April 16, 2024

April 16, 2024

24 Thugs Linked To 2023 Aspirant Nabbed By Police With Guns

The Police in Nasarawa State has arrested twenty-four suspected political thugs.   They were apprehended by Keffi Area Command officers at Minki Suites, along Keffi-Akwanga Road.   In a statement on Tuesday, Force spokesman, Muyiwa Adejobi said the suspects were working for a 2023 aspirant.   Adejobi disclosed that the politician contested in the Nasarawa […]

Pandemonium As Police Lagos Taskforce Clash With Okada Riders In Idi Araba

Motorcycle (Okada) riders and Lagos State Task Force are reportedly involved in a clash at the Idi Araba area of Lagos.   The Lagos government banned motorcycle operations in some locations since June 1, 2022.   The affected Local Government Areas are Apapa, Eti Osa, Ikeja, Lagos Island, Surulere and Lagos Mainland.   The authorities […]

Ondo Church Killings: All Nigerians Now Helpless, Says Sultan

The President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA) and Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, yesterday said the killing of worshippers by gunmen at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State.   Dozens of worshippers were reported to have been killing in the attack.   According to Sultan, it is […]

Two Suspected Cult Leaders, 10 Others Nabbed By Police In Lagos

Officers of the Rapid Re­sponse Squad (RRS) have arrested two leaders of rival cult gangs and ten others over the incessant cult gang wars plaguing Agege and environs.   The suspects were ar­rested following series of efforts by the Lagos State Police Command to improve the security situation in Agege and the state at large, […]

Iran Condemns Deadly Attack On Owo Catholic Church

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has expressed deep regret over the death of a number of people in an armed attack on a church in Nigeria.   Khatibzadeh condemned the attack and sympathized with the government and people of Nigeria as well as the families who lost their loves ones in the incident.   […]

NDLEA Arraigns Brazil Returnee Over Cocaine Smuggling

A Nigerian based in Brazil, Akudirinwa Hilary Uchenna, was on Monday, arraigned be­fore a Lagos Federal High Court, by the men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (ND­LEA) for allegedly importing 13. 2 kilogrammes of Cocaine from Brazil.   The prosecutor, Juliana Imaobong Iroabuchi, said the 52-year-old Uchenna, was arrest­ed with the banned substance, […]