By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has arrested 18 internet fraudsters popularly known as “yahoo boys” in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The EFCC spokesman, Mr Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement issued on Friday in Ilorin. Mr. Uwujaren said: “the suspects...
Crime News
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – A team of hunters and local vigilantes have intercepted a group of suspected kidnappers around Gorgor and Liya villages in Hawul LGA of Borno State. The team also recovered a sophisticated rifle and the sum of N945,000 as exhibits from the kidnappers and handed...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Nigeria Army Theatre Command of Operation HADIN Kai on Thursday said a soldier went berserk, shot and killed a staff of one of the Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) providing humanitarian support in the North East. The Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.Samson Nantip Zhakom,...
The Police Force in Yobe State on Thursday confirmed the arrested of a man, Ibrahim Yunusa, for allegedly restraining and starving his wife, Sadiya for one year. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Damaturu. He...
The Police Command in Plateau State, on Thursday in Jos, confirmed the arrest and detention of a female suspect, for allegedly torturing and killing her maid, a minor identified as Margaret Joshua. DSP Alfred Alabo, the command’s spokesperson, who confirmed the arrest said investigation was ongoing and the suspect...
A nine-year-old girl identified as ‘Tsholotso girl’, has been delivered of a baby girl at United Bulawayo Hospital in Zimbabwe. According to Zim Live, the minor delivered the baby on Monday morning via a caesarean section. The girl who is a victim of rape becomes the youngest mom ever...
The Buhari Media Organisation (BMO) has hailed the military authorities for going a step further in the ongoing war against terrorism by declaring 19 top bandits/terrorists wanted and placing a N5million bounty on each of them. The group said in a statement signed by its Chairman Niyi Akinsiju and...
Some gunmen, who attacked the Maikatako Community, in Bokkos Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau, have killed nine members of one family and many others. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), of the Police Command in the state, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of...
In a sustained military operation, airstrikes carried out by the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) have eliminated notorious banditry kingpins, Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana in the North-western part of the country. PRNigeria gathered that while Halilu Buzu was killed on October 21, 2022, at Sububu, Maradun Local Government Area (LGA)...
A combined effort of the Police and vigilance group on Tuesday, resulted in the arrest of a suspected armed robbery gang leader and the recovery of assorted weapons in Ogidi, Idemili North LGA of Anambra. The Ogidi Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr Ahmed Sani, said security personnel had stormed...
Gunmen have reportedly abducted passengers commuting on the Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River on Tuesday. State Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr Sule Balarabe, confirmed the abduction, but said the number of victims had not been ascertained. He added that while awaiting the number of victims from the...
ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Umar Sanda, has explained that the recent incident that led to the death of a 67-year old retired civil servant, Adamu Babanta, was an accident and not murder as reported in a section of the media. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) aerial patrols have targeted bandits’ locations in Kaduna State and several bandits were neutralized, camps destroyed and some of their hostages escaped. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in...
The police command in Niger says it has arrested three suspects for allegedly kidnapping, possession of firearm and false impersonation in different part of the state. Wasiu Abiodun, the spokesman of the command, said this in a statement in Minna on Mondday. Abiodun said that on Nov. 1, based...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has recovered $15,400 fake notes, following the arrest of two members of a fake dollars syndicate in Karu Local Goverment Area (LGA), of Nasarawa State. According to a report by NSCDC Director Public Relations (DPR), Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Monday in...
Community vigilantes and youths have arrested suspected terrorists and handed them to security authorities in Niger State. PRNigeria gathered the suspected terrorists were arrested during a search and interrogation of strange people in Wawa district of New Bussa. A source who participated in the search in an audio sent...
A 16-year-old abducted female student of Federal Government College, Birnin Yauri in Kebbi State, has given birth to a child in captivity, PRNigeria can authoritatively report. The young mother is among 11 remaining female students yet to be released after gunmen had abducted over 100 students and eight teachers...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned as “despicable and cowardly,” the terrorist bomb attack that claimed several lives and injured tens of others in an explosion in central Istanbul, Türkiye. The president condemned the terrorists’ attack in a statement by his media aide, Malam Garba...
An explosion tore through a busy Istanbul shopping street on Sunday, killing six and wounding dozens in what Turkey’s president said bore the signs of a “terror” attack. Police cordoned off an area around Istiklal, where there were dense crowds on Sunday afternoon, and helicopters flew over the city...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of the Nigerian Army have repelled terrorists attack, killed two and cleared their camps in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, confirmed the development in a statement issued...