Abimbola Abatta The Osun State command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspected burglars and a scrap buyer. The suspects are; Ismail Oyejola, 20, Ridwan Awoyinka, 15, and Jelili Aderemi, 44, a scrap buyer…
The Police Command in Kaduna has confirmed the release of 10 out of the 13 abducted staff of the Zaria Local Government, Kaduna state. ASP Mohammed Jalige, Police Public Relations Officer, told newsmen on Sunday in Zaria that the kidnapped…
Yet-to-be identified gunmen, suspected to be bandits, on Sunday attacked the Jos Correctional centre. The bandits were said to have pretended to be on a visit before they opened fire on reaching the gate of the correctional facility. Efforts to…
Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, says no fewer than two persons lost their lives in a lone motor accident that occurred in Bauchi on Sunday. Abdullahi, who confirmed the incident in an interview…
Gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, in the early hours of Sunday attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting seven oil workers in Bayelsa. The pirates ambushed their unsuspecting victims in Okoroma and Ogbokiri-Akassa communities of Nembe and Brass…
A 27-year-old tailor, Adeniyi Titus, was on Friday arraigned at an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, for allegedly belonging to an unlawful secret society known as ‘Buccaneer’ confraternity. Titus, a resident of Ikorodu area of Lagos State, is facing a…
The Police Command in Delta has arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered ammunition from them. The spokesman of the Command, DSP Bright Edafe, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Sunday in Warri. Edafe identified the…
NDLEA intercepted and seized more than three million kilograms of hard drugs in the last 10 months since its chairman, retired Brig-Gen. Buba Marwa, took office. It also arrested 10,000 suspects and secured conviction against 1,000 of them during the…
A 36-year-old Nigerian, Jabin Godspower Okpako, has been convicted by a United States Chief Judge, Matthew Brann for laundering approximately $1.89 million. He was sentenced to 87 months imprisonment on Tuesday. Okpako and his 54-year-old wife, Christin Bradley of Sayre,…
No fewer than 120 members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), hunters and vigilante were trained on mine risk education in Adamawa. The training exercise was conducted in collaboration between the North East Development Commission (NEDC), and Makesafe Humanitarian…
