Soldier Arrested For Selling Stolen Ammunition To Terrorist Groups A serving Nigerian Army private; Emmanuel Iorliam of the 156 Task Force Battalion, Mainok in Borno state, has been arrested for gun running. Iorliam who hails from Benue state allegedly steals arms and ammunition from his base and sells same to …
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There was pandemonium in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday, after hoodlums invaded some streets in the area, attacked residents and robbed passersby and shop owners. Our correspondent leant that the gang, numbering about 50, ransacked Eagle Island, Timber Street and Echue stretch of Illabouchi, all densely populated areas of …
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THE Defence Headquarters has said, an air strike at Yadi in Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State by Operation Whirl Punch has killed terror kingpin, Ali Dogo and scores of his foot soldiers. The airstrike targeting the terrorist was disclosed in a statement made available by the Director, Defence …
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Officers of the Osun State Police Command have discovered the decomposing body of an aged landlord, Oladepo Asaolu, after about four days of disappearance. It was gathered that Asaolu, an indigene of Ora-Igbomina, Ifedayo Local Government Area of Osun State, was the Babaloja of the ancient town. It was gathered …
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The North-East Joint Task Force, Damaturu, Yobe State has handed 98 parcel of cannabis sativa worth N4.9 million to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. The Sector Commander, Major General Koko Isoni, stated this while handing over the seized substances to the Agency on Monday in Damaturu. Represented by his …
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EFCC logo and Sapphire Scents MD, Wale Jana The Managing Director of Sapphire Scents, Adewale Aladejana, popularly known as Wale Jana is currently swimming in troubled waters as the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned him before Justice M. A Madugu of a Federal High Court sitting in Bwari, …
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The Katsina State Police Command says it arrested no fewer than 1,503 suspected criminals, killed 27 bandits and had 1,116 suspects facing trial within the last eight months in the state. The Command further noted that it rescued 393 victims of kidnappers within the same period under review. The Commissioner …
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The Kano state Police Command, on Friday, confirmed that it had arrested one Abubakar Mohammed Sadiq believed to be a suspected escapee from Kuje prison break in the state. In a statement made available to The PUNCH on Friday by the spokesman of the Police Command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, said …
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Two corps members serving in Mikang Local Government Area of Plateau State were on Thursday kidnapped by gunmen. Sources said that the two corps members were on their way to buy some drugs in a nearby Pharmacy shop in Zomo community of the LGA when the gunmen accosted them and …
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The Economic Financial Crime Commission has been called out again by Ibadan youths, barely forty-eight hours after youths in Warri, Delta state held a protest against them. Youth in Ibadan, Oyo state took to the streets yesterday October 6, to demand an end to EFCC because of the maltreatment being …
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