Bayelsa Residents Invade Warehouse, Loot Foodstuffs
Some residents of Bayelsa State on Sunday night invaded a warehouse in the Kpansia area of Yenagoa, the state capital, and looted foodstuffs. Some of the items looted include bags of rice and garri. In a statement, the Bayelsa State Emergency Management Agency (BYSEMA) condemned the incident, describing it as an “unwarranted invasion”. The agency […]
ECOWAS Invasion: Niger Junta Puts Army On Red Alert
The junta in Niger Republic has put its armed forces on the highest alert, citing increasing threats of attack, according to an internal document issued over the weekend by its defence chief. The document said the order to be on maximum alert would allow forces to respond adequately in case of any attack and “avoid […]
Police Nab 116 Suspected Cultists During Initiation, Anniversary In Ogun
Men of the Ogun State Police Command, at the weekend, arrested 116 suspected cult members in the Ifo area of the state. The cultists, 70 males and 46 females, who are members of the Aye Confraternity, were arrested by the command’s Anti-Cultism Squad at Galaxy Hotel, Ibogun Road. They were picked up at about 0142hrs. […]
Police Storm Criminal Hideout In Delta, Recover AK-47 Rifle, Pump Action, Others
Police Surveillance Team from Ekpan Division in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, have recovered one AK47 Rifle, one magazine loaded with seven (7) rounds of 7.62mm Ammunitions, one English pump action gun with three (3) live cartridges, and two cut-to-size Double Barrel Gun in a sack abandoned in an uncompleted building in Aladja […]
PSC Retires Four DIGs For Violating Police Tradition
… Appoints Four Others The Police Service Commission (PSC), has retired FOUR Deputy Inspectors General of Police. Ikechukwu Ani, Head, Press and Public Relations, in a statement named the retired senior officers as DIGs Dan-Mallam Mohammed, Moses Ambakina Jitiboh, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa and Adeleke Adeyinka Bode. The statement said, “in the wake of the appointment […]
NDLEA Arrests South African With Methamphetamine Consignment At Abuja Airport
Attempt by a 29-year-old South African man, Erasmus Jean – Pierre, to export 2.6 kilograms of methamphetamine concealed in his luggage to the Middle East through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA Abuja on Wednesday 23rd August, 2023, was thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who arrested him and recovered […]
Irate Lagos Residents Beat Robber With Toy Gun To Death
An angry mob has beaten a yet-to-be-identified suspected armed robber to death after he tried robbing a resident identified simply as Victor at Olugboso in the Agege area of Lagos State. The suspect had allegedly broken into Victor’s apartment at midnight and attempted to rob him of his valuables with a toy gun. Victor […]
Man Shot Dead As Soldiers, ‘Omo Onile’ Boys Clash In Lagos (See Photos)
A yet-to-be-identified man was allegedly shot dead by soldiers in the Ebute Meta/Otto area of Lagos mainland following a clash with some boys said to be omo onile (land owners) on Saturday, August 26, 2023. It was gathered that the soldiers were deployed to secure some Chinese workers carrying out maintenance construction along the […]
