CRIME
kidnapping, killings: Wike Orders Profiling Of Vigilance Groups In Abuja
Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Barrister Minister, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday, January 24, ordered full profiling of vigilance groups assisting security operatives in the nation’s capital. Wike directed the six Area Council Chairmen to setup the process and ensure that each member of the group is profiled. Speaking during a strategic security meeting with members of the FCT Council of Chiefs and...
17-Year-Old Student Commits Suicide Over SS 1 Exam
The police in Kwara said a 17-year-old student of Offa Grammar School in Offa Local Government Area committed suicide over his failure to pass his promotion examination from SS1 to SS2. This is contained in a statement issued by the State Police Publ...
Take Your Military Operations To Terrorists, Bandits Overrunning The North, IPOB Tells FG
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has advised the Federal Government take its military operations to the Northern Nigeria where it said terrorists and bandits are overrunning and not the South East. IPOB also challenged the Federal Government to publish the names of those it claimed to be paying in the Southeast to drop the agitation for Biafra republic. It...
Court Jails Borno Judiciary Officer 16 Years For Defrauding 194 Widows
Justice Umaru Fadawu of the Borno State High Court, on Tuesday, May 16, 2020, sentenced and convicted an ex-Borno State judiciary officer, one Ramat Mohammed (alias Gaddafi), to 16 years imprisonment, on a-two count, amended charge for defrauding 194 widows to the tune of N781, 800.00 (Seven Hundred and Eighty-one Thousand Eight Hundred Naira only). The Maiduguri Zonal office of...
ECOWAS Defence Chiefs Ready To Militarily Restore Constitutional Order In Niger
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) defence chiefs have expressed readiness to take part in the standby force that could intervene in the Republic of Niger and restore constitutional order, Aljazeera report says. The landlocked country since July 26 has been under a military junta following the ouster of democratically elected President, Mohamed Bazoum by the presidential guards unit...
Air Force Jet Fighting Terrorists Accidentally Bombs Villagers
A fighter jet targeting terrorists has accidentally bombed villagers at Kunkuna in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina State. Safana is the LGA where an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Aminu Umar, was gunned down by bandits, on Tuesday. U...
Lagos Police Arraigned Suspected Cultist With Pistol, Cartridges
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a suspected cult leader, whose gang attempted to forcefully take over a tricycle (Keke Maruwa) park in Fadeyi area. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Thursday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested on Wednesday by operatives attached to Onipanu...
US Security Alert: IGP Urges Abuja Residents To Remain Calm
The Inspector–General of Police (IGP) Usman Alkali Baba has told Abuja residents to remain calm over the security advisory by the United States of America Embassy over planned terror attacks in the Federal Capital Territory. He advised Abuja residents not to panic as adequate measures will be taken to prevent the attacks. The security alert last night in Abuja created panic and tension. The...
Gunmen Ambushed, Kill Female Police Sergeant In Imo
The mother of four was killed on Wednesday when gunmen ambushed her and her colleagues at Ihitte junction on Owerri- Aba Road in Owerri. A female police sergeant, Chinyere Obilor, serving in Imo State has been killed by gunmen. The mother of four was killed on Wednesday when gunmen ambushed her and her colleagues at Ihitte junction on Owerri- Aba Road...
Alleged Drug Deal: Court Refuses Abba Kyari, ACP Ubua Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the application for bail filed by suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Abba Kyari and Assistant Commissioner of Police, Sunday J. Ubua. They are charged with five others in relation to offences of unlawful drug dealings. Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on Monday morning, held that the prosecution has placed sufficient materials...
