Police in Cross River parade suspected electoral offenders

07 Mar 2023

The Cross River Police Command paraded 16 suspects arrested for various alleged electoral offences in the state’s Ogoja Local Government Area on Saturday.  The suspects were caught with arms and ammunition during their arrest in Ogoja after the polls, according to the Command spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who addressed reporters while parading them.  Ugbo stated […]

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Gunmen abduct the Taraba monarch’s two wives and son

07 Mar 2023

The Taraba State Police Command confirmed the kidnapping of the two wives of the traditional ruler of Sarkin Kudu, Dansalama Adamu, in the state’s Ibi local government council.  A son of the monarch has been kidnapped along with the wives. Their current whereabouts were unknown at the time this report was written.  Usman Abdullahi, the […]

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Troops repels Boko Haram attack on Monguno town

07 Mar 2023

Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) troops repelled an attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Monguno, Borno State’s northernmost region. According to Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, the terrorists entered the town with heavy weapons around 12: 30 a.m. on Sunday via […]

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Italian mafia boss pallone escape from prison

05 Mar 2023

A mafia boss has broken out of a Sardinian prison using a rudimentary method of escape. Marco Raduano, known as “Pallone”, fled from the high-security Badu ‘e Carros Prison in Nuoro, to the east of the island, on Saturday morning. The 39-year-old somehow procured a key for the prison’s courtyard, then scrambled down the exterior […]

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Heavily armed men kill village head in Kano

05 Mar 2023

Heavily armed men, in their numbers, stormed Maigari village in Rimin Gado Local Government of Kano State on Sunday and shot dead the village head, Alhaji Dahiru Abba. The gunmen, according to an eyewitness, rode on motorcycles. A family source confirmed that the gunmen did not take anything from the victim’s house. The village head […]

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Bandits kill DPO in Zamfara

05 Mar 2023

A Divisional Police Officer in Maru town, Maru Local Government area of Zamfara State, SP Kazeem Raheem, was reportedly killed by bandits in the early hours of Saturday, March 4. The DPO was killed by bandits alongside a yet-to-be-identified police sergeant and a vigilante. A source from the community said that bandits were in the […]

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Driver kidnaps and kills boss in Ondo

05 Mar 2023

A middle-aged driver, Idowu Adekanye, has been arraigned by the police for the kidnap and murder of his boss, Omololu Olowosoyo, in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was alleged that Olowosoyo, was kidnapped and killed by the suspect in collaboration with some other accomplices. Adekanye was arraigned before the state magistrate court […]

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Four dead in motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road

05 Mar 2023

Four persons lost their lives in a motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road on Thursday evening. The accident involved a trailer and Hilux heading to Abuja with six persons. Mr Yusuf Musa, who works with Olam Industry, near Kateri village along Kaduna-Abuja road, said he was on duty at the company’s main gate when he heard […]

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Cash withdrawal limit is illegal- Supreme Court

05 Mar 2023

The Supreme Court has adjudged the cash withdrawal limits imposed by banks as a result of scarcity of currency notes in circulation as a violation of citizens’ rights. A seven-man panel of the court led by John Okoro made the declaration in a unanimous judgement delivered on Friday. “Such restriction on an owner’s right to […]

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