CRIME
Ex-Convict Arrested Hours After Release From Prison Over Theft In Lagos (PHOTOS)
Operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos last weekend arrested an ex-convict hours after he was released from prison. The suspect, Yakub Yusuf aged 23 was arrested around 0800hrs on Saturday after regaining freedom following his one-month prison sentence for stealing at Lagos State fuel dump, Alausa, Ikeja, PPRO of Lagos command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said in a statement. ...
DSS Official Arrested For Macheting Abia PDP Guber Candidate’s Campaign DG (Graphic Photos)
An errant official of the Department of State Services, DSS identified as Agboese Alex Nnamdi has been arrested for inflicting a bodily harm on Barrister Chinedum Elechi the campaign Director General of Abia State PDP governorship candidate, Prof. Uche Ikonne. The incident happened at about 3pm on Sunday along Azikiwe road Umuahia. ABN TV was reliably informed that trouble started when...
Gov Bala Threatens To Dethrone Monarchs Aiding Insecurity
Bauchi State Governor, Sen Bala Mohammed Abdulkadir has warned that he will not hesitate to dethrone any traditional ruler found wanting, especially when it has to do with the needs of the people. The Governor was speaking in Misau on Sunday during the presentation of staff of office and coronation of the 11th Emir of Misau, Alh Ahmed Sulaiman. He stressed...
Kaduna Bandits Who Collected N3m Ransom Before Killing Abductee Demand N10m To Release His Corpse
A N10 million ransom is being demanded for the release of the remains of one Obadiah Ibrahim, who was kidnapped in early October in Sabon Gaya, on his way back from Abuja to Kaduna. A family member of the victim, Kefas Obadiah, said the bandits had earlier collected N3 million as ransom. He said his brother died on Monday, but it...
Man Kidnaps Own Son, Demands N182,000 Ransom From Wife
Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations, DCI, says it has rescued an 8-yr-old boy who was kidnapped by his father on November 12 and used to demand for a ransom of Sh50,000 from his wife. A distraught mother of the boy, Everline Nandera who filed a report at Embakasi police station said the incident occured after a domestic disagreement with the...
Politicians Defacing Opposition’s Billboards To Face Hard Times As Kwara Police Talk Tough
Kwara State police command has read the riot act to politicians in the state over destruction of their opponents’ billboard. The Commissioner of Police, Paul Odama who said this in a statement issued in Ilorin at the weekend said anyone caught would be arrested and prosecuted . He also asked parents and guardians in the state to caution their wards against...
Gunmen Attack Governor Soludo’s Hometown, Soldiers, Hoodlums Killed
Gunmen attacked the Isuofia community of Aguata Local Government Area, where the governor of Anambra State, Prof Chukwuma Soludo hails from in the early hours of Saturday. Sources said no fewer than two soldiers and four of the attacking hoodlums died in a fierce gun battle between the gunmen and soldiers stationed in the community. According to a source, the...
Sacked Police Officer Among PoS Robbers Set Ablaze In Enugu — CP
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu command has said a dismissed police officer was among those killed in jungle justice in Enugu in allegation bordering on robbing a PoS operator. Two young men who wanted to make it big this forthcoming Yelutide on Wednesday afternoon met their Waterloo in Enugu as irate mobs set them ablaze alive. The incident took place...
Mother And Daughter Stab New Born Baby To Death
Mother of the child, one Ada Joy Okonkwo aged 18, and her mother, one Christiana Okonkwo of about 60 years old had conspired to murder the newborn at Olocha-Adogba in Awgu community of Awgu L.G.A., on November 7. A statement released by the spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, revealed that the mother had used a kitchen...
Troops Rescue 4 Victims In Zamfara, Eliminates 8 Bandits
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity on Friday, eliminated eight bandits and rescued four kidnapped victims during clearance operation at bandits’ camps in Zamfara forest. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Musa Danmadami, in a statement said the camps were located at Dutse Uku forest in Lanke and Danmarke villages in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara. Danmadami said that the troops,...
