CRIME
Imo Youths Nab Serial Killer Who Beheaded Residents For Fun
A man simply identified as Mgida from Ahaba, Orodo Community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, has been caught for allegedly killing and beheading of over six persons within and outside the community. The suspect, who is in his late 30s, was apprehended on Sunday by youths of the community while attempting to kill two more persons working...
Parents Explode In Tears, Joy As 28 More Kidnapped Students Regain Freedom In Kaduna
28 more abducted students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained their freedom. The students were found inside the Tsoho Gaya Forest in Chikun Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Sunday. It is not clear whether the bandits released them for ransom or they were rescued by...
NDLEA Nabs NURTW Chairman, 3 Others In Ondo, Benue Over Drug Offences
Chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW, in Ijero local government area of Ekiti state, Babatunde Babade, 45, has been arrested along with two others; Ilesanmi Shola, 35, and Babajide Johnson, 45, for trafficking illicit drugs. The transport union leader was allegedly caught with 52.5kilograms of skunk in Akure, the Ondo state capital following intelligence that he...
Islamiyya School Abduction: After Paying N25m To Wrong Bandits, Parents In Confusion As N4.6m Misses From Ransom Money
There is confusion in the camps of the parents and the abductors of the 156 pupils of Salihu Tanko Islamiyya School, Tegina, in Rafi local government area of Niger State, as the courier sent to deliver the N30 million for the release of the pupils was detained by the bandits who claimed that the ransom money was short by...
Another Nigerian Army Officer Killed By Suspected Gunmen
Abbas Fatai, a Nigerian Army officer of the 16 Brigade, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, South-South Nigeria has been shot dead by hoodlums. According to Peoples Gazette, Fatai was shot dead at about 09.12pm on July 22, at Igbogene Junction in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state, where he resided. The hoodlums were suspected to be members of a cult group, led...
Bandits Kill 3 Persons, Abduct 7 In Zamfara Community After Setting Military Armoured Vehicle Ablaze
Bandits have again attacked the Dansadau community within Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing 3 persons and abducting 7 others while setting a military armoured personnel carrier of ablaze. A source in the community told Channels TV that the armed bandits attacked the community around 2:30am and the siege lasted for about 4 hours, ending in the early...
Army Immortalises Ex-COAS, Names Names Office Accommodation After Attahiru
The Nigerian Army has named a new office accommodation at Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, after the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru. Incumbent COAS, Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya, inaugurated the office complex at the headquarters of the Joint Task Force in the Northeast, Operation Hadin Kai. A statement on Thursday in Abuja by the Director...
Police Kill Suspected POS Robber In Imo
The Police in Imo State, yesterday, killed a notorious Point of Service (POS) armed robber in the state. Command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Mike Abattam, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen. According to the statement, the state Commissioner of Police, Abutu Yaro, was alerted to the robbery by a gang at a POS spot in Egbu,...
Sunday Igboho’s Extradition Hearing Continues Today As He Returns To Cell
Sunday Adeniyi Adeyemo, popularly known as Sunday Igboho, has been returned to the custody of Brigade Criminelle in Cotonou, Benin Republic. This is as the Cour D’Appel De Cotonou adjourned the case involving the Yoruba rights activist till Friday, July 23, 2021. Igboho and his wife, Ropo, were arrested at the Cardinal Bernardin International Airport, Cotonou while trying to flee...
Sunday Igboho: Republic Of Benin Blocks Nigeria’s Extradition Move
The Beninoise Government has turned down the Nigerian Government’s push for the extradition of Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Igboho. Igboho was arrested earlier this week in Cotonou, Benin Republic on his way to Germany. The Nigerian government, through its Ambassador in Benin Republic, Tukur Buratai, a former Chief of Army Staff, has been pushing for the extradition of Igboho to Nigeria. ABN...
