The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Yobe State Command, has impounded one trailer truck conveying no fewer than 450 stolen railway sleepers and arrested three suspected vandals. Parading the suspects to newsmen in Damaturu, the State Commandant of the…
Kaduna: Police nab suspected gun-rummer with 202 rounds of ammunition
The Kaduna State Police Command said on Tuesday that it apprehended a suspected gun-runner identified as Musa Yusuf with 202 live rounds of ammunition in Tudun Wada area of Zaria, Kaduna State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan,…
Police arrest LG Chairman ‘plotting’ to assassinate Benue speaker
The Nigeria Police Force yesterday announced the arrest of a Chairman of a Local Government Area in Benue State and one other person involved in an alleged assassination plot. The police said that it successfully arrested the two suspects through…
Police arrest 3 over Adamawa hotel murder
The Adamawa Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects in connection with the beheading of Bilkisu Alhaji Idi, a young woman who was a guest at the Happy Day Quest Inn Hotel in Yola North Local Government Area…
Army arrests 6 operators of illegal oil refinery in Rivers
The Nigerian Army has reported the arrest of six labourers at an illegal oil refinery capable of producing about three million litres of adulterated petroleum products within weeks. The artisanal refining site spans over 40 plots of land and is…
Confusion as police charge man for banditry after reporting Immigration officer for raping wife
Yusuf Samaila is currently being incarcerated at the prison after spending days in Police custody for reporting a Deputy Superintendent of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Sani Muazu to the authority that his wife was raped. Samaila had earlier this month…
3 victims of Ebonyi church attack buried amid tears
Tears flowed freely as the remains of three victims of gunmen attack at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Parish, Nkwagu Abakaliki, Ebonyi State, were laid to rest, weekend, at their respective family compounds. The attack which occurred as the vigil mass…
Army Recruitment: Group faults arrest of Kaduna youths in Lagos
The Youth Wing of the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union has condemned the arrest of four youths originally from Kaduna residing in Lagos State seeking enlistment into the Nigerian Army. The union’s National Coordinator, Isaac John, in a statement on Friday,…
Nigerian army warns candidates of 86RRI against manipulation, fraud
The Nigerian Army has warned candidates of the ongoing 86 Regular Recruits Intake to desist from manipulation and fraudulent acts that could compromise the process. The warning is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Maj.-Gen. Onyema…
NDLEA bursts hotel, arrests drug dealers in Kwara
The Kwara State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested four suspects for allegedly dealing in illegal substances. While two of the suspects were picked up in an undisclosed hotel in Ilọrin, one was arrested on…
