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…
Kwara State Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday, August 11, remanded a farm worker and his accomplices in prison custody for allegedly killing his boss, Jamiu Ibrahim, during an armed robbery operation. The suspects, Isiaka Sabi, Hassan Bature and Ardo Umaru on June 29 allegedly conspired and killed the 45-year-old farm owner in Idofin Odo-Ashe,…
A 23-year-old graduate of Business Administration from York University in Canada, Chinonso Anene, has allegedly committed suicide in Lagos. According to reports, Anene reportedly locked himself inside his apartment at House 9, Emmanuel Court, Olusegun Aina Street, Parkview Estate, Ikoyi and thereafter used a pump action gun to shoot himself. His lifeless body was…
Detectives attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have arrested a man who raped and killed his friend’s fiancé in Nairobi, Kenya. The suspect, Edwin Onditi Odada murdered Pamela Asesa, 26, after she welcomed him into the home of her fiancée’ while he was away at work. DCI in a statement on Thursday, July 21, 2022, revealed…
Operatives of the Ondo State Police command have arrested a 35-year-old woman, Funmilayo Mogbojuri, for allegedly stealing a newborn baby at Sabo in Okitipupa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Funmi Odunlami, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, July 20, said the suspect was apprehended in Sagamu, Ogun state,…
The Operatives of the Adamawa state Police Command attached to Girei Divisional police headquarters on July 17 while on an intensive surveillance patrol apprehended a 22-year-old man, parading himself as a military man, threatening and extorting members of the public. When interrogated, the suspect who gave his name as Paul Shaltha, a resident of Sabon gari…
A housewife has been arrested for hiring a man to assassinate her husband in Yola. The woman, Hauwa Audu, a resident of Michika local government area, hired the services of one Kwaji Tizhe, for N100, 000, to kill her husband, James Tizhe, and made an initial deposit of N7,000. Mrs. Audu currently in prison custody…
Chairman the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Brig-General Mohamed Buba Marwa, has said that the case against embattled Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, won’t be in court for long. Appearing as a guest on Channels Television’s Hard Copy, Marwa said the conviction of two other defendants in the case is evidence that the matter…
