The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that a Sokoto resident, Nasiru Idris, who was arrested for being in possession of 101 permanent voter cards (PVCs), has been sentenced to one year in prison. INEC’s spokesperson, Festus Okoye said Idris was apprehended on October 10 following an intelligence report. The statement read; “In the…
The police have arrested one Saeed Sabo, said to a Private Soldier of the 82 division of Nigerian Army, Enugu, for stabbing a 34-year-old man to death in Umuahia, Abia State. The deceased identified as Offor Uchenna, a native of Olokoro in Umuahia South, Abia State, was stabbed on the right side of his chest,…
Suspected bandits have abducted a village head, Muhammad Dangaladima and six others in Kwangwami village, under Moriki Emirate in Zurmi Local Government area OF Zamfara State. A resident who spoke to the Nigerian Tribune under anonymity, said the heavily armed men invaded the village in the early hours of Monday, November 7, 2022, and abducted the…
Officers of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two cable vandals in different parts of the state. The suspects, Akpan Fortune,28, and Stanley Umebuane,24, were arrested in Ikeja and Ikoyi on Sunday, November 6, 2022. Spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Monday, said…
Operatives of the National Drug law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arested two women and two men wanted in connection with over 16,000 kilograms (16 tons) of illicit drugs intercepted in Lagos, Abuja and Netherlands. Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, October 23, said anti-narcotics officers who have been on the…
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested a 19- year-old suspected serial rapist who specialises in sexually assaulting and robbing victims. Spokesperson of the command, Chris Anyanwu, who disclosed this at a briefing at the C Division of the police command on Friday, September 2, 2022, said the suspect, Miracle Onwe was arrested after he raped his…
The Jigawa State Police Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested members of a burglary syndicate in Hadejia Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the corps in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, September 2, 2022, said the suspects were…
They were reportedly deployed following a renewed armed violence in the confluence state that have led to several killings and kidnappings. The Nation reported that the kidnappers demanded N30million each for their release but later reduced the amount to N20million each. It is also unclear if a ransom was paid before the police officials regained their…
A 7-year-old boy has gone missing while running an errand in Mushin, Lagos State. Adam Afolabi and his siblings were at their parents’ home in Mushin on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, when his sister, Zainab, told him to buy biscuits at a shop nearby. However, after leaving home, Adam didn’t return. Zainab left home…
An application by the federal government seeking to extradite suspended deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Abba Kyari to the United States to face criminal charges, has been dismissed by a federal high court sitting in Abuja. Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo on Monday August 29, held that the extradition request filed by the Attorney General of the…
