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Two passengers lost their lives after falling off a moving vehicle along the Moutain Top area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday. Four other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident that occurred…
The Osun State Police Command announced on Wednesday that it has arrested seven suspects for selling human parts and water used to bathe corpses in the state. A statement signed by the Acting Police Public Relations Officer for Osun Command,…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects for alleged armed robbery and acts of thuggery in Minna, the state capital. According to Police Public Relations Officer SP Wasiu Abiodun, on September 14, 2024, at about 10:45 pm, the…
A Makurdi Magistrates Court, on Wednesday, ordered the remand of one Adera Sunday, 40, accused of defiling of his 16-year-old stepdaughter. The Magistrate, Mrs Sonia Ayange, did not take the plea of the defendant, a resident of Welfare Quarters, Makurdi,…
Thirty-five people were injured, mostly suffering minor injuries, after two passenger trains collided in Prague on Wednesday morning, according to rescue services and rail officials. The incident occurred when one train ran a red signal and crashed into a stationary…
The Osun State Police Command has revealed that it has arrested seven suspects for possession of human body parts. The police made this revelation to journalists while parading the suspects at the Command headquarters in Osogbo on Wednesday. The suspects…
The Osun State Police Command has arrested suspected members of the proscribed Yoruba Nation. The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer of the Command, Giwa-Alade Emmanuel made this known to journalists during a suspects’ parade at the Command headquarters in Osogbo…
The Bauchi State Police Command says it arrested a dismissed officer of the Nigerian army, Aliyu Adamu, for defrauding three persons to the tune of N250,000 Bauchi Police Public Relations Officer Ahmed Wakili, in a statement on Tuesday, disclosed that…
An Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, has dissolved a 16-year-old marriage between Hajarat Isa and her husband, Muhammed Hassan, for lack of love. The judge, Mohammed Wakili dissolved the marriage according to Islamic Law, following Isa’s prayer for divorce…
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday said policemen deployed across the country had arrested over 2,398 suspects in recent months. A breakdown of this showed that 259 were arrested for armed robbery, 186 suspected kidnappers, and 1,575 individuals committed various…
A 45-year-old businessman, Philip David, on Wednesday appeared before a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged N9.8 million car tyre fraud. The defendant, who reside in Barnawa, Kaduna, is standing trial on a three-count charge of conspiracy, stealing and fraud.…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have recovered one single barrel gun, three locally made cut-to-size guns, the sum of N450,000 being ransom money, two POS machines, and wraps of weeds suspected to be Indian hemp from suspected kidnappers…
The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended a dismissed military officer, Lance Corporal Aliyu Adamu, for allegedly defrauding three job applicants. According to the Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakili, in a statement issued on Wednesday, the suspect, who…
A road accident at Oju-Ore, along Idiroko Road in the Ota area of Ogun State, has claimed the life of a driver, identified as Bello Lukman, and left at least three passengers injured. PUNCH Online learned on Wednesday from the…
The Nigerian Army has announced that its troops have successfully ambushed and neutralized more terrorists, and recovered weapons and logistics. In a statement on its social media platform, the Army reported that on 17 September 2024, troops on a sting…
Operatives of the Onikan Division of Lagos Police Command have arrested one Suspect, Yakubu Yusuf, for vandalising a segment of the Third Mainland Bridge railings. This was disclosed in a statement on X.com by the Lagos State Police Command on…
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