CRIME
Army Rescues 18 Abducted Females Victims In Katsina
Troops of the Nigerian Army on Wednesday succeeded in rescuing 18 female kidnapped victims from their captors and handed them over to the Katsina State Government. This is coming days after 55 wedding guests who were said to be escorting a bride home along the Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state were kidnapped by suspected bandits. The Brigade Commander,...
Police Apprehend Most Wanted Suspected Ttraffic Robber In Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has arrested the most wanted suspected traffic robber, operating around Ijora Badia area of the state. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, said that the police have been on his trail for the last six months. Hundeyin said that operatives of the...
NAFDAC Nabs 3 Hawkers, Confiscates Substandard Drugs Worth N250000
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has arrested three drug hawkers and seized substandard drugs worth N250,000 in Kaduna. The agency’s coordinator in the state, Mr Nasiru Mato, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday. The coordinator said that the exercise was part of ongoing efforts...
Police Nabs Drug Peddlers, Recover Drugs, Ammunition In Lagos
The Police have arrested some suspected drug peddlers and recovered drugs and ammunition from them in Lagos. Meanwhile, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has commended the officer in charge of the police tactical team attached to Area K, Marogbo, Lagos State Command, SP Rilwan Kasumu, and team for rejecting the sum of four million naira (#4,000,000) bribe...
EFCC Establishes Special Taskforce Against Dollarisation Of Economy
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised a Special Task Force in all its zonal commands to enforce extant laws against currency mutilation and dollarization of the economy. The anti-graft agency spokesperson,a Dele Oyewle, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. According to him, the Task Force, inaugurated by the Chairman of the Commission, Mr Ola Olukoyede, is...
Sienna Not Bus Was Kidnapped In Kogi By Gunmen — ABC Transport
ABC Transport PLC has reacted to posts on the social media about a kidnap incident concerning one of it’s vehicles, clarifying that it was a Toyota Sienna, not “a luxury bus” as erroneously reported, that is involved. The management of the road transport company said in a statement that the Sienna, going to Abuja from Enugu with a couple on...
Details Emerge On How GIGM, ABC Buses Travelling From Abia Were Hijacked By Gunmen In Kogi
Suspected armed bandits have hijacked two transport buses travelling to Abuja, kidnapping no less than 14 passengers on board, ABN TV has learned. The vehicles, belonging to the ABC and God Is Good Motors (GIGM) transport companies, were travelling from Abia State en route from Kogi to Abuja. The incident came exactly a week after gunmen ambushed a school bus in...
Rivers: Pregnant Lady Arrested For Murdering Mother Over Plantain
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a pregnant woman identified as Blessing Godday for allegedly stabbing another woman, Mrs Imeran Idema, to death over a bunch of plantain allegedly stolen by the former in Adada community in the Abua/Odual Local Government Area of the state. Blessing, 32, who is a mother of nine, reportedly stabbed Idema for trying to...
FG Says NYSC No More Posting Corps Members To “Very Unsafe” and Locations
The Federal Government said members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) are no longer posted to states deemed unsafe in the wake of worsening security conditions in the country. Several corps members have been abducted in some parts of the country during their one-year mandatory national service, raising fears about the sustainability of the scheme. But the Minister of Youth...
Criminals Panic As Abia CP Onwuemelie Talks Tough, Says Greater Security Improvement In The Way
Criminal elements in Abia are currently in a panic mood as the State Commissioner of Police, Kenechukwu Onwuemelie, says going forward, the state will witness greater and more appreciable improvements in security. This follows recent security measures the state government put in place, which will give undesirable elements a bloody nose. CP Kenechukwu Onwuemelie disclosed this Friday while briefing newsmen on...
