Troops Dislodge Bandits, Rescue 30 Kidnapped Persons In Kaduna
The Nigerian Army on Thursday said troops of I Division dislodged kidnappers and rescued 30 kidnapped victims along Birnin Gwari Road in Kaduna State. Lt Col Musa Yahaya, acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division, NA, in a statement in Kaduna said the troops who were escorting the Chief of Defence Training and Operations, […]
2023: Probe Alleged Plot To Unleash Mayhem On Igbo Residents In Lagos If Tinubu Loses, HURIWA Tells DSS
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, (HURIWA) on Thursday, asked the Department of State Services and other security agencies to probe an alleged plot to unleash mayhem on Igbo residents in Lagos if the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu loses the February 25 poll. HURIWA, in a statement by its National […]
Lagos Police Declares Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakre Wanted For Wielding Pump-Rifle
The Lagos State Police Command has declared Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakre wanted. The Command disclosed this on Thursday in a statement signed by Sp Benjamin Hundeyin, the Public Relations Officer Lagos State Police Command According to Hundeyin, the suspect Tajudeen was declared wanted following the emergence of a video earlier this week showing a man wielding […]
4 Docked For Allegedly Assaulting Police Officers In Ibadan
Four men have been arraigned by the police in an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan for allegedly assaulting two police officers. The suspects identified as Mohammed Omobonike, 45, Abdulahi Akewula, 33, Idowu Basit, 25 and Alimat Muhammed, allegedly unlawfully assaulted Insp. Edalere Samusideen of the Iyaganku police station Ibadan and caused him serious body harm. The […]
Gunmen Abduct Cross River Commissioner For Women Affairs
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the Commissioner for Women Affairs in Cross River State, Gertrude Nnanjar Njar, in Calabar. An eyewitness, Samuel Okon, told the News Agency of Nigeria that she was forcefully taken out of her official car by masked young men on Wednesday, February 1, 2023. According to Mr […]
ICPC Arrests Woman Offering New Naira Notes For Sale
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, says it has arrested a woman simply identified as Simisola for allegedly selling the redesigned Naira notes via social media. The ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, said the suspect with the Twitter handle @Simisola of Lala, […]
Two Suspects Nabbed By Amotekun For Theft In Osun
Operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps have apprehended two young men, Ayo Omotosho, aged 16 years and Sarafadeen Ayo, aged 22 years, for allegedly terrorising the residents of Igbaye town in Odo-Otin Local Government Area of the State. The duo were also apprehended for the alleged theft of two car batteries belonging to a resident of […]
Police Arraign Married Man for Taking Second Wife
A man identified as Edmund Uzoma has been arraigned before the Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Yaba for allegedly marrying a second wife. Uzoma was arraigned on Wednesday, on three counts of bigamy and falsification of information over a marriage certificate. The prosecutor, Idowu Osungbure, told the Magistrate that Uzoma contracted another wedding with one […]
