CRIME
Gunmen Set Police On Fire In Anambra
The Divisional Police station in Ihiala, Anambra state has been set ablaze by hoodlums, creating fear in the villages and other communities in the area. Some buildings in the station were completely burnt down and the motive has not been established. An eye witness said that following the attack on the police station, which is located along the Onitsha-Owerri road, motorists...
Gunmen Bomb Nigerian Police Facility, Set Inmates Free in Anambra State
The Ihiala Police Divisional Headquarters in the Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State in southeast Nigeria was bombed by gunmen. Information gathered from residents stated that the attack occurred on Wednesday at around three in the morning. A building inside the station was reportedly destroyed by improvised explosive devices that the gunmen threw into the area. Local resident Uju Okafor claimed...
Suspected Killer Of Lagos Lawyer Remanded In Ikoyi Prison
A suspended police officer, ASP Drambi Vandi suspected to have killed a Lagos-based legal practitioner, Mrs Bolanle Raheem has been charged to court of offences bordering on murder by Lagos State government. The Attorney-General of Lagos, Moyosore Onigbanjo, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria on Friday filed a one-count charge on behalf of the state government against the suspected killer cop. “That...
Man Arrested In Akwa Ibom For Beating Daughter To Death After She Called Boyfriend With His Phone
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Akaninyene Okokon for allegedly beating his 16-year old- daughter, Abasiono Akaninyene Sunday, to death. The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olatoye Durosinmi, said the suspect was arrested by operatives of Ikot Ebo Divisional Headquarters following credible information. Durosinmi spoke on Friday while parading the suspect alongside 195 other suspects arrested by the command for...
Abuja Panel Beater Kills Colleague, Buries Corpse In Shallow Grave
A 63-year-old Abuja panel beater, Taiwo Ojo, has been arrested by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command for killing, burning, and burying the corpse of his colleague, Philip Kura, in a shallow grave in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory. Our correspondent gathered that Ojo committed culpable homicide against his colleague after an argument over money...
Gunmen Kill Policeman In Bayelsa Bank, Steal Rifle
A policeman was reportedly shot dead at the premises of one of the new generation banks along the DSP Alamieyeseigha Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital by suspected gunmen. The service rifle of the deceased personnel was stolen by his assailant. It was learned that the incident occurred on Thursday at about 10pm. The suspected cop killer, it was further learned,...
Brazilian Returnee Arrested With 105 Parcels Of Cocaine Concealed In Sweets
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a Brazil returnee, Agbasi Prosper Chux, with 105 parcels of cocaine concealed in sweets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Christmas Day. The suspect was arrested at the ‘D’ arrival hall of the MMIA during inward clearance of passengers from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha on...
Gunmen Attack Ex-Imo Governor Ohakim’s Convoy, Kill 4 Policemen
Fleeing gunmen on Monday attacked a convoy of a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, and killed four of his police orderlies in the process. Ohakim’s convoy was attacked at Oriagu in the Ehime Mbano Local Government Area of the state on Monday evening. Ohakim who escaped by whiskers had his backup vehicle bombed, leading to the death of the...
Gunmen Kill Obosi Community President-General In Anambra
The President-General of Obosi Community, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, Hon Ike Okolo has been reportedly shot dead. ABN TV learnt that Okolo was shot dead in a petrol station in the community by yet-to-be-identified gunmen at about 8pm, a day after the new year. A video circulating on the internet showed that the community leader was...
How Motorist Trapped, Dragged Lagos Traffic Robber On Road
Members of the Oodua People’s Congress have detained a 23-year-old traffic robber, Jeda Sarumi, for allegedly attempting to rob a motorist at 7-up Junction, Ikosi Road in the Ketu Local Government Area of Lagos State. A member of the Gani Adams-led OPC faction, Alfeez Alago, said the suspect belonged to a gang of thieves that robbed in traffic every night. He...
