CRIME
CP Umar Orders Investigation Of Mob Burning Of Suspect In Bauchi
The Commissioner of Police Bauchi State, Umar Sanda, has ordered an immediate investigation of a mob that set a suspect ablaze at Chinade community in Katagum Local Government Area of the state. Sanda stated this in a statement signed by the Spokesma...
Fleeing Inmate Disguising As Madman Rearrested In Edo
Security operatives have rearrested a prisoner who escaped from a correctional facility in Edo State The prisoner was feigning mental instability to hoodwink unsuspecting members of the public and evade arrest when he was nabbed. The escape, it was g...
Court Remands Man For Impregnating Neighbour’s 12-Year-Old Daughter In Lagos
One Egbebiyi Temitope has been arraigned before a magistrates’ court sitting in Ogba for raping his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter. The 20-year-old accused and the victim reside on Wahab Larinde Street, Mafoluku area of Oshodi. The police have ...
Man Using Tricycle To Rob Arrested In Bayelsa
One Thankgod Godwin has been apprehended for using his tricycle (Keke NAPEP) to commit crimes in the Bayelsa metropolis. He is known for using his tricycle to dispossess commuters of their belongings The 40-year-old suspect was arrested by Operatives...
Sen. Kalu Condemns Abductions Of Anglican Bishop, Aderogba, Catholic Priest, Kantoma, Tasks Security Agencies On Their Release
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has condemned in strong terms the abduction of Bishop Oluwaseun Aderogba of Jebba Diocese, Anglican Church of Nigeria, and wife. Lamenting the abduction of Catholic Priest in c...
Man Bathes Sleeping Wife With Boiling Water
A retiree, Isaac Ekeh, has allegedly bathed his wife, Stella, with hot water while she was sleeping in the night. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the incident happened on May 31, at 3:00 a:m at Satellite Town, Alakija, in the Amuwo-Odofin L...
Gunmen Kidnap CAN Chairman In Plateau
Gunmen have kidnapped Rev James Kantoma, a Catholic priest in charge of St Anthony’s Parish, Angware community in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State. The cleric, who is also the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in t...
Be Tough On Criminals, Chief Of Army Staff Tells Special Forces
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has charged the newly inducted 699 Special Forces personnel of ‘Exercise Restore Hope II’ to be brutal and merciless against criminal elements threatening the peace and stability of...
Police Arrest Three Hunters Over Kidnapping In Adamawa
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three local hunters and others for conspiring to aid kidnapping in Girei and Fufore Local Governments in the state. The state’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Sulaan Nguroje, in a statement said th...
Insecurity: I Live In Grief Daily, Says Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed concern over the rising insecurity in the country, saying he lives with grief daily. The president said this in a nationwide broadcast on Sunday. While assuring Nigerians that the government is working hard to...
