Gunmen in the early hours of Monday have attacked the country home of Lasun Yusuff, the Labour Party gubernatorial candidate in the Osun gubernatorial election. The yet to be identified gunmen came around 2am and shot indiscriminately at the building located at Oke-Ima area of the town. Sources, however,...
Crime News
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has foiled an attempt by a human trafficker to export illicit drug to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), by planting it in the luggage of an orphan. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).on Sunday said a 26-year old Nigerian, Aloysius Onyekwe has allegedly excreted 47 wraps of Cocaine after he was arrested by its operatives in Oyo State. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement in...
The Police Command in Delta said it recovered a stolen Lexus 350 SUV and assorted weapons from suspected armed robbers in the state. The Spokesman of the command, DSP Bright Edafe disclosed this to newsmen on in Warri. Edafe said the vehicle was recovered on Wednesday by police operatives...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives arrested a suspected bandit, recovered AK-47 rifle in Mariri Village, Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of the state, The spokesman of the command, DSP Mohammed Jalige confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday in Kaduna. Jalige said the command...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nasarawa State Police Command has recaptured one inmate that escaped during the recent attack on Kuje Meduim Security Correctional Centre by terrorists. The Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Mr. Adesina Soye, disclosed this in a statement issued by the command’s spokesman, Mr....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have rescued an alleged kidnapped Yahoo-Yahoo apprentice, Destiny Peter, 17, from an apartment in Mpape, Abuja. EFCC spokesman Mr Wilson Uwujaren disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. Mr. Uwujaren said...
A 22-year-old suspected female kidnapper has confessed to her Kidnapping crimes with her father after she was arrested by the police. Adeola Omoniyi revealed that she had been delivering children she kidnapped to her father, Ilesanmi Omoniyi, who in turn paid her the sum of N30,000 for each operation....
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command on Friday said its operatives have rescued the Chinese national abducted by gunmen on July 3 at a construction site on Shao-Oloru Expressway. The police spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, who confirmed the development in a statement said the police...
Imo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it intercepted seven trucks of adulterated diesel and arrested 12 suspects in connection with the seizure. NSCDC Commandant in Imo, Mr Matthew Ovey disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Command’s headquarters in Owerri, on Thursday....
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday sentenced a fake Army General Bolarinwa Abiodun, whose real name is Hassan Ayinde to seven years in prison for impersonation and N266.5 million fraud. The convict also disguised as the Chief Of Army Staff (COAS) to carry out the N266.5 million fraud....
Scores of people have been killed and several others injured after jets belonging to the Nigeria Air Force (NAF), were reported to have bombed Kunkuna village, in Safana LGA of Katsina State. The incident reportedly took place at about 11:00 pm on Tuesday, shortly after President Muhammadu Buhari’s advance...
Gunmen suspected to be robbers have attacked a lodge where some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) reside in Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that the gunmen at about 1am on Wednesday, attacked and dispossessed Corps members of their valuables at Udo Ekong Ekwere Street, off...
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja on Tuesday night, July 5. In a video shared online on Wednesday evening, the terrorist showed some of its men shooting their way into the facility. Tens of fighters were seen marching...
Press Statement by the Nigerian correctional Service on Kuje Prison attack: “In furtherance to my earlier press release on the unfortunate attack by gunmen suspected to be terrorists, I wish to state that the attackers broke into the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kuje using explosive devices through the main...
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) on Wednesday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to resign or be impeached over his alleged perennial failure to take decisive action on terrorists. HURIWA’s National Coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko, in a statement, also said the Buhari government and the military are fine...
There is now calm at the Kuje Correctional Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, following a deadly attack on the facility by gunmen on Tuesday night, PRNigeria reports. Recalled that suspected terrorists Tuesday night attacked the Kuje prison, freeing hardened criminals into the nation’s capital. PRNigeria gathered that...
An attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja, have left one dead and 3 others injured. On Tuesday evening, explosions and gunshots were heard from the direction of the correctional centre, a situation that forced pandemonium among residents of the Kuje...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police has warned cultists planning to celebrate the July 7, (7/7) Day to desist from such plans, noting that unlawful gatherings will not be tolerated. The 7/7 is a day set aside by some cult groups to celebrate what they call...