April 25, 2024

April 25, 2024

Again, Suspected Herdsmen Kill Three In Benue

The Benue State Police Command on Monday confirmed the killing of three persons in an attack at Tse Ngban village of Nyiev Council Ward of Guma Local Government Area of Benue State.   The Command’s Public Relations Officers, SP. Catherine Anene, who confirmed the incident, said the corpse of the deceased has been sent to […]

Just In: At Last, Notorious Kidnapper, Evans Sentences To 21 Years Imprisonment

A kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant, Victor Aduba, were on Monday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment.   Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court in Lagos State gave the judgement.   The two convicts were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia on June 23, 2014, […]

IGP Probes Failure To Produce Bizman’s Killer In Court

The Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, has directed an investigation into the allegations of failure to prosecute Hajia Uwani Hussaini Usman, the suspect in the murder of a businessman, Alhaji Hussainu Usman, despite court orders.   In a letter dated 7th September, 2022 and addressed to the Deputy Inspector-General of Police at the Force […]

Terrorists Storm Niger, Kill Four, Kidnap 15

Four people have been killed and 15 persons abducted when terrorists attacked Fapo community in Lapai local government area of Niger State.   The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Monday, also left eight persons critically injured.   The Nation gathered the terrorists, numbering over 50, invaded the community in the early hours […]

Back from Ethiopian Prison, Ex-Convict Arrested with Cocaine at Lagos Airport

An ex-convict, Onyeka Madukolu, has been apprehended by operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing 5.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in cans of deodorants and ladies’ lip gloss into Nigeria at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos.   Femi Babafemi, the agency’s spokesperson, in a statement on Sunday, said […]

NDLEA Intercepts 18 Pump Action Guns, Hard Drugs In Kogi

A Peugeot J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha enroute Kaduna-Zaria with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges was on Saturday intercepted by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives on patrol along the Okene-Abuja expressway.   A statement on Sunday by Femi Babafemi, the agency spokesman, explained that Anthony Agada, 37, conveying 1,000 […]

Police Arrests Car Thief Who Macheted Driver To Death In Anambra

A man identified as Akpa Lebechukwu from Enugu State has macheted a commercial bus driver to death in Anambra State.   It was gathered that the incident happened at Okija Junction, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State, where the driver who was coming back from Lagos, and headed to Imo State parked to drop […]