A Kano Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of a 24-year-old housewife, Hafsat Surajo, in a Correctional Center for allegedly stabbing her househelp, Nafiu Hafizu, 38, to death. The defendant, who lives at Unguwa Uku Quarters Kano, is standing trial on a two-count charge of...
Crime News
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Police Command has said it is aware of the recent surge in secret cult fighting and the killings in Benin, which have claimed the lives of innocent citizens, particularly that of Mr Hillary Nosa Odia, a staff member of Independent Television...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps in collaboration with Nigeria Police Force have arrested eight suspected cult members in Ilesa Town of Osun State. The State Commander of Osun Amotekun Corps, Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 31-year old suspected armed robber at Kosofe area of the state and recovered his gun. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated in Ikeja on Tuesday that the suspect’s accomplices...
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, has said eight suspects have been arrested in connection to Sunday’s murder of a traditional ruler in the state. The traditional ruler of Akutara, Mr Patrick Ezugwu, in Adani Autonomous Community, Uzo Uwani Council Area, was killed at...
No fewer than seventy six persons were reportedly killed by assailants in fresh attacks on several communities of Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi Local Government Areas of Plateau State. Transition Implementation Committee Chairman of Bokkos Local Government Area, Monday Kasa, told Channels Television that the coordinated attacks occurred on Saturday...
The Catholic Bishop of Abakaliki Diocese, Most Rev. Peter Nworie, has condemned the killing on Christmas eve of three worshippers by suspected hoodlums during a Christmas vigil mass on Sunday night. Nworie disclosed this at Monday’s Christmas service at Saint Theresa Cathedral Church, saying that the killing occured...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed 14 insurgents and rescued 13 kidnapped victims in Niger and Kaduna States. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Relations, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, said this in a statement on Sunday in Kaduna. Lt. Col....
The Abia Police Command on Sunday says it has rescued all the four missing children allegedly stolen in Umuahia. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement to newsmen on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has thwarted desperate attempts by transnational criminal organisations to flood Nigerian communities with large quantities of assorted illicit drugs during the yuletide season. To this end, the operatives of the NDLEA intercepted millions of tramadol 225mg...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A consignment of spare parts that originated from Asaba, Delta state and going to Malviya Nagar, New Delhi, India has been intercepted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the cargo terminal of the Lagos airport on Wednesday 20th December. The...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a man for possessing and transacting in fake naira notes within Enugu Metropolis. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Enugu. DSP Ndukwe said Police...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has arrested 7 suspects, including a former political ward councillor, for criminal activities within Enugu metropolis. The command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said police recovered six firearms, 16 live cartridges, and...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Zone 2 Police Command has arrested no fewer than three suspected ritualists for being in possession of two human hearts. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Tunni Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Thursday in Lagos. Ayuba...
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has arrested five suspects in possession of AK 47 rifles in Kurmi village of Bakori Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday in Katsina. “On Dec....
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 19-year old man identified as Muhammad in connection with a case of gruesome murder of his girlfriend, Emmanuella Ande. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil, disclosed this...
Gunmen on Monday night abducted Mr Sunday Bage, a prominent farmer in Pari village in the Chawai chiefdom of Kauru Local Government of Kaduna State. Also picked along with Sunday was his wife, Listu. A source from the village told the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) that the...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed the abduction of a High Court Judge, Justice Joy Uwana and her driver in Oron Local Government Area of the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the judge was abducted on Monday along with her driver, while...
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a couple for alleged trafficking in a month old baby. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, said the couple procured the baby in Lagos and were on their way to the...
Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, in the early hours of Tuesday, kidnapped a Second- Class Chief and 20 residents in the Pupule area of Yorro local government in Taraba state. The gunmen, according to locals in the area, invaded the community around 2:am and took away 21 members...