Operatives of the Ezinze Division of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued victims allegedly kidnapped by suspected gunmen along Eke-Ebe Road in Udi Local Government Area. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Enugu Police spokesperson,…
Fire has razed the Gamboru market around the Custom area in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Confirming the incident, the state Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Alhaji Usman Tar, said the fire broke out at the Layin Yan…
Tragedy struck at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi, following the death of a 200-level student, Ogboji David Chukwuebuka, who slumped on campus. NEWSMEN gathered that there was a football competition in the school organized by…
The Executive Secretary of the Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency, KADSEMA, Usman Mazadu, says at least 289,375 residents have been displaced by bandits across 12 LGAs in Kaduna. Mazadu announced the figures on Wednesday during the flag-off of the…
A wind storm has killed one person, injured several others and destroyed over 100 houses in Agbashi community in Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State. The Vice-Chairman of the Doma council area, John Bako-Ari while confirming the incident…
A Joint Security Task Force in Riga community of Gwarzo Local Government area of Kano State has thwarted a mob action on two suspected kidnappers by hundreds of irate youths carrying dangerous weapons. The youths in their numbers tried…
The FCT Police Command, on Monday, stormed suspected kidnappers’ hideouts and routes in the hills and bushes surrounding Apo Resettlement in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, on Wednesday. “The operatives…
A Nigerian accused of being a member of the Islamic State, ISIS, in Iraq and Syria, Emmanuel Osase, has been detained for 60 days, by the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the…
A 38-year-old farmer, Abubakar Muhammadu, was on Wednesday arraigned in an Iyaganku Magistrate Court, Ibadan for allegedly being in possession of a locally made pistol with one live cartridge. The police charged Muhammadu with unlawful possession of a live…
A 35-year-old man, Babalola Abayomi Timothy, has been arrested for allegedly kidnapping a married woman through diabolical means. Babalola was arrested by the operatives of Osun Amotekun Corps on Monday, April 1, 2024, for kidnapping 35-year-old Sofiyat at Ode-Omu…
