A 23-year-old man, Emmanuel Olowu, has been remanded at the Ikoyi Prison, Lagos for allegedly gunning down a Police Sergeant, News Agency of Nigeria reports.
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The trial of alleged kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans and five others over alleged kidnapping was stalled at an Ikeja High Court, due to a lack of legal representation for Okwuchukwu Nwachukwu, Evans’ co-defendant.
Another Nigerian Citizen, Maxwell Ikechuku Okoye, from Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State, has been allegedly killed by members of the South African Police Service in Ladysmith, Kwa-zulu-Natal Province.
An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday ordered the remand of one Kingsley Sunday, for allegedly defiled a teenage girl.
The Nigeria Police in Warri Area Command on Friday destroyed unquantified Automotive Gasoline Oil and Kerosene suspected to be illegally refined in Mason community, Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State.
The Police Command in Enugu State said it had arrested a notorious armed robbery suspect (name withheld) terrorising residents of Holy Ghost and Rail-line axis of Enugu metropolis.
The Comptroller-General of Customs Strike Force Zone ‘A’ has intercepted 2,494 bags of 50Kg parboiled rice, 1288 jerrycans of vegetable oil and assorted cars with Duty Paid Value of N47million in one month.
A 400-level student of Medicine and Surgery at University of Calabar arrested by police in Cross River over alleged illegal possession of arms, said he got the weapon to protect himself.
The Borno State Governor, Prof. Babagana Zulum, has solicited for the deployment of more Agro Rangers personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to the state as support towards improving on the security situation in the State in order to encourage farmers to go back to their farms.
The Christian Association of Nigeria, Kaduna State Chapter on Thursday, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to give priority attention to the security of lives and property of the people in his second term.
The House of Representatives on Thursday mandated the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, to put an end to banditry in Oyo state communities.
Police in Taraba have confirmed the abduction of Abigail Gambo, wife of the state NLC Chairman, Peter Gambo and Emeka Okoronkwo, owner of Our Nation Bread company in Jalingo.
Our correspondent gathered that the figure of killed persons rose from 15 when the attack was first reported earlier in the week as the bandits attacked more villages
A 19-year-old boy, Prince Chikere, and four others, described as kidnappers, have been nabbed by operatives of the Imo State Police Command for allegedly beheading three persons.
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Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara on Wednesday met with officials of the Fulani umbrella body, the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breaders Association in his push to end banditry and kidnappings in the state.
30-year-old Mary Chukwuebuka of Zaramaganda Area, Jos, has solicited the assistance of the public in locating her baby stolen three day after birth from the Plateau Specialist Hospital Jos.
The police in Ekiti have confirmed the alleged beheading of a lady in Ilasa Ekiti, Ekiti East Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday, by a herdsman believed to be the deceased’s husband.
A socio-cultural group, Tiwa n Tiwa L’Osun Development Association, has lent its voice to calls for concerted efforts aimed at tackling the rising cases of kidnapping across the South West of Nigeria and the need to be proactive before the disturbing menace becomes an intractable national crisis.
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday in Lagos intercepted and handed over 170 cartons of frozen turkey meat being smuggled into the country to the Nigerian Customs Service.