After spending 67 days in captivity, fourteen residents who were abducted in Kubuwo and neighboring Kaguni communities in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have been released. The abduction took place when bandits invaded the two communities, taking the victims amidst sporadic gunfire. Shehu Bala, a family member of one of the victims, confirmed…
Three individuals who had been kidnapped met a tragic end while trying to escape from their abductors in Yagba East Local Government Area of Kogi State. Senator Sunday Karimi, representing Kogi West Senatorial District, shared this distressing information in a statement to the press on January 4, 2023. Senator Karimi urged the State Commissioner of…
The abduction of three individuals along the road leading to Port Harcourt International Airport has been officially confirmed by the Rivers State Police Command. The incident occurred on the Obiri-Ikwerre Road stretch towards the airport on the late evening of Tuesday, January 2, 2024. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the command, conveyed that the…
The Assistant Inspector General of Police overseeing Zone 2 Command, encompassing Lagos and Ogun States, AIG Ari Muhammed Ali, has issued the dismissal of Inspector Sunday Adetoye with AP. No. 279495 and Inspector Ogunleye Stephen with AP. No. 223521. Both officers, stationed at the Zonal Command Headquarters in Onikan, Lagos, were terminated due to their…
The National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Social Investment Programme Agency (NSIPA), Halima Shehu, has been taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) shortly after her suspension. Her detention is linked to the transfer of N17 billion from the NSIPA account to certain questionable accounts within a…
Kidnappers have taken the life of Juliet Eneojo, a student of the Kogi State College of Health Science and Technology, Idah. The HND II Health Management student was abducted while on her way from Lokoja to her hometown, Itobe, for the New Year celebration. Details surrounding the incident are currently incomplete, but reports indicate that…
Ibrahim Salisu, identified as the perpetrator, has been apprehended by the Ogun State Police Command for the alleged machete killing of his elder brother, Malaimi Yellow. The incident occurred around 11:00 p.m. on Friday, December 29, in the Araromi Street, Sango-Ota area. Yellow, a 54-year-old man, was reportedly persistently demanding sexual favors from his younger…
The abduction of passengers, including a pastor, has been officially confirmed by the Cross River State Police Command. The incident occurred around Nde 3 Corners, Akparabong Junction in Ikom Local Government Area of the state as the victims were en route to celebrate the New Year on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Gunmen reportedly fired at…
The Lagos State Police Command has successfully arrested a 23-year-old suspected cultist, Rafiu Odeyemi, and has confiscated a firearm during the operation. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this announcement in a statement released on Sunday, December 31, 2023. Hundeyin revealed, “Rafiu Odeyemi, aged 23, and his accomplices, suspected cultists, launched an attack on…
Suspected terrorists, believed to be gunmen, launched an attack on Shere village in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, resulting in the tragic killing of a father and his son. The incident occurred on Saturday, December 30, 2023, just a week after a previous assault by gunmen in the state claimed the…
