Police Inspector General Aliyu Baba • Girl flees boyfriend’s assault, runs to death in Rivers Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 47-year-old woman, names withheld, for allegedly stabbing her husband, Jimoh Nasirudeen, to death for impregnating another woman. The incident happened on Wednesday in Ijebu-Ode during an argument between the woman […]
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National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons on Thursday said it has detained a 61-year-old Civil Engineer and Lebanese national, names withheld, for being allegedly involved in the defilement of minors and using them for pornography in Jos, the Plateau State capital. The agency’s Head of Press and Public Relations Unit, Stella Nezan, […]
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The Senate on Wednesday considered a bill that seeks to prohibit the payment and receipt of ransom for the release of any person kidnapped, imprisoned or wrongfully confined. According to the bill, Nigerians who pay ransom to kidnappers and kidnappers who receive ransom risk 15 years imprisonment. The Terrorism Prevention (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which scaled second reading […]
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Police Inspector General Usman Baba The Police Command in Ogun has warned hoodlums planning to attack stations in the state to shun such intentions in order not to face wrath of the law. ASP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), made this known on Sunday in an interview with the News Agency of […]
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Empty compound of the Government Science Secondary school, Kankara (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Kebbi Engages Local Vigilantes FCT PTAs Deploy Cutlasses, Bow, Arrows To Fortify Schools’ Security Security Assigned To Schools Don’t Have Weapons To Defend Us, Students Lament Benue Students Learn In Fear Due To Absence Of Conventional Security Worried by rising […]
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A general view of the gate of the Greenfield University in Kaduna, Nigeria, where armed men abducted 22 students following an attack on April 20, 2021. The criminals have killed five of the students in their custody and are threatening to kill more soon. Photo by Nasu Bosi/AFP The criminals behind the abduction of 23 […]
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Burnt Nkporo Police Station Police confirm attack on naval checkpoint in Anambra Umahi imposes curfew on Ebonyi land borders Speak up against activities of secessionists, Osinbajo tells Southeast leaders Abaribe calls for restructuring Adeboye calls for prayers over insecurity In yet a continuation of unrestrained attacks on security facilities in the Southeast and South-south regions, […]
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Students of the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Benue State who were kidnapped last Saturday have been released. A terse statement by the Director, Information, Protocol and Public Relations of the University, Mrs. Rosemary Waku, revealed that the students were returned to campus on Tuesday. She identified the released students as Israel Farren Kwaghgee and […]
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Abubakar Yusuf Sanga, the only male among the killed students The Northern Governors’ Forum has condemned the recent killing of three students of the Greenfield University, Kaduna. The Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Plateau, Simon Lalong described the incident as an act of wickedness and barbaric, saying the perpetrators must not go unpunished. […]
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Police Inspector General, Usman Baba A suspected member of a kidnap gang, Bello Mohammed, has been held for the abduction and killing of a businessman, one Osondu Nwachukwu, who operated a sachet water factory in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Mohammed and four other members at large identified simply as Maikano, Dogo, Hassan and Jubril reportedly carried […]
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