PSC warns police inspectors against bribes for promotion
The Police Service Commission has warned Police Inspectors, due for promotion, against financial inducement for the Departmental Selection Board interview. The Head of Press and Public Relations of PSC, Ikechukwu Ani, gave the warning in a statement released on Monday in Abuja. Ani said the DSB interview for inspectors due for promotion to the rank […]
Army Arrests 12 Suspected Terrorists in Kwara
The Nigerian Army has arrested at least 12 persons in connection with acts of terrorism carried out by a breakaway group of the Boko Haram insurgents known as Mahmuda, which reportedly occupied the Kanji Lake National Park. The group had before now allegedly maimed, exploited, terrorised and taken advantage of residents of neighbouring border communities […]
Bandits Kill Retired Teacher, Abduct Wife, Two Others In Zamfara
Suspected bandits have killed a retired secondary school teacher and abducted three women in a late-night attack on the staff quarters of Government Secondary School, Tsafe, in Zamfara State. The victim, identified as Mallam Kabiru, was reportedly shot dead after resisting abduction. His wife and two other female residents of the staff quarters were subsequently […]
Nigerian man arrested for alleged theft and extortion in South Africa
A Nigerian man, Prince Calvin Jackson, who allegedly posed as a job seeker to carry out an alleged daring scheme of theft and extortion, has been arrested in South Africa. Jackson allegedly stole several car keys from more than five panel beaters in Cape Town and Gauteng, then blackmailed the workshop owners, demanding R1,000 for […]
Kidnappers demand N500,000 ransom for abducted five-year-old Lagos girl
Suspected kidnappers who abducted a five-year-old girl, Memunah Abdulrahman, in Lagos State have demanded a ransom of N500,000 from her family. Memunah was abducted on March 9, 2025, while returning home from an Islamic school in the Ejigbo area of the state. The suspect was reported to have approached Memunah and her sister near a […]
Osun Amotekun condemns unprovoked attack on operatives
Osun State Security Network Agency, Amotekun Corps, has revealed that its operatives were violently attacked by armed hoodlums at its Command post in Awo, Egbedore local government area of the state. According to a statement by the Corps Commander, Isaac Omoyele and issued by its spokesperson, Yusuf Idowu Abass on Monday, the unprovoked attack was […]
