The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan Zonal Command has arrested a businessman identified as Odeleye Moses Oluwabukola and his firm, Beedel Strategic Investment Company Nigeria Limited. Oluwabukola was arraigned before Justice Mohammed Owolabi of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan, Oyo State. They were arraigned on a three-count charge which borders on forgery, … Read more
Suspected mercenaries were reportedly killed by troops of 72 Special Forces SF Battalion in Makurdi, while a clash between the two Tiv clans was also averted. Army spokesman Col. Sagir Musa on Tuesday, confirmed this in a statement that the troops laid an ambush on Monday after receiving information on a planned attack on Katsina-Ala … Read more
No fewer than 25 suspects have been arrested in connection with the violence that erupted, following the death of a resident, and more so, after a campaign office and 5 buses, belonging to Deputy speaker, Ogun state assembly has been burnt by some hoodlums, police has declared one of its inspector missing. The Police Public … Read more
The expatriate killed by suspected kidnappers in Kajuru, Kaduna state has been identified by the Kaduna State Police Command as Miss Faye Mooney, a Briton The Command Public Relation Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo disclosed to Newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna. The Vanguard reports have revealed that Mooney was among the two people killed and three … Read more
5 traffic robbery suspects have been arrested by a team of surveillance attached to the Police Command in Lagos State, the Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bala Elkana, has confirmed the arrest. Elkana said in a statement that the suspects were arrested by the police patrol team on surveillance along Oshodi/Apapa expressway. “The policemen sighted … Read more
Armed bandits terrorizing states, such Benue, Taraba and Nasarawa have, in recent times, get into seizing of threat, as troops of operation Whirl Stroke that was deployed to conduct anti banditry operations in these state have succeeded in disarming and neutralizing a number of bandits on these routes. However, in a recent encounter, the troops, … Read more
Two suspects, Mr. Abdul Abubakar Mohammed and Mr. Ibrahim Mustapha, were caught with 2.927kg of cocaine when luck ran out for the duo by the National Drugs and Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA Kano Command. The NDLEA Commander, Dr. Ibrahim Abdul while parading the suspects before newsmen on Saturday in Kano, said that luck ran out … Read more
The violent clashes happening between Jukuns and Tivs in Taraba State, and Fulani, Genjon and Bachama in Adamawa state, which has escalated to arson, injuries and deaths have become a thing of concern to the federal government. President Muhammadu Buhari made his feelings known in a statement by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and … Read more
No fewer than 2 persons were killed and 3 persons kidnapped as a gang of armed kidnappers attacked a recreational resort in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, The Kaduna Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the incidence in a statement issued in Kaduna. Sabo said that at about 2340hrs on Friday, … Read more
The police have confirmed the attack in Kwara Village, Kiyawa Local Government Area of Jigawa, by a gang of armed bandits, who allegedly killed a 65-year-old Chief Imam, and made away with a whopping sum of N400, O00 on Saturday. Police SP Abdu Jinjiri, the Spokesman, Jigawa Police Command, told newsmen on Saturday, in Dutse, … Read more