Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, has approved a comprehensive welfare package for the father of the six children and their mother who were brutally murdered in the Chiranci Dorayi area of the state, including sponsorship for Hajj and Umrah, a new house, and full government support. The decision was...
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Outrage has gripped parts of Southern Kaduna following the abduction of no fewer than 166 worshippers during church services in Kurmin Wali village, Afogo Ward of Kajuru Local Government Area, an incident the Adara community has described as one of the most brazen mass kidnappings in recent times. The...
FCT Police Command has today, 21st January 2026, arraigned eleven (11) suspects linked to the murder of Ms. Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, Esq., an Anchor, Reporter, and Producer with ARISE News, and Mr. Barnabas Danlami, a security guard. The deceased were killed during a robbery incident at Unique Apartments, Katampe...
Nigeria Police Force has confirmed that an abduction incident occurred in Kurmin Wali, a remote community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, following days of uncertainty and conflicting reports about the situation. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, acknowledged...
A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Sagamu, Ogun State, has adjourned the trial of Adeniyi Kayode, the driver involved in the tragic road accident that claimed the lives of two key members of boxing star Anthony Joshua’s camp, to February 25, 2026. Kayode, 46, is standing trial over a fatal...
Ogun State Police Command has launched a full investigation into the death of Adesina Afeez, the 22-year-old singer widely known as Destiny Boy. The development was made known in a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, by the Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi. According to the police,...
Kaduna State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Muhammad Rabiu, has dismissed reports alleging the kidnap of over 100 worshippers in Kajuru Local Government Area as false and deliberately fabricated to incite tension in the state. Speaking to journalists after the State Security Council meeting at Sir Kashim Ibrahim House on Monday,...
Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man suspected to be a quack doctor for allegedly operating an illegal clinic in Ore, headquarters of Ore/Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Akure. DSP...
Kano State Police Command has arrested three key suspects over the shocking murder of a housewife and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano metropolis, an incident that has sparked widespread outrage across the state. The suspects — Umar Auwalu, 23, of Sabuwar Gandu Quarters; Isyaku Yakubu, also...
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf have expressed deep grief and outrage over the gruesome killing of a mother and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters of Kano, describing the incident as senseless, barbaric and unacceptable. In a post on his official...
Tragedy rocked Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters in Kano on Friday as seven members of a family were brutally killed in what the police described as a suspected housebreak attack, sparking shock and grief across the community. The victims were identified as 35-year-old Fatima Abubakar and her six children, who were...
Gunmen believed to be herdsmen have butchered a farmer on his farm along Ubali/ Gbajor villages, Nzorov council ward of Benue State. This sad incident took place on Thursday when a farmer, Terlumun Mpev, fondly called Alhaji learnt that herdsmen were destroying his guinea corn farm with their herds...
Founder and chairman of the Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy & Development, Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, has expressed deep sorrow over the tragic death of Barrister Nwamaka Chigbo, an Abuja-based lawyer who was allegedly killed by kidnappers. Prof. Gambari, a former Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, conveyed...
6 family members found dead in Rivers home — What police discovered will shock you A wave of shock swept through Ogale community in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State after a family of six — a father, mother and their four children — were found dead inside...
Former presidential candidate Peter Obi has condemned the arrest and remand of 52 students in Ekpoma, Edo State, who protested against the rising wave of kidnappings and banditry in their community. Obi described the situation as “utterly unacceptable” and called for the immediate release of the students. In a...
Edo State Police Command has deployed heavy security operatives to Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, following a recent protest and reports of rising criminal activities in the area, including kidnapping and vandalism. In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, the police said the Commissioner...
The fragile peace enjoyed lately by villagers of Sabon Birni and Isa local government areas of Sokoto East Senatorial District seems to be under severe threat as the feared bandit leader, Bello Turji has resurfaced with a threat to annihilate those that are not loyal to his authority. The...
Bandits have launched a deadly attack on a wedding convoy at Unguwar Nagunda community in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State, leaving at least two people dead and several others injured. The incident, which occurred on Sunday night, reportedly threw the quiet community into chaos as gunmen opened...
Edo State High Court sitting in Criminal Court 2 on Monday ordered the remand of several youths arrested during the recent protest in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area of the state, directing that they be held at the Ubiaja Correctional Centre pending further proceedings. The court’s decision followed...
Kaduna State Police Command has arrested four suspects in connection with alleged banditry and cattle rustling and recovered 65 cows believed to have been stolen in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were arrested on January 10, 2026, at about 5:00 a.m., when operatives of the...