The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of some pupils of LGEA Primary School, Alwaza, Alwaza community, Doma local government area of the state in the early hours of Friday. DSP Rahman Nansel, the state Police Public Relations Officer, who confirmed the incident, said already, a joint team …
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Yet-to-be-identified gunmen have kidnapped a Plateau State First class traditional ruler, the Agwom Izere, His Royal Highness Dr. Isaac Azi Wakili. The Monarch was reportedly kidnapped on Friday morning at his Palace situated in the Shere District of Jos East and taken to an unknown place. The assailants stormed the …
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Samuel Gbadamosi, 60, was remanded in Olokuta Correctional Centre on Thursday by a Chief Magistrate Court in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, for allegedly having sex with a minor. Gbadamosi, who was charged with one count of rape, was accused of committing the crime on January 4, 2023, at …
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The Edo State Government on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of two traditional rulers over the kidnapping of passengers waiting to board a train from Igueben station to Warri in Delta State. Newsextra24 recalls that bandits on January 7, 2023, kidnapped 20 passengers awaiting a train in Edo. Governor Godwin Obaseki …
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A man, Usman Garba, has been arrested by the police in Adamawa State over alleged N2.5 million money-printing fraud. The 45-year-old Garba was arrested after allegedly collecting the N2.5 million in instalments after promising to print money to the tune of N30 million for his victim, 29-year-old Gabriel Ishaku, but …
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Three family members of kidnapped Osun farmers, who went to deliver the ransom for their release, have been detained by the kidnappers, IGBERETV reports. The victims, Samuel Oladotun and Tobiloba Fashola, were abducted while returning from the farm at the Oke-Osun area in Ileogbo, headquarters of Ayedire local government on …
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The Nigeria Police Force has paraded 11 suspected criminals over alleged crimes across Jigawa State. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Emmanuel Effiom Ekot, paraded the suspects on Wednesday at the command’s headquarters in Dutse. He said the suspects were arrested in December 2022 for kidnapping, armed robbery, drug peddling, …
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The Osun State High Court in Osogbo, presided by Justice Jide Falola on Monday, sentenced six men to death by hanging for armed robbery and murder. Four among the six men, Rasidi Waidi, 39, Hammed Rafiu, 37, Owolabi Bashiru, 54, and Kayode Sunday, 29, were arraigned on six counts charges …
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An Investigative Police Officer, IPO, Insp Israel Ojo, on Monday, January 2023, told an Ikeja Special Offences Court how a Nollywood actor, Temitayo Phillips Ogunbusola, allegedly stabbed his neighbour, Oladotun Osho, to death over a N1,000 electricity bill, IGBERETV reports. The 32-year-old actor is being tried for murder which he …
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The Family of an Abuja-based woman, Mrs Sabina Itodo, who was kidnapped and killed allegedly paid N4m ransom. It Was Gathered that the deceased was abducted alongside her husband and two children on January 4, 2023, in Kogi State. Mrs Sabina, from Enugu State, was said to be returning to Abuja with …
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