Renunciation of secret cult
I, OKHUAKHUA OSAGHAE FRIDAY ( Male) , an adult, Christian and Citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, residing at No 13, 4th Victory lane, off New Lagos Road, Benin City, Edo State of Nigeria, do hereby make an oath…
Crime
Enugu: Police arrest two suspects for car theft, Recover stolen items
By Adeyanju Esther The Enugu State Police Command has apprehended two persons for their alleged involvement in car break-ins and theft within the Enugu metropolis. DSP Daniel Ndukwe, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, announced this in a statement, noting that…
Local vigilante escapes death
…Loses son, wife, daughter on the run A key informer of the Nigerian Army in its war of attrition with Boko Haram and other terrorists in the Northern part of Nigeria, has escaped death by the whiskers when he was…
NDLEA arrests Lagos autoparts dealer for heroine trafficking
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested an automobile spare parts dealer, Ejiofor Chiwuzie over attempt to export consignments of heroin and loud, a strain of cannabis in Lagos. This is contained in a statement by…
Troops foil ISWAP insurgents’ attack, recover weapons in Borno
Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), Operation Hadin Kai, Sector 3, have foiled an attempted attack by the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists along Magumeri – Maiduguri axis, in Borno. The troops also recovered catche…
EFCC nabs ex-Taraba Gov. Ishaku over alleged N27bn fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Darius Ishaku, a former governor of Taraba State, over alleged involvement in a N27 billion fraud scheme. Ishaku was taken into custody from his Abuja residence on Friday. A source from…
Eight young Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana repatriated
The Chairman, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, NiDCOM, Abike Dabiri-Erewa has confirmed the rescue of eight young girls trafficked to Ghana. While receiving the young ladies at the NiDCOM Annex Office in Lagos, Abike Dabiri-Erewa said the rescued girls have been…
Osun monarch, four others in prison after failure to perfect bail
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo An Osun State High Court sitting in Ede, has sent the Elegbedi of Egbedi in Egbedore Local government area of State, Oba MuideenAzeez, alongside four others to Ife Correctional Centre over alleged arson and destruction of…
NSCDC arrests five suspected vandals in Abuja
By Adeyanju Esther The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the Federal Capital Territory has apprehended five individuals suspected of vandalism in various operations throughout Abuja. According to a statement from the command’s spokesperson, Samuel Idoko, two of…
Court detains man for defiling 13-year-old in Lagos
By Adeyanju Esther A Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Badagry on Thursday ordered that a 28-year-old man, Stanley Amos, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl. Chief Magistrate Patrick Adekomaiya has ordered that Stanley…