By Mustapha Salisu A security expert and human rights advocate has condemned the recent accidental bombing by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on unarmed civilians at Tudun Biri, Igabi Lga of Kaduna…
Category: Crime
Yobe Court Sentences Ex-Soldier to Death for Killing Islamic Cleric, Accomplice Receives 10-Year Sentence
From Sani Gazas, Chinade A Yobe State High Court sitting in Potiskum on Tuesday convicted and sentenced two former soldiers for their involvement in the murder of prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Goni…
New Jigawa CP Leads Crackdown on Crime, over 53 Suspects Arrested
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse In a swift display of resolve and commitment to combating crime, the newly appointed Commissioner of Police for Jigawa State, CP Ahmed T. Abdullahi, has announced the arrest…
Jigawa High Court sentences man to life imprisonment for sodomizing 2 ‘Almajiri pupils’
The Jigawa State High Court No. 6, sitting in Birnin Kudu presided by His Lordship Justice Musa Ubale, on Thursday, 23rd day of November, 2023, convicted and sentenced one Israfilu Sagiru, (m),…
Adamawa: Police, Military Engage in Gunfight Following Attack on Headquarters; Governor Fintiri Calls for Calm
From Umar Dankano,Yola The Adamawa state police command and the 23rd Armoured Brigade have reacted on the rationale behind the violent clashes between their personnel leading to destruction and lost of lives….
Boko Haram ambushes Yobe Governor’s convoy
In a distressing incident along the Jakana-Mainok expressway, suspected Boko Haram insurgents ambushed the convoy of Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, resulting in injuries to six security personnel. The attack occurred…
Troops arrests prime suspect in murder of Panyam Ardo in Lagos
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The Nigerian army has disclosed that it has apprehended the mastermind behind the murder of the slain Alhaji Adamu Idris Gabdo, the Ardo of Panyam in Mangu Local…
EFCC vindicates former Borno Commissioner-nominee, Ngoshe of Alleged N24m fraud
Maiduguri, Borno State – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has vindicated Dr. Ibrahim Yusuf Ngoshe, a former Commissioner-nominee in Borno State, of the alleged misappropriation of N24 million. Recall Dr….
Troops burst illegal weapon factory in Plateau, arrest 2 syndicate
From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos Troops of Operation SAFE HAVEN (OPSH) said its team has uncovered and dismantled an illegal weapon manufacturing factory in Vom, Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State….
DSS, Army thwart planned Boko Haram attack in Kano
A joint team of the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services (DSS) has foiled a planned attack by Boko Haram insurgents in Gezawa Local Government Area of Kano State. The…
Paris-bound ‘businessman’ excretes 93 wraps of heroin at Abuja airport
…As NDLEA apprehend Drug traffickers, intercepts consignments of cocaine, meth, skunk across Nigeria Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have apprehended a 40-year-old Madrid, Spain-based ‘businessman’, Sherif Egbo Ally,…
Jigawa APC suspend LG party Chairman over alleged rape of 14-year-old girl
From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse As part of punishment, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Jigawa state chapter has suspended the embattle Roni local government party chairman Alhaji Sale Idris who was arrested for…
Update on Borno Lawmaker’s Daughter Murder: Husband Arrested as Zulum Orders Autopsy
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu In a significant update on the tragic murder of Fatima Alhaji Bukar, the daughter of a Borno lawmaker, the Borno State Police Command has apprehended Adam Alhaji…
Borno Lawmaker’s daughter murdered in Maiduguri
From Sani Gazas Chinade, Damaturu The daughter of a Borno State House of Assembly member representing Ngala, Hon. Bukar Abacha, was strangled to death by unknown persons in Maiduguri on October 17,…
Fresh FUG kidnap: Troops rescue all abducted students
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau The troops of the Operation Hadarin Daji and Metro Joint Patrol (Eagle Eye) have rescued all the four kidnapped students of the Federal University Gusau who were abducted…
Journalist Murder: Zamfara Police arrest suspected killers of VON Reporter, Danjibga
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau Zamfara State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspected killers of late VON Reporter, Hamisu Haruna Danjibga alongside suspect who bought some properties carted away after…
Katsina: Gunmen storm FUDMA, kidnap 5 female students
By Ammar Shanono A gang of unknown gunmen stormed Federal University Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina, and kidnapped five female students from their hostel on Wednesday at around 2:00 a.m. The Police Public Relations…
Kano Tribunal: DSS reportedly arrests 23-year-old woman for threatening suicide bombing
The Department of State Security (DSS) has allegedly arrested a 23-year-old woman named Firdausi Musa Ahamadu for threatening to carry out a suicide bombing and kill all those responsible for the victory…
Driver arrested for stabbing LASTMA officer in Lagos
Police operatives from Iponri Police Station, yesterday, apprehended a driver operating a painted Volkswagen ‘T4’ commercial bus with the registration number LSR 966 YE in Lagos. The arrest came after the driver…
Mangu TIC Chairman, Artu condemns killing of Ardo Adamu
…Urges security to go after the perpetrators From Tongnaan Bawa, Jos The Transition Implementation Committee Chairman of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state Markus Artu, has condemned in totality the killing…
Zamfara VON Reporter, Danjibga found dead after 3 days missing
From Ibrahim Kaulahi, Gusau A dead body of the Reporter of Voice of Nigeria (VON), Comrade Hamisu Danjibga was found in a soak away behind his house at Samaru area of Gusau…
NDLEA seizes illicit drug consignment at MMIA, intercepts 5 pregnant teenage girls
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has once again successfully thwarted fresh attempts at drug trafficking at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) and other locations across the country. Femi Babafemi,…
Kwara Governor orders investigation into journalist’s death
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, has urged law enforcement agencies to uncover the circumstances surrounding the tragic demise of 27-year-old journalist, Yusuf Mubaarak, who was reportedly killed in Ilorin, the state’s capital….
Kano CP: 43 rival gang members embrace peace, bringing total repentant thugs to 143
A new batch of 43 thugs from two rival groups of Goburawa-Gangare and Tudun Fulani Quarters of Ungogo LGA of Kano State have embraced peace and surrender themselves to the state’s police…
Troops rescue 18 abducted victims in Zamfara, Katsina, others
Troops from the Joint Task Force Northwest Operation Hadarin Daji, under the leadership of the General Officer Commanding, 8 Division Nigerian Army, successfully rescued more than 18 kidnapped individuals across several states,…