March 28, 2024

March 28, 2024

US Court Clears Air, Says Hushpuppi Has Not Been Sentenced

United States Attorney’s Office for Central District of California, Los Angeles, says alleged international internet fraudster Ramon Abbas popularly known as Hushpuppi will be sentenced on Monday, November 7, 2022. “The sentencing is now scheduled for Monday, November 7,” the court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek said in a response to an email inquiry […]

Firebomb Attack On UK Immigration Centre Motivated By Terrorist Ideology – Police

The firebombing of a United Kingdom migrant processing centre last week was “motivated by a terrorist ideology”, counter-terrorism police said on Saturday. “Counter Terrorism Policing South East (CTPSE)… have recovered evidence that indicates the attack at an immigration centre in Dover on Sunday, 30 October 2022, was motivated by a terrorist ideology,” the body said […]

We’ll Deploy Navy, Army, Air Force, Police For 2023 Election, Says INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has disclosed that the service of the Nigerian army, navy, and air force, will be crucial in the conduct of next year’s general elections. Recall that this was made known at the inauguration of the Electoral Logistics Committee (ELOC) in Abuja on Friday, by the Chairman of INEC, Prof. […]

Police Pledge To Rescue 21 Kidnapped Teenagers In Katsina

The Police Command in Katsina State says it is making efforts to rescue the 21 teenagers abducted from farmland in Mairuwa, Faskari Local Government area of the state. The victims, who are mostly between the age of 16 and 21, were kidnapped on Oct. 4, 2022. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isa, said that the police were on the […]

Security Operatives Rescue Kidnapped NSCDC Senior Officer’s Wife

Mrs Victoria Dandaura, the kidnapped wife of the head of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad (CG’SSIS) Mr Appollos Dandaura, has been rescued by security operatives. This is contained in a statement by NSCDC Director, Public Relations Office (PRO), Mr Olusola Odumosu, on Friday in Abuja. Mr Odumosu […]

Police Arrest Six Men For Allegedly Stripping A Woman Naked In Enugu

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested six suspects who allegedly stripped and paraded a woman at Agunese, Afam-Mmaku community in Awgu Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, November 4, 2022, said the Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Ahmed […]

Two Killed, One Abducted As Gunmen Storm Bauchi

Gunmen on Friday attacked Toro Local Government area of Bauchi State, killing two young men and abducted one other. A source from the area said that the gunmen stormed the town in the early hours of Friday, precisely between 1.20am and 2.30am, moving from one point to the other for two hours without resistance. The […]

Bandits Strike Again, Kill 18 Residents In Benue

No fewer than 18 persons including children have been killed in a deadly attack on Ukohol and three other neighbouring villages in Guma Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state by armed men suspected to be herdsmen. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday night when the assailants invaded the community from neighbouring […]

Insecurity: 446 People Killed In Kaduna Within Six Months – El Rufai

Four hundred and forty-six people have died in Kaduna State due to banditry, terrorism, and communal clashes between April and September 2022. The Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, stated this on Friday while presenting the 2nd and 3rd Quarter security report on security to Governor Nasir El-Rufai. He said the figure […]