Seoul Court approved a district court’s earlier sentence of life imprisonment for Lee Seok-joon for multiple charges, including revenge murder...
A man identified as Haliru Riskuwa, also known as Lopetee, was arrested and paraded on Tuesday for kidnapping his neighbour’s child. Eight suspects were paraded by the Sokoto State Police Command on Tuesday, over alleged kidnapping and banditry in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Muhammed...
Gunmen on Wednesday attacked Nwakpu Market in Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi and shot a motorcyclist on the head. The gunmen also set a vehicle ablaze and destroyed properties worth millions of Naira. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there have been fear and tension...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old man, Olalekan Rasaq, in a correction centre for allegedly causing his nephew’s death. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Munirat Giwa -Babalola, who did not take plea of the suspect due to lack of jurisdiction ordered that he...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Operatives from The Katsina State Police Command has repelled a terrorists attack and neutralized two wanted terrorists on Tuesday. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Katsina, identified the two notorious terrorists as...
The Police Command in Sokoto State has arrested no fewer than eight suspects over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, theft and kidnapping in the state. Mr Muhammed Gumel, the Commissioner of Police, made the disclosure when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto. Gumel said one of the suspected...
After one and half year legal tussle, an Ilorin High Court on Tuesday sentenced killers of Olajide Blessing Omowumi, a 300 level student of the University of Ilorin, to death by hanging. The deceased, who would had turned 26 years this year, was raped and murdered in a merciless...
The National Agency for Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) says it has confiscated counterfeit alcoholic drinks worth more than one million naira in separate raids in Onitsha and Aba markets. Dr Christiana Esenwah, Deputy Director, NAFDAC’s Directorate of Investigation and Enforcement, made this known in an interview with the...
Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo says security operatives have killed three bandits and arrested two others for their involvement in the attack on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. The governor said this while addressing newsmen at the police headquarters in Imo while...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A pregnant woman, Mrs Mary Barka has been killed when some kidnappers suspected to be bandits armed with locally made guns invaded Pelachiroma village in Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State. The suspects, who have since been arrested by the Chairman of Hunters,...
Gunmen on Monday attacked the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri and set part of the office complex and some vehicles in the compound ablaze. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday. It was further...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Akwa Ibom Command, says it has arrested 60 drug suspects and secured 11 convictions in the last three months. NDLEA Commander in Akwa Ibom, Mrs Obot Bassey, gave the figures in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday...