Operatives of the Rivers Police Command have killed a notorious armed robber and kingpin of Greenland cult gang, Silas Oderereke, alias “General” in a gun duel while he was resisting arrest in Odereke community of Ahoada-West Local Government Area of…
NDLEA raided a “Skuchies’’ factory operated by a 28-year-old at Moniya area of Ibadan on Jan. 11. Skuchies is a Chapman drink laced with hard drugs. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that 76.6kg of Indian…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Akwa Ibom Command has arrested 11 illegal miners in Afaha Ikot Osom, Ibesikpo LGA of the state. The NSCDC also impounded three tipper trucks used in carrying out the illegal mining…
A Grade 1 Area Court sitting in Dei-Dei, Abuja, on Friday sentenced a 28-year-old man, Sani Mohammed, to 30 months imprisonment for threatening a sales girl with a machete. The Judge, Malam Saminu Suleiman, sentenced him after he pleaded…
An artisan, Bukola Bolaji, on Friday appeared before an Akure Magistrates’ Court for allegedly converting N300,000, belonging to the Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Mr Abiodun Asabi, to his personal use. The Police Prosecutor, Inspector Simon Wada, had…
A petrol attendant, Olusola Oyegun, 27, and a student, Iyanu Samuel, 21, on Friday, appeared before an Okitipupa Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ondo State over alleged stealing of N347,500. The defendants, whose addresses were not given, are facing a…
A Jimeta Chief Magistrate Court, Yola, Adamawa State, on Friday sentenced three men to 10, seven and five years imprisonment for conspiring and stealing household items. The convicts, Aliyu Adamu, 24, Ahmed Musa, 18, and Adamu Aliyu, 21, all…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers terrorising Ikorodu and its environs. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Friday. He said the suspects were arrested by the…
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old labourer, Garba Abdulmuminu, to two months in imprisonment for stealing a phone valued at N20,000. Magistrate Shawomi Bokkos summarily sentenced Abdulmuminu after he pleaded guilty to the offence. Bokkos, however,…
Soldiers of the Nigerian Army reportedly tortured and brutalized a serving police officer, ASP Edet Inyang, for alleged ‘wrong parking’. Human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, said he has petitioned the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, over…
