Crime
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Alleged Sale of Property under Forfeiture: EFCC Presents First Witness Against Serial Fraudster
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, June 26, 2024, presented its first prosecution witness, PW1, Odofin Adekunle Christopher, an investigator with the EFCC, against one Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka, an…
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Bandits impose N20m tax on Benue communities
The Caretaker Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area, Victor Iorzaa has confirmed bandits’ imposition of N20 million on residents of Logo, Katsina Ala and Ukum council areas. It was reported that bandits…
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Cobbler Remanded for Assaulting Police Officer
An Ajah-based cobbler, Oluwaseun Jacobs, has been arraigned and remanded in prison for allegedly assaulting a police officer in Lagos State. In a press statement on Tuesday, Nigeria Police Force Public Relations…
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Policemen Fight Publicly Over Sex Worker, Shoot Enugu Resident Dead
A trigger-happy police officer from the Nsukka Urban Police Division has reportedly shot and killed a young man, identified as Amuche, on Echara Road in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.…
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Ogun Police Arrest Man for Exhuming and Beheading Corpse for Rituals
The Ogun State Police Command has detained a man for allegedly exhuming and beheading a body in the Car Wash area of the state for ritualistic purposes. In a phone interview with…
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NDLEA Arrests 149 Suspects, Seizes 1.49 Tonnes of Illicit Drugs in Six Months
The Kogi State chapter of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has announced the arrest of 149 suspects and the seizure of over 1.49 tonnes of illicit drugs between January 1…
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Badagry: Customs Intercept 26,792 Litres of Petrol
The Zone A Team of Operation Whirlwind Task Force, part of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), intercepted over 26,792 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) in Badagry. Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, head of…
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Why We Killed Army General Udokwere – Suspects
By Doris Israel Ijeoma Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have arrested four suspected killers of an Abuja-based retired Brigadier General Uwem Udukwere. Udukwere was reportedly killed by armed robbers on…
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Police increases armed security at rival Emirs’ palaces in Kano
The police have increased the deployment of armed security personnel to the two palaces of the rival emirs in Kano’s metropolitan local government areas. Outgoing police commissioner AIG Usaini Gumel confirmed this…
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Two brothers killed in Niger boat accident
A boat accident in Kippo village, located in the Mokwa Local Government Area of Niger State, has resulted in the death of two brothers. Habibu Wushishi, the Director of Media and Strategy…
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Amnesty International Seeks Justice for 15-Year-Old Student Murdered by Seniors At Air Force School
Amnesty International Nigeria has strongly condemned the recent killing of a 15-year-old student of Air Force Comprehensive School in Kaduna by fellow students. Blaise Felix Aliyu, an orphan, was reportedly tortured to…
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BREAKING Gunmen kidnap Rivers monarch’s police orderly, driver
Unidentified gunmen have kidnapped a police orderly and driver working with a respected royal father in Rivers State. The victims were abducted on Saturday at the residence of the monarch, His Royal…