CRIME
Zamfara: Gov. Lawal Places Ban On Sale Of Unlabelled Bread, Fuel Above 50 Litres To Curb Insecurity
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has signed an executive order banning the sale of unlabelled bread, bagging of bread, sale of petrol above 50 litres and the use of tinted glasses in Zamfara State. Governor Lawal signed the executive order yesterday in his office at the Government House, Gusau. A statement by the Zamfara governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the...
Kaduna Abduction: No Dime Will Be Paid To Criminal Elements, Tinubu Vows
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reiterated his directives to security agencies and the ministry of defence that no ransom should be paid by the government to kidnappers, bandits, or any criminal elements for the release of abducted persons. The Minister of Information and National Orientation disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council,...
Troops Rescue 10 Abductees In Zamfara
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji have thwarted an attempt to abduct 10 people in Tsafe town of Zamfara on Tuesday. The Information Officer to the Operation, Lt. Suleiman Omale, in a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday, said the troops responded to a distress call and were able to overpower the abductors. “Responding swiftly to a distress...
Police Rescue Abducted UNTH Security Man, Nurse Still Missing
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued a security man attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, who was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday with a staff nurse. This was contained in a statement the command issued on Wednesday, adding that a manhunt to arrest perpetrators and rescue the staff nurse had been launched. Some gunmen believed...
Man Sentenced To Jail For S3xually Abusing 5 Teenage Boys
A 35-year-old man Damilare Adekojo has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate Court for allegedly molesting five boys sexually. Adekojo reportedly committed the offences between October 2021 and February 2023 at Bada Community, Ala, Akure. He was alleged to have sexually molested the five minors by masturbating their sexual organs without their consent. A five-count charge bordering on sexual assaults were preferred against him. Adekojo...
Police Nabs 3 Over Mutilated Body Of Missing Tricycle Operator
Kwara Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the dismembered corpse of the Chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (TOAN), Idiose Alorin, Mr Musibau Aliu, which was found in the Oko-Olowo area in Ilorin South local government area of Kwara State on Tuesday. The three suspects in police custody are Abdullahi Ibrahim of Medina...
Don’t Behave Like Buhari, Negotiate With Bandits Now, Gumi Tells Tinubu
A prominent Islamic cleric and former military officer, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has renewed his call for the federal government to go into negotiations with bandits in a bid to secure the release of abducted Nigerians. Gumi during the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, tried convincing the government to dialogue with bandits. In a statement, the cleric said he was willing...
Insecurity: Don’t Be A Failure Like Buhari, Afenifere Tells Tinubu
Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group, on Monday, called on President Bola Tinubu to deal decisively with terrorists operating across Nigeria, saying he could not afford to fail like his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. The group said Tinubu must demonstrate the political will and courage to annihilate these “monstrous individuals killing and abducting people, in their hundreds, particularly innocent school children and...
Police Confirm Arrest Of Abia Community PG Over Vandalisation Of Palm Oil Equipment
The Zone 9 Command of Nigeria Police Force in Umuahia has confirmed the arrest of President General of Okon Aku Ohafia in Ohafia LGA, Abia State, Mecha Ume for allegedly involving in the vandalising equipment at a Palm oil plantation located in Okon Aku. Mecha and another community member were arrested on Saturday after some suspects who were earlier arrested...
Imo CP Meets Stakeholders Over Killings Of 5 Youths
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has met with stakeholders of the Abacheke community in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state over the killing of five youths of the community on Friday. Gunmen who operated on motorcycles had invaded the community and opened fire, shooting sporadically. In the process, four youths of the community were killed...
