Crime Report

The Police Command in Oyo State has confirmed an attack on a Police patrol team and killing of an Inspector by gunmen at Budo Masalasi Border Post in Oyo State. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka confirmed the incident on Sunday in a statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan. It was reported that about 10 to 15 gunmen attacked …

… Intercepts Brazilian lady with N3b heroin at Abuja airport BENIN CITY/ABUJA: Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a village head and another suspect in Edo State following the seizure of large quantities of illicit drugs in Esan South-East Local Government Area. The arrests followed a raid carried out at Lagos Camp, Ilushi, where a …

A Private Investigator, Prof. Sandra Duru, has called on the Police to expedite action on her petition against Sen. Natasha Uduaghan, representing Kogi Central, in the National Assembly. The private investigator, based in the US, told newsmen on Friday in Abuja, that there was no need for delay in the investigation of the issues raised in the petition. She said …

Troops of the Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have discovered a mass grave containing corpses of about 20 terrorists neutralised by troops during operations in Timbuktu Triangle in Borno. This is contained in a statement on Wednesday by Lt.-Col. Sani Uba, the Media Information Officer of the OPHK. According to Uba, the discovery showed the growing …

By Idahosa Musa Edo State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old commercial bus driver, Osabohien Ogieva, in connection with the death of his 32-year-old girlfriend, Joy Jerome. The incident occurred at Ikpe community in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the development on Tuesday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Eno Ikoedem, said the lifeless body of the …

Gov. Uba Sani has promised that his administration, in collaboration with other security agencies, will ensure the safe return of all those who were abducted in Kurmin Wali village on Sunday. The Governor made this pledge on Wednesday when he led a large delegation of senior government officials and Heads of security agencies to commiserate with the people of Kurmin …

The North Central has been grappling with insecurity for quite some time; acts of banditry, kidnapping, and terrorism have been recurring in the states, including Kogi, Benue, Plateau, and lately, Kwara, claiming many lives and leaving many uprooted people from their ancestral communities. However, another scary dimension to the security challenges is the introduction of the mass kidnapping of people …

The police admitted the incident in a Tuesday night statement issued by their spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin. A day after denying reports of the abduction of worshippers from three churches in Kurmin Wali community, Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, the police reversed their position, admitting that the attack “did occur” and many people were kidnapped. The police admitted the …

CAN’s chairperson in Kajuru LGA, Enoch Kaura, earlier confirmed to PREMIUM TIMES during a telephone interview on Monday that armed bandits abducted about 163 worshippers during a church service in the LGA on Sunday. The Kaduna State Government has dismissed claims of mass abduction of church members in the Kajuru Local Government Area, confirmed by the Christian Association of Nigeria …

The Police Command in Rivers has arrested Insp. Victor Okus for allegedly shooting his colleague, Insp. Ibrahim Sani, to death in the state. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Grace Iringe-Koko, disclosed this in a statement issued in Port Harcourt on Monday. She said Okus, attached to 17 Police Mobile Force (PMF) and on special duty at Intels Logistics Company, Onne, was …