An unspecified number of bandits have attacked the headquarters of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Command in Lafia, Nasarawa State capital. The assailants invaded the Command’s headquarters in the early hours of Monday amid sporadic gunshots. Operatives…
Gunmen have kidnapped an Anambra State-based priest of the Catholic Church, Reverend Father Christian Ike. Ike was said to have been taken away by the assailants on Sunday, along Amagu junction, Ndiokpaleke in Ajali community in Orumba North Local Government…
At least six persons were reportedly killed and scores injured following attack on a farming community by suspected herdsmen. The attack that occurred on Sunday targeted Mararaban Azagwa and Alele villages all of Maihula in the Bali Local Government Area…
By Adeyanju Esther Justice O.O. Abike-Fadipe of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja has sentenced Ugwu Pascal Chijioke and Ibrahim Sadiq Adekunle to 46 years imprisonment for impersonating Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives. The duo executed a fake…
Police officers from the Federal Capital Territory have killed a bandit and arrested three during a clearance operation. The police during the operation stormed an identified hideout of kidnappers in Chikara, a community that shares a border with Kogi State.…
By Adeyanju Esther The Federal High Court in Kaduna sentenced 27-year-old Williams David to two years in prison for possessing illicit drugs. The judgement was delivered on Thursday by Justice Hadiza Shagari. David, apprehended by the National Drug Law Enforcement…
By Adeyanju Esther On Thursday, the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gwagwalada sentenced 21-year-old student Adakole Peter to one year imprisonment for swindling a Chinese woman out of $50. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had arraigned Peter…
The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested two suspected streetlight and electricity cable vandals in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), DSC Buhari Hamisu, said this while parading…
By Adeyanju Esther The Osun State Police Command has arrested two suspected members of a four-man kidnapping ring, identified as 29-year-old Adesina Hammed and 28-year-old Oyeladun Iyanu. The remaining two suspects are still at large. The group has been terrorising…
By Adeyanju Esther Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja has postponed the arraignment of former Kogi State governor Yahaya Adoza Bello to June 27, 2024. The decision, made on Thursday, June 13, 2024, followed a dispute…
