There is an ongoing clampdown on bandits in forests in Zamfara State. The military operation has been supported with the shutdown of mobile telecommunications networks
Category: Crime
PDP(BOT) condemns killings of Omoyele Sowore’s brother
A member of the Board of Trustee (BOT) for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Prof Sam Oyovbaire, has described the reasons put forward for defection
Rivers University suspends student for selling, smoking of Indian hemp
The management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE), Port Harcourt, says it has suspended one Newton Ezegbola Nsiegbe caught with an illicit drug suspected
Retired police officer, others arrested with hemp worth N9.5 million
Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, maintaining peace in Plateau and parts of Kaduna and Bauchi States, have arrested two suspects with
Niger: Traditional ruler kidnapped by gunmen
The police command in Ekiti on Friday confirmed the killing of a police officer as gunmen allegedly abducted a Chinese expatriate in Ado Ekiti, the
Ogun: Police nab three suspects for diverting company’s goods
The Police Command in Ogun on Sunday, said they have arrested three suspects for allegedly diverting a company’s goods, worth N4.7 million. The command’s Public
Court arraigned man over assault of a policeman
The police charged Okonkwo, 27 Kurudu, Abuja, with Criminal force and Assault on a public servant, Obstruction of public servant and mischief. The Prosecution Counsel,
Woman arrest for pouring 10-year-old hot water mixed with pepper
The Police Command in Abia state said it arrested one Mrs Zazi David for pouring her 10-year-old maid identified as Ifunanya, hot water mixed with
Gunmen kill head of Bororo village in Kwara State
Unknown gunmen have assassinated the head of a Bororo village, Alhaji Sheidu Madawaki, at Obuh Ruga cattle settlement, Oro Ago kingdom in Kwara South Senatorial
Man dock over 300,000 watermelons destroy, worth N1.5 million
A 35-year-old man, Abubarkar Usman, on Monday appeared in an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly destroying 300,000 watermelons worth N1.5 million. The Prosecution Counsel, Insp