CRIME
Police Arrest Anambra Couple Who Specializes In Sending Kidnapping Threat Messages
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a couple, Kingsley Okoye, 36, and Chidinma Okoye, 27, for allegedly sending threat messages and attempting to kidnap unsuspecting individuals. In a statement on Friday, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the duo specialised in issuing abduction threats through text messages, demanding ransom with the ultimatum of abduction or murder. Ikenga said the...
Native Bulletproof Gone Wrong: Abuja Native Doctor Lands In Hospital After Testing Efficacy Of His Charm
An Abuja native doctor identified as Ismail Usman has landed in the hospital after sustaining life-threatening injuries while testing the efficacy of his self-made bulletproof charm. A release signed by the PRO of FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh said trouble started when on Nov. 23 the victim Usman shot himself in the stomach with a shotgun in an attempt...
Nigerian Businessman Detained By NDLEA For Smuggling 700 Grams Of Cocaine
Nigerian businessman Ezeokoli Sylva, 59, was arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine into the country through his stomach. The arrest took place on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. Sylva, who had lived in Brazil for 35 years, was returning to...
Ogun Man Detained For Raping, Attacking Neighbor
A man named Michael Akinmolayan was taken into custody in Ogun State's Sango-Ota neighborhood on suspicion of raping a female neighbor. PUNCH Metro gathered on Saturday that during the incident on Thursday, Akinmolayan allegedly struck the survivor on the crown of her head with a grinding stone, causing severe injuries. The Ogun State Police Command confirmed the incident on Saturday, stating that...
Stakeholders Seek Schools, Parents Collaboration To Tackle Bullying
Education stakeholders have called for the cooperation of school administration and P.T.A. to combat the threat of school bullying. The stakeholders made this call in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday. They were reacting to reports of bullying in secondary schools nationwide, particularly a recent incident at the Federal Government College, Enugu. READ ALSO: Enugu: Nigerian...
Police Charge 113 Foreigners For Involvement In Cybercrime Activities
Officers from the National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) and Zone 7 Command in Abuja have successfully carried out an operation, according to the Nigeria Police Force (NPF). In a statement signed by the police spokesman, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi via X on Monday, it was revealed that the operation resulted in the arrest of 113 foreign nationals involved in sophisticated cybercrime activities,...
Police Arrest 2 Suspects, Rescue 4 Children From Traffickers
Officers from the Rivers State Police Command are said to have saved four children from alleged child traffickers. The police operatives also arrested two persons linked to the development. The children were rescued from a hotel somewhere in the Rumukwachi community in the Ohio/Akpor Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, said the...
Kidnapped Kogi Varsity Student Discovered Naked In Kwara
According to the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, a 400-level student who had been kidnapped from Abubakar Audu University in Ayangba, Dekina Local Government Area, Kogi State, was rescued on Monday while he was out in the open. The 19-year-old English education undergraduate whose name was given as Fauziyah Muhammed was alleged to have...
Man Arrested For Alleged Theft Of Five Children In Akwa Ibom
A man named Promise Boniface was taken into custody by the Akwa Ibom State Police Command on suspicion of stealing five children from a family in the Obio Ibiono Local Government Area. Boniface, along with other suspects apprehended for various crimes, was paraded yesterday at the State Police Command headquarters in Uyo. The Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, disclosed that the...
Bandits Kidnap Ex Rep Member, Kill Police Escort In Nasarawa
Hon. Dr. Joseph Haruna Kigbu, a former member of the House of Representatives, was kidnapped by suspected bandits traveling to Jos yesterday evening. The attack, which occurred around 6:00 p.m., took place between Nunku in Akwanga Local Government Area, Nasarawa State, and Gwantu in Sanga Local Government Area, Kaduna State. In a gun battle, the assailants fatally shot the police escort...
