CRIME
Woman Loses N7.5m To Fraudsters In Search Of Spiritual Help
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspected fraudsters for swindling a yet-to-be-identified woman out of N7.5m in the Ikorodu area of the state. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a tweet on Sunday, said the suspects perpetrated the crime under the guise of providing spiritual help for the woman. He explained that...
Pregnant Woman, Female Undergraduate, 26 Others Nabbed For Drug Offences
A pregnant woman, a nursing mother and a 200-level university student were among 28 persons arrested with 9,437.6 kilograms of cannabis and 138,053 tablets of pharmaceutical opioids among others by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Authorities say the arrest was made during interdiction operations across 12 states: Yobe, Ondo, Edo, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, Imo, Jigawa, Kogi,...
Man, 25 Kills Father In Delta Community
A 25-year-old indigene of Issele-Uku community, Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State, identified simply as Kido, has murdered his father. The victim, Mr Ikechukwu Onyegai, died after a scuffle with his son who he accused of harvesting crops on his farm without his permission. It was learnt that the deceased confronted his son on his farm on Friday and...
Gov. Matawalle Of Zamfara Declares Total Lockdown In Some Parts Of The State
Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle, has declared a total lockdown in three Local Government Areas of the State, following the resurgence of bandit attacks. The LGs affected are; Anka, Bukkuyum and Gummi. Gov. Matawalle also ordered the immediate suspension of all political activities in the state including APC meetings till further notice, as part of the measures to facilitate the efforts...
Two Suspected Oil Thieves Arrests By NSCDC In Akwa Ibom
Operatives of the anti-vandal squad of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Akwa Ibom State have busted an illegal fuel dump site in the Eket Local Government Area of the state, arresting two suspected oil thieves. They also seized 130 drums loaded with illegally refined/acquired diesel, five pumping machines, three generator sets, a brown Ford Ecoline van with...
Approve AK-47 Rifle For Benue Volunteer Communty Guards In One Month Or… Ortom To FG
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has given one month deadline to federal government to approve his letter to procure AK-47 license or will seek the advice of his people on way to go. The governor stated this on Thursday during the passing out parade of second batch of the State Volunteer Communty Guards held at IBB Square, Makurdi. Ortom said...
Police Arrest, Detain Two Journalists In Kwara
Police in Kwara state have arrested and detained two journalists, Dare Akogun and Abdulrasheed Akogun. The arrest of the siblings was allegedly sequel to a petition by Rafiu Ajakaye, the Chief Press Secretary to the Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq accusing the duo of defamation. The Head of News and Current Affairs, Sobi FM, Ilorin, Adebayo Abubakar disclosed that the petition came after...
Amotekun Lacks Capacity To Tackle Banditry — El-Rufai
Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai warned yesterday that arming state security outfits was not enough to end insecurity in the country. To El-Rufai, doing so would amount to a simplistic approach to combatting “sophisticated” non-state actors that sometimes ”outgun the military.” The governor spoke shortly before his Benue State counterpart, Samuel Ortom, issued a one-month ultimatum to the Federal Government to...
Ogun Man, 51 Held For Beating Wife To Death
Police in Ogun State have arrested a 51-year-old man, Oluranti Badejo, for allegedly beating his 40-year-old wife, Folasade Badejo, to death. Our correspondent gathered that incident occurred at Orimerunmu, Mowe in the Obafemi-Owode Local Government area of the state. The Police Spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, on Thursday, told newsmen that the suspect was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe police divisional...
Gunmen Kill Resident, Abduct One, Hijack Car In Abuja
At least, one person was shot dead by gunmen suspected to be armed robbers at about 8:45pm, on Wednesday, at Gana Street in the Maitama area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, while another was abducted. Some residents, who spoke to our correspondent on the condition of anonymity, said the victim was killed while trying to rescue a man that...
