Lagos Arrests Hoodlums Collecting Levy On Pedestrian Bridge
The Lagos State Government has arrested two suspects for allegedly extorting traders and residents who use pedestrian bridge in the Yaba area of the state. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, disclosed this on his X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday. According to Wahab, the arrest was made in reaction to […]
Scores Feared Killed In Suspected Herdsmen Attack In Benue
Many persons have been feared killed in Ugbobi community of the Apa Local Government Area of Benue State, following a coordinated attack on the community by suspected herdsmen. The attack, it was gathered, started on Wednesday and did not stop till the early hours of Thursday. A community leader, Eric Amodu, told Channels Television that […]
Suspected Rapist Confesses To Defiling 15-Year-Old School Girl In Anambra
A middle-aged man, Onuora Innoma, has been arrested for allegedly raping a 15-year-old girl at Ado Girls Secondary School, Onitsha, Anambra State. The man, who has been arrested by police, was also said to have confessed to the crime. Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who spoke to journalists, said she had ordered immediate remand […]
Kaduna Police Arrest Three Suspected Electricity Cable Vandals
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three suspected vandals of electricity aluminium cables in the Lere Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest on Thursday. He said the suspects were arrested on Wednesday along Yanbita Village on Saminaka-Pambegua road in Lere Local Government […]
NSCDC Arrest Suspected Illegal Firearms Producers In Abuja
Seven suspected illegal producers of locally made rifles and pistols have been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the Abuja metropolis. The suspects were arrested following a tipoff about their activity. NSCDC National Public Relations Officer, Babawale Afolabi, gave the names of the suspects as Amos Iyawo […]
Security Operatives Rescue 20 Abducted Persons In Edo
A team of operatives of the Nigeria Police, military and vigilantes has rescued 20 kidnapped victims in Edo State. It was gathered that armed men suspected to be kidnappers on March 18, 2024, abducted 41 passengers along Lampese-Ogorimagogo Road in Akoko-Edo Local Government Area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the Edo State […]
Gunmen Invade Ogun Community, Abduct Poultry Manager
Masked gunmen reportedly kidnapped a poultry manager, Tunde Osifowokan, in Idowa, Ogun State. He was said to have been kidnapped on Monday afternoon when the community came under the attack of men of the underworld. The gunmen, who arrived at the poultry in a Gestapo-like manner, shot in the air repeatedly and took Osifowokan away […]
