May 14, 2024

May 14, 2024

Northern Leaders Warn Tinubu Against Military Intervention In Niger Republic

The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), the umbrella body of Northern Nigeria, has warned President Bola Tinubu and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) against military intervention in Niger Republic.   On Sunday, July 30, ECOWAS directed the closure of Land and air borders between member states against the Niger Republic over a military […]

Nigerian Man Arrested In Thailand For Alleged Possession Of Cocaine

Immigration Police have arrested a 26-year-old Nigerian man, Anamere George, for allegedly overstaying his visa by four years and also seized cocaine at his home in Phuket, Thailand.     Pol Col Thanes Sukchai, the Phuket Immigration police chief, said Anamere was arrested at 1:30pm on Thursday, August 3, 2023, on the road to the […]

Police Present Cheques Worth 42million To Dead, Injured Officers In Nasarawa

Representatives of police personnel who died or sustained varying degrees of injuries while in active service in Nasarawa have received some financial succour. The Commissioner of Police, Nasarawa State command presented cheques worth over 42 million naira to the next-of -kin of the affected officers in Lafia. A statement signed by Ranham Nansel, a deputy […]

Zamfara Girls Regain Freedom After Seven Months In Captivity

The four kidnapped students of Zamfara College of Arts and Sciences, ZACAS, Gusau, have regained their freedom after seven months in bandits’ captivity.     The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, received the four women at the Council Chambers, Government House, Gusau on Thursday, August 3, 2023.   The victims, Jamila Yahaya Isa, Aisha Yahaya Isa, Ummulkhairi Musa, […]

Police Arrest 14 Suspected Kidnappers, Recover 47 Rifles, Five AK-47 In Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested 14 people for alleged kidnapping activities. The command said in a statement on Thursday that the arrests resulted from the implementation of fresh operational modalities to curb kidnapping activities in the state. “Commissioner of Police Afolabi Babatola worked out the strategy, which yielded another success as 14 suspects […]

Akwa Ibom Notorious Armed Robber Killed In Gun Duel With Police

Akwa Ibom State police command says Operatives of the Command’s Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) have neutralized one Sunday Wisdom, a notorious armed robber and serial killer while attempting to evade arrest. In a statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon, on Thursday, Wisdom who was in the command’s wanted list […]

Gunmen Storm Jigawa, Kill Two Police Officer’s Sons, Injure Wife

Unknown gunmen have killed two police officers’ sons and injured his wife in Malam-Madori local government Jigawa State. A resident said that, the gunmen numbering about twenty on Wednesday invaded at about 2:00 am carrying dangerous weapons entered houses, and robbed residents. “They entered into the house of former chairman of Jigawa state consumer protection […]