CRIME
Arewa Urges FG To Crush New Terror Group Now
The Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) has called for urgent action by the Nigerian military to subjugate and decapitate the Lakurawa terror group that is terrorising residents of Sokoto and Kebbi states in the North West Zone with all the human and material arsenals at their disposal, without hesitation. ACF considered the emergence of the new terrorist group as very dangerous...
Enugu Court Remands Man For Allegedly Killing 11-Year Old Houseboy
For the alleged death of Goodluck John, an 11-year-old houseboy, Mr. Anthony Onyeukwu has been placed under remand by the Enugu East Chief Magistrate's Court. This, the Enugu State Government said, was in line with its sustained war against all forms of child abuse. According to the Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Enugu Mrs. Ngozi Enih, Mr. Onyeukwu,...
Governor Otti Vows To Track Down K!llers Of Three Persons In Umuahia Attack (Video)
Abia State Governor, Dr Alex Otti has vowed that his administration will track down those who killed three persons during a recent attack in Umuahia. The governor directed the Police and other security agencies to fish out the killers and bring them to book. https://youtu.be/fC25YaN6b7I Otti gave the directive at Government House, Umuahia, during a media chat with journalists. He lamented that one...
Newborn Baby Found Dead In Abia Drainage (Photo)
A newborn baby of about one week has been found dead in a drainage in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State. ABN TV reports that the lifeless body of the baby was found in the early hours of Thursday along Umuwaya Road, directly opposite the Young Shall Grow Motors premises. The police command in the state has been notified of the...
NDLEA Finds UK-Bound Drugs Hidden In Tiger Nuts, Groundnut Packages
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has stopped attempts to smuggle illegal drugs into the UK by finding them concealed in bags of groundnuts and packages of tiger nuts. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in videos shared on X.com on Sunday. Femi Babafemi also warned against accepting packages without thoroughly checking their contents. Sharing the videos,...
Suspected Criminal Killed By Mob In Rivers
Residents and onlookers found the lifeless body of an unidentified man with multiple machete cuts on Saturday, causing chaos in Ikoku Market, Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The body lay in front of a new-generation bank between Ayama Junction and Olu-Obasanjo Road in Port Harcourt. A source said, “The machete cuts on the body suggest the man may have been murdered.” READ ALSO:...
Panic As New Terror Group Launch Attacks In Kebbi, Kills 15, Rustles Cattle
At least 15 people were killed in Friday's attack on Mera town in Kebbi State by Lakurawa, a new terror group active in Sokoto and Kebbi States. According to Alhaji Bashir Mera, a local source who confirmed the attack, the group struck as residents were preparing for Jumaat prayers on Friday afternoon, making off with at least one hundred cattle. “Upon...
Three Suspects Arrested Over Alleged Murder Of Okada Rider In Kwara
The Kwara Police have said that they have recovered the severed head of Rafiu Akano, a commercial motorcyclist who was killed in Asunlere village in the state on Sunday. The 34-year-old Rafiu, who recently purchased a new motorcycle for commercial purposes, was allegedly killed by three men: Peter Samuel, Jeremiah Tiozinda, and Sunday Agbenke, who have been apprehended by the...
Police Arrest Man For Alleged Newborn Murder In Adamawa
A 19-year-old man (name withheld) has been arrested by the Adamawa Police for allegedly killing his newborn in the state's Mubi North LGA. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Suleiman Nguroje, stated this in a statement in Yola on Saturday. He said that operatives of the command detained the suspect on Nov. 8 over the alleged murder of the three-day-old baby boy. Nguroje...
Police Inspector Killed, 2 Chinese, Nigerian Kidnapped In Cross River
An Inspector of Police was cold-bloodedly murdered in cross river state on Thursday night; the identity of the victim is yet to be revealed. He was shot dead at a quarry site by gunmen who also carted away his AK-47 rifle, Breech No. BE-35-2982. An official statement signed by the Zone six Police PRO, SP Nelson Okpabi also confirmed that the...
