CRIME
Imo: How We Gave IPOB, ESN Members A Bloody Nose At INEC Office — Police
The Imo State Police Command has narrated how its men engaged militants in gunfire at one of the offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. According to CSP Mike Abattam, the Command’s spokesman, gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN), stormed the...
NCS Intercepts Container Load Of Tramadol Worth N1.5bn From India
The Nigeria Customs Service Apapa Command apprehended a 40-foot container from India containing twenty cartons of tapentadol drugs, a new variant of tramadol worth N1,560,000,000. Yusuf Malanta, the controller in charge of the Command Comptroller, revealed this information during a press briefing on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Classic Terminal Festival Town in Lagos. According to him, the cargo arrived at...
Billboard Destruction: Call Your Thugs To Order, NSA Monguno Warns Governors
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (retd), has cautioned state governors using thugs to prevent opposition from placing their campaign materials in strategic points that security agencies will soon take necessary measures if such action continues. Moguno spoke on Thursday while featuring at the Ministerial Media Briefing organised by the Presidential Communications Team at the Presidential Villa,...
Delta Father Flogs Daughter To Death For Allegedly Entering Neighbour’s House
25-year-old man, Godsgift Uweghwerhen, has been arrested for allegedly flogging his three-year-old daughter to death in Aladja community, in the Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. PUNCH Metro gathered that Uweghwerhen was at home with his family members and neighbours when he saw his daughter coming out of the room of one of his neighbours. Uweghwerhen, who became annoyed by...
Police Say Gunmen Kill Katsina DPO’s Mother, Brother
Gunmen last night attacked the family house of a Divisional Police Officer in Katsina State, killing his mother and younger brother. Police spokesman Gambo Isah confirmed the incident. He said, “The incident is true but we don’t have details yet. Our officers have gone there but I cannot say more than this for now.” The two victims were said to have been...
Woman, 20 Kills Co-Wife In Bauchi With Pestle
The Police have detained a 20-year-old woman named Maryam Ibrahim in Bauchi State, for murdering her co-wife, Hafsat Ibrahim, with a pestle. This was according to a press release issued on Monday evening by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ahmed Mohammad Wakil of Bauchi State Command, Maryam Ibrahim on November 22, in Gar village, Pali ward, and Alkaleri LGA. The...
NDLEA Arrests One Of Two Abia Brothers Who Deal On Drugs After 9 Years On Their Trail
One of the two brothers, who served as major sources of illicit drug supplies in South East and South-South parts of the country, Onyeaghalachi Nwagwugwu, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, after nine years of being on his trail. The elder brother, Eze Stephen, who is also wanted, narrowly escaped during the overnight...
Native Doctor, 23 Kills Client While Testing Charm Against Gunshot In Enugu
A 23-year-old native doctor, identified as Emmanuel Odo, has allegedly killed his client, Benedict Onunze, while testing a gunshot-protection charm, popularly known as odeshi he prepared for him at Umuaram, Ikem, in Isi-Uzo Local Government Area of Enugu State. The Enugu State Police Command’s spokesperson, Daniel Ndukwe, said the native doctor, who killed his client, has confessed to the crime...
IGP Hails Wike At Commissioning Of Intelligence, Surveillance Centre
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba on Monday, commissioned the Police Intelligence and Surveillance Centre built by the administration of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike administration to provide technical support to the police and other security agencies in the state. Wike also restated his administration’s commitment to the protection of lives and property in the state, saying more...
Police Arrest Two In Possession Of 468 PVCs
The Police have arrested two persons in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards. This was made known in a statement signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday. According to the statement, the offenders; Nasiru Idris, was found with 101 PVCs in Sokoto State, and another (name not mentioned)...
