Youths suspected to be social miscreants last Thursday, unleashed terror on residents of Alagbake Extension of Akure in Ondo state as they bombarded the area in search of a house wife who, they alleged, refused to get her daughter circumcised.…
The Nigeria Medical Association (NMA) has confirmed the escape of an abducted resident doctor, Dr Orockarrah Orock attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu State. It was learnt that Orock attached to the Anasthesia Department of…
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed that unknown gunmen numbering seven on motorcycles carrying AK-47 rifles stormed the house of Kiyawa local government chairman, Alh Nasiru Ahmed and kidnapped two of his wives SP…
A Netherland-bound businessman, Nwokolo Ifeanyi (50) has excreted 86 pellets of heroin weighing 1.330kg while in NDLEA’s custody. NDLEA’s spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that Ifeanyi was intercepted at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, on…
The Police Command in Cross River rescued a former staff member of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) shortly after her abduction at her residence in Calabar on Saturday. The command’s spokesperson, Irene Ugbo who gave the confirmation, said the…
A 41-year old car dealer, Kingsley Ogbonna, was on Thursday arraigned before a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing two cars valued at N7.9million. Ogbonna, whose residential address is not given, is facing a two-count charge of theft and breach…
A 36-year-old man, Victor Ameh, was on Thursday arraigned in a Kaduna Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N4.2 million from a crypto currency firm. Ameh, a resident of Marafa in Kaduna, was charged with conspiracy and theft. The prosecution, Insp…
Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Wednesday, convicted and sentenced a bricklayer, Gabriel Awaye, to life imprisonment for raping a 13-year-old girl in his room. The judge held that the prosecution was able…
The Plateau State Police Command on Thursday said it has rescued six residents from kidnappers’ den and also dislodged a gang of notorious criminals in the state. The Command disclosed this through its Public Relations Officer, DSP Alfred Alabo, in…
The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun Corps, arrested 11 suspects for various offences in Ondo state. Mr Adetunji Adeleye, the Amotekun Corps Commander in Ondo State, made this known while parading the suspects before newsmen on Wednesday in Akure.…
