The Ondo State Security Network Agency codenamed Amotekun Corps, has arrested 45 suspected criminals for various offences in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspects included a kidnap syndicate, motorcycle snatching gang, cattle rustlers and a rapist. Amotekun Corps Commander, Akogun Adetunji Adeleye, while...
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The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP), in collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has rescued nine Liberians from human trafficking in Kano. NAPTIP’s Commander in charge of Kano Zone, Mr Abdullahi Babale, announced made this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...
The Nigerian Navy has handed over a vessel loaded with an unspecified quantity of diesel and five suspects to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The Base Operation Officer of the Nigerian Navy Ship Victory (NNSV), Lt.-Cdr. Clement Ayogu, handed over the vessel and the suspects to an...
Video of a police officer assaulting a yet-to-be-identified man by hitting him repeatedly with a machete has gone viral. According to eyewitnesses, the incident happened in Ekori community in Cross River State. Reacting to the video, the spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said the Commissioner...
Four informants suspected to be leaking information to terrorists about troops’ locations and movements around the outskirts of Abuja have been arrested.. The criminals are already in the custody of a security agency. An intelligence operative told our PRNigeria that the suspects were arrested with sophisticated equipment including Walkie-Talkies,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, ABUJA – No fewer than four notorious drug dealers in Konkol and Belel, two villages on the Nigeria-Cameroon border have been arrested for exporting and retailing Tramadol and snuggling Diazepam into the . They were arrested by the operatives of The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency...
The Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of persons or groups engaging in unauthorised sales of police uniforms and accoutrements. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said the...
No fewer than Two Million Seven Hundred and Fifty (2,750,000) tablets of Tramadol 225mg weighing 1,650 kilograms worth One Billion Three Hundred and Seventy Five Million Naira (N1, 375, 000,000) have been intercepted at the Apapa port in Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)....
The kidnappers who abducted Nollywood actors, Cynthia Okereke and Clemson Cornel, aka Agbogidi, while they were returning from a movie set at Ozalla town in Enugu state have reached out to their families, demanding a ransom of $100, 000. The actors were reported missing after their family members confirmed...
Police in Niger State say they have foiled a robbery on Morocco road in Suleja Local Government Area of the state. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Spokesperson announced this in Minna on Saturday. Abiodun said on Saturday, suspected armed robbers of about five in numbers attacked a GSM store along...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Irate youths have beaten a 22-year old suspected motorcycle thief to death in Yelwa, a sub-urb of Bauchi metropolis. The suspected, Ambima John, a resident of Doka area was alleged to be a motorcycle snatcher. The Bauchi State Police Command, through its Public Relations...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 37 suspected drug users and dealers and seized 820 ampoules of pentazocine injections in Katsina State. The NDLEA Commander in the state, Mr Mohammed Bashir told newsmen on Friday in Katsina that the suspects were arrested within a 24-hour operation....
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, July 28, announced that it found a total of N540 million in the account of a public primary school teacher with a salary of N76,000. Premium Times reports that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – No fewer than 28 persons have been killed, others kidnapped and hundreds of livestock have been rustled following an attack by armed terrorists in Duma Village in Tureta LGA of Sokoto State. Tureta LGA shared borders with Zamfara Local Government Area where a wanted...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 13 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys. T suspects were arrested in the early hours of Thursday, July 28, 2022, in a sting operation at various locations in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Thirteen (13) suspects are: Austin...
By CALLISTUS OFFOR, Abuja – Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have attacked a military checkpoint on Thursday night, near Zuma rock in Suleja Local Government Area of Niger State. The location, near Madalla Town in Suleja LGA is close to Zuba, along the Abuja-Kaduna highway. It was learnt that the...
The Nigerian Navy says it has handed over to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), 70 out of 147 vessels arrested over illegal oil bunkering and crude oil theft. Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogala, Director of Lesson Learnt, said this at the resumed investigative hearing of the House of...
Gunmen have reportedly attacked a construction company in Owo, Ondo State. Gunshots were said to have occurred at the site of Craneburg Construction Company, Owo on Wednesday evening. In a tweet, the police confirmed that some people were injured during the attack. “Tonight, there was a shooting incident at...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – FCT Police Command on Wednesday debunked media reports that there was shooting at Dantata Bridge and Minister’s Hill in Abuja. The Police spokesman , DSP Josephine Adeh, who said this in a statement issued in Abuja, said the Command’s Intelligence and Tactical team was...
By BARBARA KALU, Umuahia – A bank cash officer and an armed robber have been killed on Tuesday during an attack on a bullion van attack in Abia State. The incident occured on 26th July, 2022 at about 1313 hours along Port Harcourt/Enugu highway by Ntigha junction in Isiala...