Boko Haram Storm Borno, Adamawa, Kill Six Soldiers, Five Hunters
Five Nigerian Army personnel have been killed after a military convoy struck an improvised explosive device (IED) in Baga, Borno State, as confirmed by the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād. ISWAP in a post sighted by SaharaReporters on Monday […]
Bandits Invade Zamfara, Abduct Medical Director
The Nigerian Medical Association (NBA) Zamfara State has confirmed the kidnap of one of its members, Dr Mansur Muhammad. A statement on Tuesday, in Gushau by the NMA Chairman, Dr Mannir Bature, said Dr Mansur until his abduction was a Medical Director of the General Hospital in the state. “The unfortunate incidence happened […]
Gov Makinde’s ‘PA’ Arraigned By EFCC For Alleged Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned Babawale Daniel Olayinka for internet fraud. Olayinka was arraigned before Justice Uche Agomoh of the Federal High Court in Ibadan on a five-count charge which borders on cybercrime. The EFCC said an identity card recovered from him at the point of arrest had ‘Personal […]
Two Feared Dead As Soldiers, Policemen Clash In Bayelsa
Two persons on Monday afternoon sustained severe gunshot injuries when yet-to-be identified military men and mobile policemen attached to the Bayelsa State Vigilante Service engaged themselves in a scuffle over a traffic offence at Tombia-Etegwe roundabout in Yenagoa, the state capital. The two victims, Miss Tarilayefa Ariweriyai (29) and Otunu Omanepemo (39), sustained injuries […]
Policemen Allegedly Kill Driver, Motor Boy In Ogun
Many travellers plying Abeokuta-Papa-Sango-Lagos road on Monday were stranded when some yet-to-be-identified men of the Nigeria Police Force, Ogun State Command, shot dead a truck driver and his motor boy. The incident reportedly occurred along the Itori area of the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway. Our correspondent gathered that the policemen in their patrol van met […]
Yobe: Police Ban Use Of Tint On Car Windows, Cover Of Plate Numbers
Yobe State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has banned the use of tinted glasses and vehicles with covered number plates to prevent perpetration of crime in the State. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Command’s Public Relations Officer disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Damaturu. According to the intelligence gathered, […]
Two Ex-Convicts Nabbed By Police In Ogun For Robbing Oyo Residents
Two men said to be ex-convicts have been nabbed for alleged armed robbery in Ogun State. The police on Thursday that they arrested 37-year-old Wasiu Opeyemi of Ijebu-Ode and 27-year-old Noah Israel of Benue State in Mowe area of Ogun, while “coming from a robbery operation which they carried out in Ogbomoso Oyo State.” […]
