CRIME
Soldiers Allegedly Open Fire On Students Protesting ASUU Strike With Live Bullets
Military personnel has dispersed students of various universities in Ondo State who are protesting the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The soldiers were said to have opened fire to chase the students away from the ...
Catholic Knight, Brother Docked Over Possession Of 2.1kg Heroin
One Sir Basil Okafor, a knight of the Roman Catholic Church, and his cousin, Edwin Izuchukwu, have been arraigned before the Federal High Court. The two brothers were arraigned by the National Drug enforcement agency, NDLEA, for possession of 2.1kg ...
Fresh Rival Cult Clash Leaves One Dead In Lagos
There was palpable tension in Badagry after a fight broke out between rival cult groups. At least one person, a 36-year-old man, was killed during the clashes that occurred on Tuesday in Adaripon Ipage Compound, Badagry, Lagos State, NAN reports. Ho...
Unknown Gunmen In South-East Are Terrorists, Says FG
Federal Government on Thursday said that the unknown gunmen operating in the Southeast are terrorists and that they are being treated in the language they understand. The Federal Government also said that though the newly promoted former Acting Chair...
Gunmen Kill Police Orderly, Abduct Local Govt Chairman
Gunmen again on Friday night invaded a community in Nasarawa State, killing police orderly and abducting the Chairman of Keffi Local Government Area, Muhammad Baba-Shehu. According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the report was confi...
Police Nab Two POS Robbers In Umuahia, Recover English Made Pistol (PHOTOS)
Police in Umuahia Abia State on Friday arrested two robbery suspects who specialise in agency bankers popularly known as PoS operators. They are between the ages of 19 and 20, Onuoha Chukwuyere Raymond (M) and Chukwuemeka Azubuike (M) ABN TV reports ...
We’ve Identified Those Gunmen Terrorizing Anambra – CP
The Anambra State Police command said Monday that it had identified some of the criminals terrorizing the state, stressing that there was nothing unknown about the gunmen as people tag them. Addressing reporters in Awka, the state Commissioner of Pol...
Court Jails Ex-Convict Over $75 Fraud In Uyo
Justice Agatha Okeke of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State has convicted and sentenced an ex-convict, Ekemini Akininyene Effiong to eight months imprisonment for criminal impersonation and obtaining by false pretence to the tune o...
Physically Challenged Woman, 35 Arrested In Imo Over Drugs
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have scuttled attempts by drug cartels to break through the security at Nigeria’s main airports in Lagos and Abuja with large consignments of assorted illicit substances with no fewer t...
Kaduna Government Confirms The Killing Of 32 Villagers In Kajuru LGA
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the killing of 32 villagers in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state. This was contained in a statement issued by the commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Thursday. T...
