Two women arrested for alleged theft and purchase of a child
Two women have been arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for the alleged stealing and buying of a four-year-old boy. The suspects, Blessing Okonkwo, 24, and Efunaya Nabufe, 35, who reside in Mubi North LGA, have confessed to stealing and buying the boy, identified as Friday Okonkwo. This is according to the Police Public […]
Customs Seize ₦1.5bn Firearms From Turkey, Suspect Arrested
The Nigeria Customs Service has seized assorted arms, drones, and military accoutrements worth ₦1.5bn exported from Turkey to Lagos State. Comptroller General of Customs, Adewale Adeniyi, disclosed this in Lagos on Wednesday at the Murtala Muhammed Area Command of the Service. He said the Command, acting on intelligence from local and international collaborators, on June […]
Troops Foil Terrorist Attack On Kaduna Village, Neutralise Two
The Nigerian Army says its troops deployed for counter-terrorism operations in Kaduna State have foiled a terrorist attack on a village in the state, killing two of the terrorists. A statement from the Department of Army Public Relations said troops, acting on intelligence, intercepted four armed terrorists on motorbikes at a known terrorists’ crossing point […]
Lagos CP Orders Trial Of Policemen In Viral Video For Unethical Arrest
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate commencement of an orderly room trial of police officers seen in a viral video assaulting a suspect who was resisting arrest. Police spokesman in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Wednesday described the actions of the officers as “unprofessional and […]
Police Arrest 3 Cultists Responsible For Killings In Ekiti
As part of the ongoing onslaught against hoodlums, especially cultists who recently attacked innocent citizens in Ado-Ekiti and consequently caused serious apprehension in the state, operatives of the Ekiti State Police Command, through credible information, have arrested in Ode-Ekiti one of the fleeing members of the gang that was involved in the recent killing of […]
Bandits Demand ₦300 Million To Free Kaduna Judge, Kill Eldest Son
Suspected bandits, who kidnapped a female judge and her four children in Kaduna State, have demanded for N300m, after killing her eldest son. The judge and her sons were reportedly abducted at their residence in the Mahuta area of Kaduna on 23 June. The kidnappers, numbering up to 15, stormed the residence of the judge […]
Suspected Cultists Storm TASUED Exam Hall, Murder Final-Year Student On His Birthday
A final year student of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, Ahmed Ayinla Fabiyi has been killed by suspected cultists. Fabiyi, a student of History and Diplomatic Studies Department, who was seated for his final paper, was dragged out of the examination hall by the cult group. It was gathered that […]
