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THE death toll from last night’s attack on Ungwan Wakili community in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State has risen to 17. Our correspondent who visited the scene of the attack counted 14 corpses recovered this morning, aside from the one person killed yesterday and the two people that …

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Sunday said it arrested an ex-Boko Haram fighter, Alayi Madu, and the traditional ruler of Kajola, a border community between Ondo and Edo states, Baale Akinola Adebayo, for drug trafficking. Newsextra24 reports that as part of ongoing operations to mop up illicit drugs …

TWO chieftains of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bauchi State, Aminu Umar Gadiya and Saleh Hussaini Gamawa have been convicted by a Federal High Court, Bauchi and sentenced to two years imprisonment for offences that bordered on conspiracy and money laundering to the tune of N142, 460,000.00. Justice Hassan …

ZAMFARA State Police Command has rescued 14 kidnapped victims who have been in bandits’ camp for 68 days. The spokesperson for the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, said the victims were rescued by the police tactical operatives in conjunction with the vigilante group during a mop-up at Munhaye forest in the …

THE family of a businessman, Omololu Olowosoyo, have written a petition to the office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 17, Akure, Ondo State, to conduct a discreet investigation into the alleged murder of the businessman. Olowosoyo was alleged to have been kidnapped and killed by his driver, …

JUSTICE Adekunle Adeleye of an Ado-Ekiti High Court has discharged and acquitted a 55-year-old university lecturer, Dr Ayinde Olukayode, of rape charges. Olukayode, who lectures at the Ekiti State University, has been standing trial for rape, an offence contrary to Section 31 (c) of the Child’s Rights Law, Cap. C7, …

The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested 11 suspects in possession of nine dry human skulls, one fresh human head, intestines and other vital body parts. SP Adewae Osifeso, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this on Thursday in Ibadan while briefing journalists. …

THE Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Delta State has rejected the presidential results of the local government area of the vice presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and governor of the state, Ifeanyi Okowa, citing over

THE Federal Capital Territory Police Command has denied reports that a corps member working as a polling unit agent was lynched by angry voters in Abuja on Saturday, Newsextra24 reports. The police also noted that its officer that was seen in a video, alongside his colleagues, didn’t tamper with thumb …

GUNMEN suspected to be herders early hours of Sunday invaded three communities in Guma Local Government Area of Benue State and killed 13 people. A local, who identified himself as Sachir, told our correspondent that suspected herders invaded Tse Lgar where eight people were reportedly killed. Three people were also …