The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) and the Department of State Services (DSS) says a Burundian woman and her children, trafficked in a village in Imo, have been rescued. The Assistant Public Relations officer of…
By Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Alkali Baba has been petitioned to an urgent investigation to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the death of a slain Monarch, Chief Stephen Ada Ochekwu alleged…
Four students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), who were abducted over the weekend, have regained their freedom and united with their families. It was gathered that the victims had escaped from the kidnappers, on Wednesday morning, when a…
By Tobi Adetunji A 38-year-old businessman, Ofure Siakpere, was on Wednesday sentenced to life imprisonment by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court for defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old in-law (name withheld). Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced Siakpere after finding…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has advocated for the training of school children on security to reduce cases of kidnapping in schools across the states. The Ondo state NSCDC Commandant, Dr. Hammed Abodunrin,…
By Tobi Adetunji The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has granted an internet celebrity, Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, bail in the sum of N200m with two sureties in like sum. Justice Mojisola Dada who granted the…
By Kolade Rasheed – West African Correspondent Joseph George and Mobolurin Okupe have in common is quite a lot, though Joseph George is a Gambian and MobolurinOkupe is a Nigerian. Both were born into Christian families, where the love of…
By Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta Operatives of Ogun State Police Command said they have arrested seven members of a syndicate who specialise in hijacking trucks loaded with companies’ goods along Sagamu-Ijebu-Ode Expressway. The names of the suspects were given as: Onyegbuchi…
By Dave Okpogadie, Asaba There is tension in Bomadi, headquarters of Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State due to the killing of a youth by a local vigilante member who shot the youth dead in an undisclosed operation at…
By Tobi Adetunji The Kaduna State Police Command has foiled the kidnap of 16 victims in the Chikun Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mohammed Jalige, disclosed this in a statement issued on…
