May 11, 2024

May 11, 2024

Stolen 6-Month-Old Baby Found Alive In Suleja Erosion Ditch -Police

The Niger State Police Command has recovered a six-month-old baby, Chinedu Samson, allegedly taken away by a yet-to-be-identified person from his mother’s shop at Kure Market, Minna, the state capital, on Sunday. The baby’s mother reported the case yesterday, July 25, 2023, at GRA Division in Minna. A statement signed by the Niger State Police […]

Bandits Storm Zamfara, Kill Seven Soldiers, 28 Civilians

No fewer than seven military personnel and 28 villagers were reportedly killed, with scores injured, in a clash with bandits at Kangon Garacci, in the Dangulbi district of Maru Local Government Area, Zamfara State. A resident of the area, Malam Usman Garacci, on Tuesday said that the casualties resulted from a fierce gun battle between […]

Gunmen Attack Commissioner’s Convoy, Kill Two Police Officers In Aba

Abia Command of the Nigeria Police has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel on Tuesday evening in Aba, the state’s commercial hub, by unknown gunmen. The command’s police public relations officer, ASP Maureen Chilaka, said the hoodlums killed an inspector and a constable. She said the incident happened when the hoodlums attacked the […]

Police Arrest Suspected Child Traffickers In Benue

The Benue State Police Command has arrested some members of a syndicate of suspected child traffickers Traffickers operating around the Internally Displaced Persons camp at Northbank and other parts of Makurdi. The command’s spokesperson, Anene Catherine, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, saying the arrest was carried out after intensified surveillance by the police […]

Notorious Gangs Of Vandals, Cattle Rustler Arrested By Police In Jigawa

Police in Jigawa State have arrested a group of criminals who have been terrorizing the state and its environs. Spokesman of the State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu Adam, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Wednesday. He said those arrested include some suspected vandals, motorcycle thefts, and cattle rustlers, and recovered some stolen […]

Police Arrests 13 Suspects, Recovers Local Pistol, Charms (See Photos)

The Kwara State Police Command, on Tuesday, paraded 13 suspected criminals for various offences committed in the state. Among them were suspected kidnappers, who in the course of their operations killed three victims during police rescue mission in Isanlu-Isin and Ijara-Isin forests of Kwara South Senatorial District. Parading the suspects in Ilorin on Tuesday at […]

Gunmen Kidnap Former FCE Provost, Wife, Driver In Ogun

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday abducted the immediate past Provost of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Osile, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Ayodele Adetayo Ajayi. It was gathered that Ajayi was abducted alongside his wife and driver, around 7.17pm on Tuesday, at Ikija village, Olodo axis of the Abeokuta-Ibadan road, Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. […]

Why Soldier Preaching On Social Media Was Detained — Army

The Nigerian Army has denied arresting one of its personnel identified as Lance Corporal Musa Adamu for converting from Islam to Christianity. According to a statement by its Director of Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu on Tuesday, the Army said Adamu, a personnel of the Amphibious Training School, was attached to 63 Brigade but […]