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IG orders CPs to recover illegal arms
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu on Sunday asked Commissioners of Police in the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory to immediately recover all illicit arms, arrest and prosecute the owners of such…
JAMBite murdered at Enugu buried amidst tears
By Ikechukwu Odu
It was a solemn moment at Imufu, in Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State on Friday as the remains of Charity Ngozi Eze, who was murdered by yet-to-be-identified assailants was buried amidst tears.
The…
Teacher sentenced to life imprisonment for raping 10-year-old girl
A teacher, Omotayo Adanlawo, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for raping a 10-year-old girl, in Ondo State.
Justice Samuel Bola of the Ondo State High Court passed the sentence on Adanlawo after the court convicted him for the…
Evans’ Co-defendants have case to answer says Court
An Ikeja High Court presided over by Justice Hakeem Oshodi on Friday ruled that four co-defendants of alleged kidnap kingpin Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike popularly known as Evans have case to answer.
Justice Oshodi, in a ruling, dismissed…
DSS says Mailafiya’s allegation part of plot to destabilise Nigeria
The Department of State Security Services, DSS, on Friday said the allegation by a former Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Dr Obadiah Mailafiya, that a Northern governor was a commander of the Boko Haram insurgents, was part…
Gunmen kill Bauchi lawmaker, kidnap wives, child
Suspected gunmen have killed a lawmaker in the Bauchi State House of Assembly, Musa Baraza.
Aparr from.killing the legislator, the gunmen also reportedly kidnapped his two wives and one-year-old child.
The tragic incident…
Military vows to intensify clearance operation to end banditry in North-West
*** deploys Special Forces to Southern Kaduna
The military says it has intensified efforts in the aggressive clearance operations in the North West zone of the country with the aim of riding the area of armed bandits and cattle rustlers…
Gunmen kill 14 in Niger village
No fewer than 14 persons have been killed by gunmen at Ukuru Village in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger state, police authorities have announced.
The Public Relations Officer of the state police command, ASP Wasiu Abiodun made the…
Two Lebanese arrested for attempting to smuggle N338m out of Nigeria
The Lebanese nationals have been arrested for attempting to smuggle 890,000 dollars (N338 million) out of Nigeria.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday
The two men -…
IPOB laments security clampdown as police arrest 67 members in Imo
Following the arrest of about 67 of its members by the police in Imo state, the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has warned the Nigeria government and its security agencies to stop hunting her members insisting that it remains…