The Police on Tuesday, said they arrested 9,180 suspects over banditry, armed robbery, kidnapping, homicide, possession of prohibited firearm, rape, cultism and other criminal offences in two months. The Inspector General of Police (IG) Mr Olukayode Egbetokun said this in…
By Sodiq Adelakun The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, has intercepted 1,416 pieces of used tyres and other goods worth N106.7 million in July. The Area Comptroller, Bamidele Makinde, said this in a statement issued by the…
The Police in Lagos State have arrested a 44-year-old woman, who allegedly used her 10-year-old niece as a drug courier. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen at the police…
Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday attacked the country home of Rep. Pascal Agbordike, representing Ihiala Federal Constituency of Anambra. The hoodlums allegedly set the lawmaker’s building ablaze at Ubahi Village in Mbosi, Ihiala Local Government Area. Confirming…
By Sodiq Adelakun A man, Chijioke Anene, was arraigned on Tuesday at a Badagry Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos over alleged phone theft and unauthorised withdrawals. The defendant, whose address is unknown and who is facing a count of stealing,…
A 30-year-old man, Tum Joseph, was docked at an Upper Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, for allegedly stealing a mattress and clothes from his mother. Joseph is charged with three counts of criminal intimidation, inciting disturbance of…
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Tuesday ordered that a 23-year-old man, Abdulwahab Yusuf, who pleaded guilty to stealing cow skin worth N8,500 be remanded in a correction centre, news reports. The police charged Yusuf, who lives in Tukuntawa…
A 23-year-old man, Chijioke Anene, was arraigned on Tuesday at a Badagry Chief Magistrate Court in Lagos over alleged phone theft and unauthorised withdrawals. The defendant, whose address is unknown and who is facing a count of stealing, pleaded not…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Gombe State Command, has between January and July, arrested no fewer than 214 suspects for drug-related offences. The NDLEA operatives also seized 93.95Kg of cannabis sativa, 257.5Kg of psychotropic substance and methamphetamine from…
A 43-year-old cleric is in police net in Lagos for charming his U.S.-based friend to collect N105 million from the latter by false pretence. Parading the suspect before newsmen on Monday, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone-2, Mr Ali Mohammed, said…
