Crime & Punishment

Anambra CP Orders Disciplinary Proceedings Against

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Anambra State Police Command wishes to let the members of the public know that the Police officers seen on a viral video assaulting a citizen have been identified and the Commissioner of Police, CP Nnaghe Obono Itam has ordered immediate disciplinary proceedings to commence on the incident. Accor ...

40 Villagers Killed As Bandits Attack Plateau Communities

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Over 40 persons have reportedly been killed when bandits attacked Zurak Kompani and Bandalala communities in Bashar District of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State. Some residents who spoke to newsmen said the attacks occurred on Monday night when residents were retiring from the day rsqu ...

Bandits Attack Abuja Community, Kidnap 20 Residents

Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Gunmen numbering about 50 reportedly stormed Dawaki community in Abuja, and abducted no fewer than 20 people. It was learnt that the invaders, armed with different categories of weapons, invaded Dawaki at about 7.30 pm on Sunday, and operated up till around 8.30 pm. The incident took place not ...

Kidnappers Abduct Custom Officer’s Wife, Children In Abuja Community,

Monday, May 20, 2024
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly abducted a customs officer rsquo;s wife, their three children and a relative after an incursion into the Shagari Quarters of Dei-Dei, a suburb area in Abuja, the Nigeria rsquo;s federal capital territory. The incident, reported to have occurred on ...

Police Eliminate Two Bandits For Attacking Farmers In Kaduna

Sunday, May 19, 2024
A mobile police team has reportedly neutralised two bandits in Kuriga, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. It was reported that the police team was recently deployed to the area by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, according to Samuel Aruwan, Overseeing Commi ...

Gunmen Abduct Traditional Ruler In Akwa Ibom

Sunday, May 19, 2024
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the paramount ruler of Mbo Local Government Area, HRM Ogwong A Abang. According to the Police, the traditional ruler was kidnapped by unknown gunmen in his palace at Ebughu on Saturday The Police Command rsquo;s Spokesman, ASP T ...

NDLEA Declares Couple Wanted For Cocaine Trafficking, Intercepts China, UK-bound

Sunday, May 19, 2024
A couple identified as Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade (alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun) and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade (alias Bolarinwa Rashidat Ayinke) have been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), The Nigerian Voice reports. It was learnt that the couple who a ...

Police Arrest Undergraduate For Raping 100-level Student In Nasarawa

Saturday, May 18, 2024
Nasarawa State Police Command has apprehended one Gabriel David, a 400-level student at the State University in Keffi for allegedly raping a 100-level student of the same institution. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known in Lafia on Saturday. Nansel sai ...

Bandits Kidnap Yahaya Bello’s Former Special Adviser 

Friday, May 17, 2024
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Comfort Alege, a former Special Adviser (SA) on Education to former Governor Yahaya Bello of the State. It was learnt that Alege was kidnapped by bandits who trailed her from a street and blocked her as she was trying to enter her house ...

Court Jails Two Chinese Citizens For Illegal Mining In Kwara

Friday, May 17, 2024
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced two Chinese, Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi, to one year imprisonment for offences bordering on illegal mining and possession of solid minerals without requisite licences. The duo were arraigned on Monday, A ...
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