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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested six suspected cultists during an intelligence-led operation in parts of Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abayomi Jimoh, disclosed this…
The Enugu State Police Command has uncovered a transnational human trafficking syndicate and rescued a 25-year-old woman who was trafficked to Mali and forced into prostitution. The operation also led to the arrest of a 69-year-old suspect, Mr Eze Boniface,…
Associate Pastor Eleazar Onyenweaku of the United Evangelical Church, Ehere/Umuola, Ogbor Hill, Aba, has slammed the Abia State Police Command for saying that no bomb or explosive was found in their church. Pastor Onyenweaku, who described the police’s statement as…
Armed bandits killed several people, including a police officer, during an attack on Abande community in Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State. The attack occurred near the Cameroon border during market day, when armed bandits stormed the community, looted…
Suspected fighters of Boko Haram’s Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) faction have attacked Woro village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State, leaving residents in fear and several properties destroyed. This was disclosed in a post on Wednesday…
The Rivers State Police Command has busted a kidnapping syndicate, recovering ransom funds and a pump-action gun while fatally wounding two suspects during a gun battle with operatives. In a statement released on Wednesday, Police Public Relations Officer Grace Iringe-Koko…
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed that an Assistant Superintendent of Police, ASP, attached to the 13 Police Mobile Force, Makurdi, was among the five persons killed during a violent attack by gunmen on Abande community in Kwande Local…
The Abia State Police Command has dismissed reports that a bomb or explosive device was recovered from the premises of the United Evangelical Church, Ehere/Umuola, Ogbor Hill, Aba. The command clarified on Tuesday that the object discovered within the church…
Edo State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers who had earlier escaped arrest during the exchange of fire in one of the joint bush combing rescue operations in the State. ASP Eno Ikoedem, the Public Relations Officer of the…
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir Yusuf, has pledged the support of the state government to traders affected by the fire at Singer Market, which destroyed goods worth hundreds of millions of naira. The governor’s pledge was contained in a statement…
Oyo State Fire Service has announced that it has recovered two bodies from two wells in the state. One body was recovered from a deep well in Saki, while another was recovered in Ogbomoso. Chairman of the Service, Hon Maroof…
The Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School Old Girls Association unveiled a digital initiative as part of activities marking the school’s 70th anniversary. The anniversary celebration featured a series of mentorship programmes, digital projects, reunions and community outreach activities, bringing…
Residents of Kano have expressed serious concern after a video surfaced showing a herdsman openly carrying a firearm while herding cattle along a busy road in the state. The footage, shared online was reportedly recorded in the Dawanau area of…
The Oyo State Fire Service has recovered the corpses of a 30-year-old man, Shina Adedeji, and another 45-year-old man, whose name was withheld, from two separate locations in the state. One of the victims was trying to rescue a goat…
The Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, has arraigned an employee of an investment company, Bello Saheed Samuel, before the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged insider fraud involving about N90 million. Samuel was charged with conspiracy and…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency and a civil society group, the Eagle Crime Awareness and Prevention Initiative, have vowed to intensify the seizure of assets linked to drug trafficking and properties used to harbour drug dealers across Lagos State.…
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