April 26, 2024

April 26, 2024

Kidnapped Senior Police Officer Regains Freedom In Kwara

The Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP Ahmed Yusuf, who was abducted on Monday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has been rescued. Ahmed Yusuf of the IGP monitoring team attached to the Kwara State police command, was rescued on Sunday at about 0230hiurs at a border between Kwara and Oyo State. He was abducted in his […]

Police Nab 11 Suspected Cultists In Ogun

The security agencies in Ogun State have in a joint operation arrested no fewer than 11 suspected cultists at Sango-Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, said to be members of a dreaded cult group, were apprehended on October 11. Ogun police image maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the suspects as: Moshood Owolabi, […]

Pregnant Woman, Female Undergraduate, 26 Others Arrested With Tons Of Illicit Drugs

A pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student were among 28 persons arrested with 9,437.6 kilograms of cannabis and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids among others by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Authorities say the arrest was made during interdiction operations across 12 states: Yobe, Ondo, Edo, Rivers, […]

Defence Chief Defends Burning Of Vessel Used For Oil Theft

Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor has said that burning of oil bunkering vessel by security operatives is in line with the rules of engagement. Commenting on the destruction of the vessel after a security meeting, Irabor said the vessel was caught in the act and no investigation is needed to set the “instrument […]

How Gunmen Storm Bar, Kill 12 -Police

Twelve people were killed in a shooting at a bar in central Mexico on Saturday, local authorities said, with growing cartel violence making the region one of the country’s most dangerous. Industrial Guanajuato state has become the site of a raging dispute between two rival groups — the Santa Rosa de Lima and Jalisco New […]

Putin Fumes As 11 Killed In ‘Terrorist’ Attack At Military Site

Russia said two gunmen from an ex-Soviet state on Saturday attacked a military training ground killing 11 people who had volunteered to fight in Ukraine and wounding 15 others. Russia’s defence ministry said the attack in the Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, happened during a firearms training session. Russia launched what it calls a special […]

Terrorists Murder Two, Abduct Two In Katsina

Terrorists, in the early hours of Saturday, killed two locals at Gidan Diyam and also kidnapped two others in Dayi community under Malumfashi Local Government Area, Katsina State. A building material seller, Ejike Hyginus, popularly refered to as ‘Yellow’, and one Mustapha, a health worker attached to the Dayi Primary Healthcare, were kidnapped in the […]