The Commissioner of Police in Kebbi, Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, has confirmed the rescue of five persons who were abducted in two separate incidents in the state. Magaji-Kontagora told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Birnin Kebbi that two women and a man abducted along Bena-Mairairai road were...
Crime News
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 28-year-old female serial kidnapper for allegedly kidnapping two boys. Police Public Relations Officers, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday at Ikeja. SP Hundeyin stated that the suspect kidnapped a three-year-old...
Gunmen have abducted a cleric and his son at Oko-Olowo area of Ilorin on Saturday. Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Ajayi Okasanmi confirmed the abduction on Sunday and said two suspects had already been arrested. “Police are already investigating the matter. Efforts are also at an advanced stage to...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized no less than 5.6 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and tramadol in Lagos. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the drugs were discovered in items like play station, bicycles, motor propeller and local...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered for an intensified manhunt of assailants who murdered three police operatives performing stop-and-search duty within the state. The policemen were killed at Agbani Roundabout in Agbani community of Nkanu West LGA by armed...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled an attempts by traffickers to smuggle consignments of cannabis and ecstasy tablets concealed in three tubers of yam. The Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the anti-narcotics...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27 year-old woman, Miss Esther Paul, for allegedly stabbing her boyfriend, one Sadiq Dahiru,to death. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said that the arrest was made on...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Saudi-bound widow with cocaine concealed in footwear at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday, that the 56-year-old widow and mother of four,...
In sustained offensives against terrorists, aircraft of the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have bombed the enclave of notorious gun runner Mallam Ila at Manawa Village in Shinkafi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A defence operative told PRNigeria that the gun runner was the major supplier of sophisticated weapons to...
Police in Lagos State have arrested a 38-year old man for allegedly killing his mother-in-law and one other person after raping his wife’s teenage sister in the Ibeju-Lekki area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in his verified Twitter handle...
A joint police and army security team has neutralised two assailants involved in the killing of a former Commissioner and Council Chairman in Enugu State, Chief Gabriel Onuzulike, and his brother. It would be recalled that Onuzulike and his brother were attacked and shot dead by the assailants in...
Gunmen have abducted two medical doctors in Cross River State, and are currently demanding for N100 million as ransom to secure their release, the Chairman of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) Calabar branch Dr. Felix Archibong has said. Dr Felix Archibong, confirmed this in an interview with the News...
Police operatives are on the trail of a middle-aged man, Hassan Azeez, popularly known as Saudi, for allegedly setting his wife, Olayinka, ablaze in the early hours of yesterday. According to sources, Azeez had an altercation with Olayinka, a mother of one, accusing her of delaying his breakfast in...
Gunmen have killed two members of “Ebubeagu’’ security outfit in Ebonyi State on Friday. Ebubeagu is the regional security organisation put together by governors of the Southeast geopolitical zone to contain insecurity. Police spokesman in Ebonyi, SP Chris Anyanwu, confirmed the killing on Saturday at Abakaliki. “Investigation is on-going...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen has directed the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) to ensure justice for the underage housemaid allegedly tortured to death by her guardian. Recall that the guardian, who is a microbiologist, poured hot water on the house...
Police in Kebbi paraded one Bashiru Sani of Helende village in Argungu Local Government Area of the state before newsmen on Friday for being in possession of N316,000 counterfeit naira notes. Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi that the money was...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps ( NSCDC) in Rivers, has impounded five trucks, and arrested a suspect for alleged oil theft. The State Commandant of the Corps, Michael Ogar said this in a statement issued by the Corps spokesperson Olufemi Ayodele on Friday in Port Harcourt. He...
The Delta Police Command has recovered assorted weapons from two suspects currently at large in the state. The spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Warri. Edafe said that the weapons were recovered on Thursday by police operatives attached to the Ebrumede...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested 18 internet fraudsters popularly known as “yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Ilorin. Mr. Uwujaren said: “the suspects...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A team of hunters and local vigilantes have intercepted a group of suspected kidnappers around Gorgor and Liya villages in Hawul LGA of Borno State. The team also recovered a sophisticated rifle and the sum of N945,000 as exhibits from the kidnappers and handed...