Mr Tony Ojukwu, SAN, Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), has condemned the killing of a female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, by a policeman in Ajah, Lagos. Ojukwu made the condemnation in a statement when reacting to the unfortunate death of Raheem. He described the incident...
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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) on Monday requested the police to come up with more details of the alleged murder of a Lagos-based female lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was allegedly shot dead on Christmas Day by a police officer attached...
The Police Command in Cross River has arrested a 49 year-old man, who killed and dumped his girlfriend’s aunt in a septic tank. The state anti kidnapping squad led by SP Ogini Chukwuma, disclosed this to newsmen in Calabar on Sunday. Chukwuma said that the suspect, Eyo Bassey, who...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has Intercepted consignments of Colorado concealed in vehicles imported from Montreal, Canada at the Tincan seaport, Apapa and the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
The Police Command in Cross River said it foiled a robbery attack in one of the old generation banks in the state capital city on Friday. The state Commissioner of Police, Sule Balarabe, who confirmed the incident, said that the command arrested four suspects in connection with the planned...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has rescued four kidnapped victims in a forest at Akama-Oghe in Ezeagu Local Government of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Enugu. DSP Ndukwe said that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have neutralized eight bandits and seized six motorcycles during ambush patrols in the Chikun/Birnin Gwari Local Government Areas (LGAs) in Kaduna State. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affair, Samuel Aruwan, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Eight men, Waheed Tijani, 50, Taiwo Yunusa, 38, Afeez Ariyo, 43, Kazeem Tejumaje, 47, Abdulrasheed Tanimola, 55, Muritala Kewulere, 65, Dauda Azeez, 52 and Abdulhakeem Oriola, 51, were on Friday docked in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan. The defendants, whose residential addresses were not provided, were docked for allegedly...
The Zamfara police command on Thursday confirmed the killing of a male Chinese national by gunmen in Maradun Local Government Area of the state. This was confirmed by the Police spokesperson in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, in a statement he issued in Gusau. According to Shehu, the tactical...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State Police Command says no fewer than 636 cases of various crimes were recorded within the year, out of which over 372 were prosecuted and 314 suspects convicted for various offences. The Commissioner of police in the state, CP Abdul Umar stated...
It was harvest of arrests by the Oyo State command of the Nigeria Police Force, as no fewer than 19 suspected kidnappers were paraded in Ibadan for kidnapping, killings of prominent citizens and armed robbery offences. Among those paraded were 10 suspects linked with the kidnapped of a former...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – Armed hoodlums for the fourth time have attacked The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Isu Local Government Area (LGA) of Imo state. Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee disclosed this in statement in Abuja on Wednesday....
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – Gunmen on Wednesday have ambushed a police patrol team, killing two and wounding two other officers in Kogi. It was gathered that the attack on the police patrol team occurred on the Agbaja road, Lokoja where the hoodlums emerged from the bush and attacked...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Troops of 82 Division, Nigerian Army have raided the camps of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra and its Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) in Ebonyi and Enugu State. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said in a statement in Abuja on Wednesday, the raid...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 38-year-old travel agent, Elijah Samson, in a correctional center for alleged N2.8m visa fraud. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel gave the order after the prosecutor, Insp. Chidi Leo, pleaded that the defendant be remanded as investigation in the matter was ongoing....
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized more than N450 billion worth of drugs and cash between January 2021 and October 2022. NDLEA Chairman, retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa made the declaration on Tuesday in Abuja at the NDLEA’s end-of-year awards, commendation and decorations of promoted officers. He...
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly insulting Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni on social media. Although he was arrested on December 11, 2022, it came to the public knowledge on Monday after the minor’s father, Garba Isa called on police authorities to release his son. According...
The Kano State Hisbah Board (agency enforcing Islamic religion morals) has arrested 19 youths for attending a same sex marriage ceremony. Its spokesman, Malam Lawan Ibrahim stated on Tuesday in Kano that the youths were gathered to witness the wedding of two suspected homosexuals Abba and Mujahid. “The arrest...
Mrs Aderemi Fagbemi-Olaleye, the wife of the embattled Managing Director of Optical Cancer Care Foundation, Dr Femi Olaleye, on Monday said that her husband was suffering from sex addition. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Fagbemi-Olaleye testified before an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. She...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 12 bandits and kidnappers notorious for terrorizing Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State and other neighbouring states of Taraba, Plateau and Gombe have been killed by a joint team of security operatives. The spokesman of The Bauchi State Police Command,...