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…
The Police Command in Kebbi on Monday said that 16 persons and not 50 were killed by yet to be identified gunmen in the attack on Dankade village on Friday. Some online media had reported that no fewer than 50…
A mob in Warri, Delta State has beaten a man, who appeared to be mad, but was suspected to be a ritualist in disguise. The man, who would have been lynched, was rescued from the mob by policemen from the…
…Seizes cash, arms, ammunition, 137.754kg narcotics across 7 states About one million, five hundred thousand tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5 and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra state and heading to Yauri, Kebbi state have been…
The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says Nigeria will win the ongoing war against banditry, kidnapping, killing and other security challenges facing the country. Tinubu gave this assurance on Sunday when he paid a condolence…
