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...
Crime News
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...
By LEKAN AGBOOLA, Ilorin – The Kwara State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers in Oro-Ago, Irepodun LGA of the state, who specialized in robbing unsuspecting people of their money and wares on market days. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Okasanmi Ajayi stated this in a...
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Sokoto State Command, had arrested a suspected drugs dealer, Umar Mohammed, the Village Head of Ruga in Shagari Local Government Area of the state. Briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Sokoto, Mr Adamu Iro, the NDLEA Commander in the state, said the suspect...
By MARY RONKE, Ilorin – The police authority in Kwara State has confirmed the assassination of Kayode Akinyemi, the owner of ’16 HOUR hotel,’ Alomilaya in Ganmo, by gunmen. The state’s police spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, said the deceased’s manager, Emmanuel Olushila, who was seriously injured was receiving treatment...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri – No fewer than four Catholic Reverend Sisters have been abducted by unknown gunmen on Sunday in Imo State. It was gathered that the nuns were abducted along Okigwe-Enugu Road which has become notorious for criminals. The Secretary General of Sisters Of Jesus The Saviour...
The Commissioner of Police in Bauchi State, Mr Umar Sanda says the command has arrested a retired armourer as it expand investigation into claims by former Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara of threats to his life. Sanda told journalists on Sunday in Bauchi that the arrest of the...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – The Nigeria Army Headquarters, Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation Hadin Kai, has commenced investigation to unravel the identity of the soldiers who allegedly murdered an Islamic scholar in Yobe. Recalled that the police had arrested two soldiers over the murder of...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted 249,600 tablets of Tramadol (225mg) from a shipment from India at the Skyway Aviation Handling Company Plc (SAHCO) import shed of the Murtala Muhammed Airport Lagos. NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, who disclosed this in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has intercepted over 2.3million tablets of illicit pharmaceutical opioids and other psychoactive substances meant for distribution in seven northern states. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Bababfemi named the states...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Yakubu Dogara, the immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Alkali Usman, over a plot by one of his constituents, who is collaborating with some police officers to eliminate him. Hon. Dogara also revealed...
No fewer than eight villages in Augie Local Government Area of Kebbi have been deserted due to attacks by bandits, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reported. The vilages are Zagi, Tungar Rafi, Tungar Tudu, Keke, Kwaido, Sabongarin Kwaido, Tungar Chichira and Tattazai. Residents of the villages moved...
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed that the convoy of Mrs Kafayat Oyetola, wife of Osun Governor, was attacked by hoodlums on Friday at Owode in Ede. The command’s spokesman, SP Yemisi Opalola, who confirmed the attack in a statement issued on Saturday said one security personnel on...
Mr Yakubu Lawal, Nasarawa State Commissioner of Information, Culture and Tourism that was abducted by gunmen has regained freedom. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in the state confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lafia. NAN recalls that the Commissioner was...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have foiled a kidnap attempt by bandits and rescued a father, his daughter and one other person in Chikun LGA of Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr Samuel Aruwan, revealed this in...
The Oyo State Anti- Corruption Agency (OYACA) has handed over some officials of the Ministry of Lands to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution over alleged diversion of government’s funds. The OYACA Chairman, retired Justice Eni Esan, made this known in a statement made available to News Agency of...
The Police Command in Zamfara on Friday confirmed the killing of a member of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Benedict-Torngee Azza by gunmen on Thursday. The command Public Relation Officer (PPRO), SP Muhammad Shehu confirmed the killing of the lawyer to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in...