The anti-kidnapping squad of the Enugu Police Command said on Wednesday that it had arrested seven suspected kidnappers for their alleged role in the kidnap of one Mrs Roseline Nwokolo. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, t...
The police on Wednesday arraigned a driver, Okechukwu Sunday, 30, before an Abuja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly being in possession of vehicles suspected to be stolen. Police prosecutor, Sgt. Salisu Mohammed, told the court that the poli...
The House of Representatives has invited the Inspector General of Police, (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, over the recent gruesome attack on students of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State and the killing of four students of the University of Port H...
The immediate past governor of Kwara State, Dr Bukola Saraki, has called for a thorough investigation of the burglary incident at the state’s ministry of Finance. Saraki in his official reaction to the development, described any attempt to link h...
The Niger state Government is considering a law to demolish houses used by terrorists in any part of the state. The attorney-general and commissioner for justice Alhaji, Abdullahi Bawa Wuse, disclosed this to journalists yesterday&nbs...
The police on Monday arraigned Sunday Chukwu of Area 2, Garki, Abuja, before an Abuja Upper Area Court on four counts of conspiracy, force, hurt and theft. Police prosecutor Ambi Ayuba alleged that the accused conspired with four military men and three...
A commercial motorcyclist, Baba Ibrahim, 24, was arraigned over an alleged manslaughter on Monday in Lagos. Ibrahim appeared at a Surulere Magistrates' Court, which did not take his plea because he claimed he did not understand the English language...
Three armed robbery suspects including a youth corps member (names withheld) serving in Kwara state have been arrested by men of Kwara State Police Command over an alleged armed robbery incident. The Kwara state coordinator of NYSC, Mrs. Ezinne Ezekwe ...
An Abuja High Court yesterday sentenced two officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, to five years imprisonment without an option of fine. The two EFCC officials namely, Douglas William and Abba Ishaku were arraigned on October 17...
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Drugs, Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Hon. Jagaba Adams Jagaba yesterday said that acts of militancy, terrorism and crimes could be checked through the control of illicit drugs. He stated this ...
The famous armed robbers atcher, Alhaji Ali Kwara, has recovered three guns snatched from one of the top state security service (SSS) officer, recently on Zaria-Kaduna road. Reports said that the senior officer who was accused of compromising his...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned six persons before a Federal High Court in Lagos over alleged oil bunkering. Musa Mohammed, Otuagoma Freeborn, James Onubi, Hassan Adekunle, Gabriel Inyang and Patrick Chinedu ap...
Kano State Police Command has recovered stolen jewelleries worth N20 million belonging to Maryam Sani Abacha, the State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, has said. He told reporters yesterday that one of the suspects who bought some of the ...
President Goodluck Jonathan has set up a committee under the chairmanship of the Vice President ,Achitect Namadi Sambo, whose terms of reference include seeking adequate funding for the security services outside the annual budget. President...
A restaurateur and mother of 15-year old girl has told a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Karu how the pastor of a church she attends serially had carnal knowledge of her daughter, impregnating her and aborting the pregnancy. According to her, the pas...