Operatives of the Ogun Police Command, yesterday, engaged suspected kidnappers terrorising travellers on Sagamu Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway in a gun battle, killing two of them. The police also rescued three Indians and recovered a total sum of N7.9m and 1500 Indian Rupees, suspected to have been part of the ransom collected from victims, repor...
•Gunmen Residents of Piko, a remote community in the Bwari Area Council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), were thrown into panic when suspected gunmen invaded the area and allegedly kidnapped 13 persons. It was gathered that the deadly operation which occurred at midnight Sunday in the community, lasted for over one hour, without any challen...
•Bandits The Ambe community in Arak Chiefdom, Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Sunday night came under a bandits’ attack that left six people dead and eight others injured. According to a resident who spoke on condition of anonymity, the attack occurred without any prior conflict with neighbouring communities, suggesting that it ...
•Pirates Seven maritime travellers have been feared kidnapped along the Onne estuary. It was learnt that the incident occurred yesterday as some unsuspecting travellers set out to Port Harcourt by boat, reports Channels TV. The Rivers State Police Command confirmed the incident today. In a telephone conversation, the Public Relations Officer o...
Police authorities in Delta State have denied attacking protesting women in Ughelli, Delta State yesterday. The clarification came following reports that the police had shot at women from Oteri-Ughelli in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state who were protesting against alleged incessant harassment and extortion by policemen in ...
One middle-aged woman was shot while many others sustained varied degrees of injury in Ughelli yesterday as operatives of the Delta State Police Command resorted to forceful dispersal of a group of protesting women. The women from Oteri-Ughelli in the Ughelli North Local Government Area were protesting against alleged incessant harassment and ...
A 16-year-old boy yesterday told an FCT High Court in Zuba that he was offered N1 million by Mr Emmanuel Olorunlaye, for his kidney to be removed at Alliance Hospital, Abuja. The teenager made this known while being led in evidence by the prosecuting counsel, Hassan Tahir, reports The Nation. The National Agency for the […]
•Speaker Obasa and IGP Egbetokun The Lagos State House of Assembly has kicked against the position of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, that Nigeria is not ripe for the establishment of state police. Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, directed the Clerk of the House, Barr. Olalekan Onafeko, to write the [&...
Police detectives have arrested five suspected kidnappers, who slept off after abducting a pastor’s wife and two other persons in Ondo. The suspects slept off after taking hard drugs, reports Vanguard. It was gathered that the three victims escaped after their abductors slept off. The suspects include Garuba Mumuni, 27; Yusuf Tale, 21; Kabiru ...
•Emmanuel Udoh The Management of Reno Superstores has opened up on why it arrested a security guard, Emmanuel Udoh, who was arraigned at the Ejigbo magistrate court in Lagos for stealing from the company. Reno Superstore is a multi-billion naira company with many branches. Each branch has different sections including bakery, electronics, pharm...