Gunmen kidnap 20 people at Edo train station

09 Jan 2023

The Edo State Police Command on Saturday night announced that scores of travellers waiting to board a train from Igueben in Igueben Local Government Area of the state to Warri in Delta State, were kidnapped by suspected herdsmen. The Command, in a press statement endorsed by its spokesman, Chidi Nwabuzor, at about 9.55pm, stated that […]

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DSS disputes the court case and the plan to detain the INEC chairman

08 Jan 2023

The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) Chairman Mahmood Yakubu has been the target of a lawsuit, according to the Department of State Services (DSS), which has denied doing so. Prior to a potential arrest, the security agency is reported to have filed a lawsuit against the professor for allegedly failing to declare his assets.  The […]

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Police rescue kidnapped girl, arrest suspect

08 Jan 2023

The Police in Ondo State have arrested a suspect over his alleged kidnap of a six year-old girl in her mother’s car at a groceries shop in Akure.SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ondo State Command, said this in a statement made available to newsmen in Akure on Saturday. She said that […]

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Teacher shot by six years old in the class room in the US

08 Jan 2023

A six-year-old student shot and wounded a teacher in Virginia during an altercation inside a first-grade classroom, police and school officials in the city of Newport News said. No students were injured in the shooting on Friday at Richneck Elementary School, police said. The teacher – a woman in her 30s – suffered life-threatening injuries. […]

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Woman strangles co-wife to death

07 Jan 2023

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old woman, Amina Guguwa for allegedly killing her co-wife. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, January 5, 2023, said the suspect strangled the deceased to death. “Information available to the command revealed that on the 1st January […]

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Man killed and burnt in Ondo

07 Jan 2023

A yet-to-be-identified young man has been killed, with his body burnt and dumped inside a gutter at the Oke Aro, Akure, the Ondo State capital, by suspected cult members. Residents of the community woke up on Thursday, January 5, to find a sack with the body of the deceased dumped in the drainage. A resident […]

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Son kidnaps father, collects N2.5m ransom

07 Jan 2023

The Kwara state police command has arrested a man identified as Issa Naigheti for kidnapping his father and collecting a ransom of N2.5m. Spokesman of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said the suspect was arrested around Kambi area of Ilorin by officers attached to the anti-kidnapping team of the Kwara police command. Naigheti confessed to the […]

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Man arrested for shooting and killing wife

07 Jan 2023

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Nuhu Umar Usman, for culpable homicide. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Thursday, January 5, said Usman, of Dangarfa village in Kyata Burra District, shot dead his first wife, Ladi Nuhu, after mistaking her for an intruder. According to […]

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Zamfara: Police free 15 kidnapped people

06 Jan 2023

According to the Zamfara State Police Command, its agents have freed 15 kidnap victims who were held captive by assailants on the state’s Gusau-Tsafe route.  The Command’s spokesman, SP Shehu Mohammed, revealed this to reporters on Thursday during a press conference and stated that the abduction victims had been taken on Monday. “The kidnappers abandoned […]

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