Crime

A group in Adamawa has raised the alarm over what they described as the worsening cases of abductions, armed robbery and other criminalities in their communities.

Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, announced this in a statement on Friday in Abuja.

The convicts, Adesuwa Osaro and Orunmewegbe Omosede Esther, were arrested in a joint operation by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons and the British Government’s Joint Border Taskforce.

An Area Court in Jos on Friday remanded Lawrence Abiola in Jos Prison till December 14 for allegedly parading himself as a professional lawyer.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Edo said it had arrested two suspected drug peddlers for allegedly smuggling cannabis in Etsako area of the state.

Zamfara Government has advised the Senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa, to stay away efforts of state and federal governments in addressing security challenges in the state.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Friday commuted the sentence of 14 years’ imprisonment passed on a former Governor of Plateau, Joshua Dariye, to 10 years.

The Magistrate, P.S Chaha, adjourned the matter until November 21, for further mention as the plea of the accused could not be taken for want of jurisdiction.

A patient at a Psychiatric Care Facility in Berlin has fled after he stabbed and injured a nurse on Friday.

The Nigerian Air Force says Air Task Force of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a Boko Haram Terrorist Camp at Buk along the Ajigin-Talala-Buk axis near Alagarno forest in Borno.

The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria has advised passengers and airport users to report any of its security officers demanding bribe to the appropriate authorities.

The body parts recovered from him by the police included the genitals, fingers and blood-filled bottle of a child suspected to have been killed by him

The commission’s acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, made this known in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.

Chukwuemeka Monday, the prisons Command Public Relations Officer in Enugu, made the disclosure in a statement he issued in Enugu on Thursday.

Giving evidence in a case bordering on extra-judicial killing before the panel, a Chief Superintendent of Police, Modupe Opaleke, confirmed that Okenya was charged to court after investigations revealed that he truly converted two Toyota…

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday said the Army is in top gear to end insurgency in the northeast and the country at large.

The Borno chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists has commended the Nigerian Army over the successes recorded in the fight against insurgents in the North-East.

Julie Okah-Donli, the agency’s Director-General, revealed this at the organisation’s meeting with Police Liaison Officers of various Embassies in Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.

Manga is a Principal Inspector with Niger command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.

The Nigeria Police in Ondo on Thursday said it has arrested a 50-year old carpenter, Tunde Ogunlade, for allegedly raping a 20-year old autistic girl in the state.