Three Internet Fraudsters Bag Jail Terms in Makurdi
Justice Abdu Dogo of the Federal High Court sitting in Makurdi, has convicted and sentenced three internet fraudsters to different jail terms. The convicts: Somadina Kingsley Madubuke, Sunday Ogbonna and Bello Emmanuel Adeoza, were jailed on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. They were convicted, after pleading guilty to one-count separate charge, bordering on criminal […]
Heavy Gunfire Near Burkina Faso Presidential Palace Sparks Fears Of Mutiny
Shots rang out before dawn on Friday around Burkina Faso’s presidential palace and headquarters of the military junta, which itself seized power in a coup last January, witnesses told AFP. The government said the developing situation was linked to an “internal crisis in the army”, after AFP journalists saw troops block several main roads […]
Bandits Invade Zamfara, Kill Three Soldiers
Bandits have reportedly killed three soldiers in an attack carried out near Dolen-Kaura village of Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. An eyewitness said that the soldiers were killed on Wednesday night September 28, after bandits ambushed their vehicle. It was gathered that the military personnel got intelligence information that the bandits […]
Security Operatives Vow To Arrest Suspected Herders Who Killed Nursing Mother, Baby In Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has vowed to trail the attackers of a woman who also killed her daughter in Kodomti, Numan Local Government Area. The woman and her baby girl were on their way to a burial when they were attacked by the suspected herdsmen. The attackers inflicted a serious injury on her […]
Bandits Accept Rice And Beans In Exchange For Six Hostages
Six hostages have been released by bandits in Birnin-Gwari area of Kaduna State, after they collected 20 mudu (measures) of rice, 20 mudu of beans, 25 litres of red oil, 25 litres of groundnut oil and recharge card of N10,000 as ransom. The bandits had killed a farmer and abducted 20 persons from their farms in Jangali and […]
IGP Insists On Community Policing System
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has said they would be going ahead with the community policing system arrangements aimed at checkmating various crimes at local levels. In his speech at the 11th edition of the Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) forum in Abuja on Thursday September 29, Usman said the force had upgraded […]
Police Nab Four Over Kidnap Attempt In Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of four middle-aged persons, including three women, over an alleged attempt to abduct a 10-year-old girl. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the Divisional Police officer in charge of Ketu in Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos, got a report about the attempted […]
Bandits Storm Katsina, Kill One Customs Officer At Checkpoint
A joint security checkpoint mounted close to the 35 Battalion of the Nigerian Army along Katsina- Jibia Road came under terrorist attack on Thursday, killing a Customs officer in the process. According to a source, the armed motorcycle-riding terrorists, numbering over 40, attacked the checkpoint at about 2:00 am on Thursday. The hoodlums […]
Police Recover Day-Old Baby Dumped In Lagos Dumpster, Move Baby To Motherless Home
Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) officials have retrieved a baby in a dumpster in a street in Ikoyi. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin announced that the newborn was found on Thursday. The LAWMA staff went to the Ikoyi police division at about 10 o’clock in the morning to file a […]
