•Soldiers Troops of the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with other security agencies, have arrested no fewer than 15 individuals allegedly supplying arms and logistics to terrorists in Taraba, Kaduna, and Yobe states. This was as suspected bandits, in the early hours of yesterday, killed one police officer, Inspector Eze, and one other local v...
Police in Edo State have detained a 19-year-old native doctor, Timothy Dauda, following the fatal shooting of his client, Alex Ezekiel, during an “anti-bullet” charm trial. The incident occurred on August 20 in Onumu Community, near Igara, in Akoko Edo Local Government Area, reports Nigerian Tribune. According to SP Moses Yamu, the Command’s P...
•Amaka Sonnberger Toronto Police has arrested the Canadian-Nigerian woman who recently threatened to poison Yoruba and Benin citizens living in Canada. Toronto Police Service, in a statement on its website yesterday titled, “Suspected Hate-Motivated Threatening Investigation, Woman Arrested,” revealed this. Amaka Sonnberger is scheduled to app...
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested three suspected kidnappers, who collected N3 million ransom from a victim’s family. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest today, reports NAN. Hundeyin said that the Isashi Police Division received a call from a concerned citizen yesterday at about 12:00 noo...
The Assistant Publicity Secretary of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Bayelsa State, Mr. Amadein Tibiebi, has been arrested for alleged illegal possession of firearm. Mr. Tibiebi, a self-styled general and former militant, is currently undergoing interrogation at a police station under the state Command, reports Daily Trust. A source clo...
A tea vendor identified as Abdulrashidu Ya’u in Jigawa State has allegedly killed a 20-year-old man named Hassan Garba, over accusations of stealing bread, milk, noodles, and petrol. The suspect, who resides in Sararai village, Jigawar Tsada town in Dutse Local Government Area is said to have committed the crime on August 19, 2024, at [&hellip...
•The suspects The Akwa Ibom State Police Command, in its sustained efforts towards making the state safe, secure and uncomfortable for criminals and their elements, has raided a criminal hideout in Afaha Offiong community in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area. The raid was carried out by the Command’s operatives who acted following directiv...
•The suspect Residents of Nepa community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State have caught a suspected kidnapper who collected N1.5 million ransom from the relatives of his victims in Jos, Plateau State capital. The spokesman of the state police command, DSP Alabor Alfred, who confirmed the incident to our correspondent, said the...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has seized three petrol tankers transporting vegetable oil in Lagos State. The agency made this announcement in a series of posts on X (formerly Twitter) yesterday, highlighting that the tankers were intercepted in the Apapa area of the state. In a video shared in [&hell...
The Osun State Police Command has arrested a commercial motorcyclist, popularly known as Okada rider, Jacob Damilare, for allegedly unlawfully having carnal knowledge of a female passenger who had engaged his services on the campus of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The victim, whose name was not disclosed, was on her way to M...
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