By BARBARA KALU, Awka – Unknown gunmen have abducted a priest of Onitsha Catholic Archdiocese, Rev. Fr. Joseph Igweagu, in Anambra State. Igweagu, Parish Priest of St. Joseph Parish, Abata Nsugbe, Anambra East LGA was kidnapped on Wednesday, Oct. 12 on his way home after a vigil Mass at...
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Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have attacked the Abdulsalam Abubakar General Hospital Hospital, Gulu, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State. It was learnt that two persons were killed in the attack which occured in the early hours of Tuesday. Several persons including the hospital doctor and a pharmacist...
The Zamfara Government says 80 suspects are in custody for alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping for ransom and illegal possession of firearms. Dr Abdullahi Shinkafi, Chairman Zamfara Committee on Prosecution of Banditry and Related Offences, made this known while fielding questions from newsmen in Gusau on Tuesday. ”Other suspects...
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 37-year-old Lagos car dealer, Ikechukwu Ogbonna, aka IVD, over the death of his wife, Abimbola, in the Lekki area of the state. Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who disclosed this on Monday, said, “He was arrested on Saturday, he’s...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday heard that two former employees of First Marina Trust Ltd. cloned emails of several customers and defrauded them to the tune of over N1.3 billion. Mr Anthony Onyeoghane, a witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) which is prosecuting...
The Police Command in Abia has confirmed the shooting to death of one Insp. Samuel Ugor by a colleague, following an argument. The command’s Spokesman, SP Godfrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Umuahia on Monday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that the policemen were attached...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – Ebonyi State Police Command has debunked rumours making the rounds that Hon. Linus Okorie, Labour Party Senatorial candidate for Ebonyi South was abducted by unknown gunmen in the state. The Police Public Relations Officers, SP Chris Anyanwu, who described the report as fake, said...
By OLA MODUPE, Ogun – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested eleven suspected cultists at Sango-Ota area in Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government of the state. The Police Spokesperson in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota, Ogun, that the suspects were arrested...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command has rescued one of its operatives, ASP Ahmed Yusuf from the hands of his abductors in a bush between Kwara and Oyo State. Recalled that ASP Ahmed, of IGP Monitoring Team attached to the state Command, was abducted from...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student for drug abuse and peddling. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said the suspects were among...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested no fewer than arrested twelve bankers for suspected insider fraud in Enugu State. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, said the suspects were arrested on Friday....
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued 29 victims of trafficking in Kebbi State. The Zonal Commander in-charge of Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States, Malam Misba’u Iya-Kaura, confirmed this to newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. He said the agency in collaboration with the...
A Kwara High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday convicted one Basheeru Seyi, a student of Kwara Polytechnic, Ilorin for offences bordering on internet fraud. The Presiding Judge, Justice Adebayo Yusuf, in his judgment, sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment with N200,000 as option of fine. Yusuf also...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested one Alice Mulak, of ungwan Gwari, in Karu Local Government Area, for allegedly killing her boyfriend with a knife. A statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed...
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Friday said that 16 Nigerians had been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing cyber crimes there. Dr Chukwu Emeka, the Controller of the Command, disclosed this during a news conference in Seme, Lagos State. According to Emeka, these are...
By EFFIONG BASSEY, Uyo – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command, on Thursday said it has arrested two persons and recovered 130 drums of suspected Automotive Gas Oil in Eket Local Government Area. The NSCDC spokesman, Mr. Friday Ekerete said in a statement in...
Somali National Army (SNA) said on Monday that its forces killed more than 200 al-Shabab militants during an operation conducted on Sunday in Bulaburte district of central Somalia. According to the state-owned media, the militants were planning to block the road between Beledweyne and Bulaburde district and stage an...
Nine people, including senior regional officials, were killed in twin car bombings claimed by Al-Shabaab in central Somalia on Monday, police said, as the government escalates an offensive against the Islamists. Two cars packed with explosives were detonated minutes apart outside local government offices in Beledweyne, a city at...
Somalia’s government says it has killed Abdullahi Nadir, one of the co-founders of the armed group al-Shabab, in an operation with international partners. The country’s information ministry said in a statement late on Sunday that the operation that killed Nadir happened on Saturday. It said he was al-Shabab’s chief...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has disclosed that about 2,295 teachers were killed in North Eastern Nigeria between 2009 and 2022. Also about 19000 others were displaced and over 910 schools destroyed or damaged due to conflicts. Registrar of Teachers Registration Council...