•Abba Kyari The Court of Appeal in Abuja has dismissed an appeal by a suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, seeking to quash the drug trafficking charge filed against him. In a judgement, a three-member panel of the appellate court dismissed Kyari’s appeal for lacking in merit, reports Channels TV. Justice Adebukol Banjoko, who ...
•Lagos Police PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin The police in Lagos State have begun investigation into the death of a 19-year-old boy allegedly beaten to death by his father. The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident to our correspondent today, reports NAN. The spokesperson said that the Alagbado Police Divi...
•Girls trafficked for prostitution The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has repatriated five Benue girls trafficked to Côte d’Ivoire. The Zonal Commander of NAPTIP in Benue State, Mrs Gloria Bai, disclosed this after a State Security Council (SEC) meeting held at the Government House in Makurdi, reports Da...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen A victim of kidnapping, 32-year-old Bisola Olisa from the Imeri community in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, has recounted her ordeal at the hands of suspected kidnappers who abducted her and four others. Olisa told our correspondent that she was traveling from Ikare Akoko to Ado Ekiti when the armed […]...
•Edo State Police PRO, Chidi Nwabuzor The Edo State Police Command has said that Arthur Angel Jr. killed his father, Arthur Judah Angel over monetary demand at Ugboha, in Esan South East on Sunday. The Spokesman of the Command, Chidi Nwabuzor, told our correspondent today that a preliminary investigation revealed that the deceased son had [&he...
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of Police Inspector Aminu Mohammed for his involvement in a robbery at the residence of his duty station, ‘C’ Division in Lokoja, the state capital. The arrest was made on Sunday, reports Nigerian Tribune. According to the Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, the inspector was [&helli...
Eight alleged stowaways were taken into custody by Nigerian Navy operations when they were trying to board two speed boats. Director of Naval Information Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu revealed this in a statement yesterday, stating that five of the eight suspects had acknowledged their desire to travel overseas. He claimed that on July 13, 2024, during a...
•Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa Security chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, have harmonised their strategies toward clearing the Niger Delta of crude oil thieves, pipeline vandals and other criminal elements fleecing the country. The decision followed the directive by Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Fo...
•Amotekun Corps The Osun State House of Assembly today confirmed the appointments of Wale Abbas as the chairman, Osun Amotekun Board and Adekunle Omoyele as the Corps Commander respectively. The confirmations followed the nomination of Abbas and Omoyele by the state governor, Ademola Adeleke, on July 5. The governor had forwarded their names t...
A High Court sitting at Asaba, the Delta State capital, has sentenced one Onuwa Ijie to death, and Nwanozie Uzor to 14 years imprisonment for murder and conspiracy to commit the murder of twin boys, Chidalu and Chigozie Agwunobi. The court presided over by Justice Onome Marshal-Umukoro sentenced two convicts over the murder of the […]

