CRIME: POLICE DOUBT N1BN RANSOM DEMAND FOR KIDNAPPED SOKOTO CHIEF, SON
The Sokoto State Police Command has declared an alleged N1 billion ransom requested by kidnappers of Sokoto State district head Isa Bawa and his son...
GUNMEN KILL CUSTOMS OFFICER, ABDUCT ONE IN KEBBI
Gunmen suspected to be hoodlums have attacked a Nigeria Customs Service patrol base in Koko, Kebbi State, resulting in the death of one officer and...
HARDSHIP: PETER OBI BACKS NATIONWIDE PROTEST, URGES PROTESTERS TO SHUN VIOLENCE
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 general elections, Peter Obi, has expressed his support on Sunday for the nationwide protest...
NDLEA INTERCEPTS SPAIN-BOUND COCAINE CONSIGNMENT AT IKEJA AIRPORT, MMIA
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend, arrested a Spain based businessman, 50-year-old Francis Akajiobi at the departure hall of...
POLICE ARREST TWO FOR VANDALISM IN LAGOS
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command, Ilupeju division, have arrested two suspects, Kelvin Louis (23) and Onyedikachi Paul (29), for vandalising railway perimeter iron...
POLICE ARREST FIVE FOR SELLING MONTH-OLD BABY, RESCUE CHILD IN LAGOS
Detectives from the Oko-Oba Division have successfully dismantled a child trafficking ring following the disappearance of a two-month-old boy. The child's mother reported that Gloria...
TEENAGER FACES PROSECUTION AFTER ALLEGED PHONE THEFT IN MOSQUE
Karim Sodiq, 19, was charged by the police on Friday in an Ona-Ara Magistrates' Court in Ibadan for allegedly snatching a cell phone inside a...
NEWS UPDATE: KANO SANCTIONS SIX COURT REGISTRARS FOR FORGERY, EXTORTION
Six court registrars have been sanctioned by the Kano State Judicial Service Commission for a variety of offenses, including extortion and forgery. The decision was...
UK POLICE OFFICER SUSPENDED AFTER VIRAL VIDEO OF VIOLENT ARREST SURFACES
Agency Report Following the appearance of an online video showing an officer stomping and stamping a man's head during an arrest, a UK police officer...
22 DRUG DEALERS CONVICTED IN JULY, SAYS NDLEA
On Thursday, the Kano State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, disclosed that it secured the conviction of 22 drug dealers in...