CRIME
Suspected Kidnap Kingpin, John Lyon Paraded In Bayelsa
John Lyon, a kidnap kingpin arrested in Abuja and responsible for high-profile kidnappings in Bayelsa State is has been paraded alongside three members of his gang by the police at the Police Officers Mess, Yenagoa Bayelsa State. Lyon was arrested in Abuja after he was traced from Bayelsa. He is popular for flaunting large sums of cash and displaying same...
Army Arrests Child Trafficking Syndicates In Imo
Officers of the 34 Artillery Brigade, Obinze have arrested a suspected child trafficker, Joy Duru from Ideato South Local Government Area of Imo State. The suspect allegedly specialises in stealing children from Imo State and sells to her accomplices in Rivers State for a huge sum of money. Parading several suspects at the headquarters of the 34 artillery brigade Obinze in...
Police Vow To Get Rid Of Unrepentant Criminals In Enugu
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, on Sunday vowed to rid the state of unrepentant criminals disturbing its peace. Ammani said this after he embarked on a visibility patrol of some major highways and locations in the state, which included: Ugwuogo-Nike-Opi-Nsukka and Enugu-Onitsha Highways, as well as Oji-River and Inyi communities in Oji River Local Government...
Nasarawa NNPP Chieftain Attacked In A Suspected Assassination Attempt
Former Nasarawa Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Musa Ibrahim-Abubakar has survived a suspected assassination attempt. He recently defected from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) where he won the ticket for the Doma South House of Assembly seat. The Police Command has commenced an investigation of the incident, assuring that the perpetrators would be...
Suspects Arrested For Defrauding, Raping 23-Year-Old Girl In Lagos
Two suspected fraudsters, Rotimi Fisher and Sherif Adebayo, have allegedly defrauded a 23-year-old girl in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. The suspects also reportedly lured the victim to an uncompleted building on Majiyagbe Street, Ipaja, where Adebayo allegedly raped her. PUNCH Metro gathered that the victim was on her way to a destination in Iyana Ipaja when Fisher approached her...
Three Suspects Arrested Over Friend’s Death During A Lagos Party
Three persons have been arrested by police in Lagos over the death of their friend, Michael Arigbabuwo, 21, at a party. Ademola Adesina was celebrating his 23rd birthday at a party with his friends, Abdulqudus Salawudeen, 24, Damilare Adelana, 23, and Arigbabuwo, 21, in the Igbogbo area of Ikorodu where Arigbabuwo passed out following alleged use of illicit drug overdose. All...
Police Nab Plateau Deadly Army Robbery Syndicates
Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team at the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB/IRT) of the Nigeria Police have arrested four persons suspected to be armed robbery kingpins terrorising Shendam area and other neighbouring communities in Plateau State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The suspects were arrested by the...
Man 75, Others Arrested With Hard Drugs
A 75-year-old grandpa, Usman Bokina Bajama (alias Clemen) tops the list of 22 suspects arrested in operations across seven states by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), during which over one million capsules of banned new psychoactive substances were seized. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, disclosed that one million one thousand three...
Buhari Vows To End Insecurity Before 2022 Runs Out
Insecurity will be brought to an end before the end of the year, President Muhammadu Buhari assured in Ile-Ife, Osun, on Saturday. The country is currently battling insecurity on many fronts, ranging from the activities of the Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP), Boko Haram terrorists and bandits in the North to separatists group in the East, oil thieves in...
Bandits Abduct APC Leaders In Kaduna
Some chieftains of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kaduna State have been abducted in an attack along Kaduna-Kachia highway in Kaduna State. Daily Trust gathered that the attacked happened at a place called Tashar Icce, which is some meters from Kujama community in Kajuru Area of the state. The team was on its way back from Kafanchan after a...
