Barely a week after seizing a shipment of 175,000 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Port Harcourt Ports complex in Onne, Rivers state, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have again intercepted another consignment of 175,000 bottles of the same opioid imported from India. According to a statement released by…
Armed bandits have killed no fewer than 30 persons in attacks on villages in Dutsinma and Safana Local Government Areas of Katsina State. The affected villages are Tashar Kawai Mai Zurfi, Sabon Gari Unguwar Banza, Dogon Ruwa, Sanawar Kurecen Dutsi, Unguwar Bera, Kuricin Kulawa, Larabar Tashar Mangoro, Sabaru, Ashata, Unguwar Ido, Kanbiri, Kunamawar Mai…
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two drug dealers in Yola South Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday night, June 6, 2024, said the suspects, Bilyaminu Yarima, aged 25, of Toungo Ward, Yola South, and Halilu Saidu, aged…
The Sapele Correctional Centre, Delta State has been beefed up by security personnel after an inmate identified as Paul Michael escaped from the facility. It was gathered that the inmate escaped mysteriously at the weekend, a day after the new Controller of the State Corrections, Mr. Raymond Neagu resumed office in the state.According to…
Two persons have been reported dead by the stray bullet fired from the gun of a police officer in the Omisanjana area of Ado Ekiti. The victims who were among the youths in the area met their untimely deaths when the police were attempting to arrest a suspected internet fraudster. A resident of the area…
The Niger Republic troops of Operation Faraoutar Bushiya have arrested the notorious armed bandit, Kachalla Baleri. According to security analyst and counter insurgency expert, Zagazola Makama, the bandit was apprehended on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, at Rouga Kowa Gwani in Guidan_Roumdji commune and department. Baleri, originally from Shinkafi in Katsina state, has been…
Two abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) have been killed by kidnappers. The two victims, James Michael Anajuwe, a 100-level Information Technology student, and Musa Hussein, a 100-level Software Engineering student were among students kidnapped by gunmen who invaded the school on May 9, 2024. A total of 20 of…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 52-year-old suspected cultist, Chief Oviri Onorigho, in Ethiope Local Government Area of the state and recovered one Baretta pistol loaded with four rounds of live ammunition Spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, May 25, 2024,…
RewriteAn Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti division has sentenced two men Benjamin Joseph,32, and Stephen Orban, 25, to death by hanging for robbing two persons of cash and valuable items. The convicts were arraigned on December 30, 2022, on a four-count charge bordering on conspiracy and armed robbery. The charge read, “On 16th…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed a Moniepoint training officer in Zamfara State. According to one Umar Lawan Hassan, the victim identified was shot dead by the assailants on Thursday morning, May 23, 2024. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report. “Innalillahi Wainna Ilaihirrajiun. Bandits killed…
