Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a former soldier and notorious bandit who also supplies arms to terrorists in the northwestern state. The suspect, Sa’idu Lawal, is said to have been terrorising communities in Niger, Kaduna, Katsina, Kebbi, and Kaduna states. Sa’idu Lawal, a native of Zamfara State, voluntarily...
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By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Nigerian military troops have eliminated two armed members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN) in Orsu Local Government Area of Imo. The Army spokesman, Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja....
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ( EFCC) in collaboration with the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) and the Federal Mines and Steel Development have arrested thirteen suspected illegal miners operating in...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – A groom identified as Obinna Dike, and five others including relatives and friends were found dead in Akutara Village, Adani community, Uzo-Uwani LGA of Enugu state. The Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), had foiled an attempt by a syndicate to export illicit drugs through the Lagos airport during an outward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airline to Oman via Addis Ababa. The NDLEA spokesperson, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), on Sunday said it had begun investigations into the killing of a driver at Umuikea Junction in Isiala Ngwa South area of Abia. The FRSC Abia Sector Commander, Mr Paul Ugwu, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on...
Bandits have reportedly kIdnapped two senior police intelligence officers while travelling between Abuja-Lokoja Highway during the week. The abducted officers were identified as Superintendent Francis Yisa and Assistant Superintendent John Kefaswho. According to Peoples Gazette, sources said the officers were on a critical investigation assignment to Kogi when they...
The Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed the killing of Chief Ogbonnaya Nwadibia, owner of Galaxy Hotel and two others in Isu community, Onicha Local Government Area. Police Spokesman in the state, SP Chris Anyanwu made the confirmation in an interview with newsmen in Abakiliki on Sunday. He said...
Kenyan Police Force has launched manhunt for a police officer who allegedly killed a man he found in bed with his wife. The Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in a statement on Friday said the suspect arrived home unannounced in the middle of the night and found the...
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has arrested a fake Naval Officer in the state. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) made the disclosure in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. According to the Police spokesperson, the suspect was arrested...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – A joint team of police operatives from the Bauchi State Police Command and a local vigilante group have killed two suspected kidnappers and injured one other. The team also arrested nine others during a raid of the suspected kidnappers’ hideouts terrorizing residents of Alkaleri...
Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewimbi, the Commander of Osun Security Network Agency, ‘Amotekun Corps’, said more operatives would be recruited to strengthen security and flush out bandits hiding in forests. Adewimbi made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Ede, stating that...
The Niger Police Command said it had not arrested any foreign national distributing weapons to with a helicopter to bandits in the state. Commissioner of Police, Mr Monday Kurya told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) in Minna on Friday that such incident never occurred in any part...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Commissioner, CP Abdu Umar has paraded 59 suspects for various offences ranging from human trafficking, kidnapping, raping, vandalism, burglary, theft, amongst others. The suspects were paraded on Thursday at the Command Headquarters in Maiduguri. Briefing newsmen during the parade at the...
The Imo Police Command said it raided the camp of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) on Friday and left many suspected members wounded. The command’s Spokesman, CSP Michael Abattam, disclosed this in a statement issued in Owerri and made available to newsmen. Abattam said that the raid was carried...
By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested a herbalist, Nurudeen Ibrahim, for allegedly obtaining N10.4 million under false pretenses. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Sunday Abutu, said in a statement that Ibrahim was among 30 suspects arrested over various crimes across the state...
By EMEKA CHIKWE, Asaba – Police authority in Delta State Command has declared a 27-year-old man identified as Kome Ogaga wanted for allegedly shooting an eleven-year-old boy identified as Hossana Merritt to death. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a tweet on...
Nigeria Customs Service Federal Operation Unit, Zone B, has intercepted smuggled items concealed in charcoal bags, as well as fake drugs and narcotics. The Comptroller, Albashir Hamisu, told newsmen on Thursday in Kaduna that 227 cartons of foreign spaghetti and couscous were concealed in charcoal bags by the smugglers...
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested 11 undergraduates of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma over alleged criminal conspiracy, cultism and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms. The Force Public Relations (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this during a media briefing on Thursday in Abuja. He said...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the Director, Finance and Account of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Mr. Eno Ubi Otu. Mr Otu is currently being grilled with regards to an alleged N25billion fraud. It is alleged that the finance director played a role in...