A 40-year-old farmer, Zakaria Bulus, was on Monday remanded in a correctional centre by a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) is charging the victim…
The Oba of Idofin, Shedrack Durojaye Obibeni and his wife have been abducted by gunmen along Makutu-Idofin road in Yagba East local government area of Kogi State. A source explained that the incident happened on Monday evening around 5.30pm while…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it had apprehended 239 drug trafficking suspects in Akwa Ibom State between July 2022 and May 2023. The Commander of NDLEA in Akwa Ibom, Mrs Obot Bassey, who disclosed this while briefing…
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded three unemployed men who allegedly robbed a pedestrian of one over million Naira belongings at knifepoint. The defendants are Kudus Saka, 21; Ojo Akinleye, 29; and Azeez Rabiu, 24. They live at the…
Two police officers attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Rivers State Police Command have been arrested and detained in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The arrest followed a complaint by a young man who alleged…
Two men, Taiwo Ogunranti, 51 and Ibrahim Bamidele, 42, Monday, appeared before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly receiving stolen trailer tyre rims and a tank. The Prosecuting Counsel, Mr M. R. Faremi, told the court that the defendants and…
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Kehinde Adesogba Adekusibe for allegedly threatening the killing of Igbos residing in the South West (Yoruba land). According to a statement issued on Friday by the Police Public Relations…
An Upper Area Court in Kubwa, on Wednesday ordered the Police to investigate a case of alleged public nuisance filed against a tax collector, Masel Onyebuchi of Celebrity Kitchen. The judge, Malam Yahaya Sheshi, gave the order pursuant to Section…
The Western Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, has revealed that it has in its custody one Taiwo Ogunsola for cultism-related activities. Ogunsola, a 29-year-old, who, according to a statement by the Corps Commander of the security outfit, Brigadier General Bashir…
The Nigerian Army troops of Operation Hadin Kai, 7 Division Garrison have arrested a 15-man notorious Malian criminal gang after a major crackdown on gang-related activity in Maiduguri, the capital of the restive Borno State, northeast Nigeria. Newsmen learned that…
