The police hierarchy has rewarded Divisional Police Officer, SP Daniel Itse Amah, for displaying uncommon uprightness in the face of tempting financial inducement. Amah was said to have rejected the sum of Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD 200,000) offered him as a bribe in a case of alleged …
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A student of the Redeemers University, Osun State, Ireoluwa Akinlaja, was on Sunday kidnapped by some unknown persons in Ogun State. The 17-year-old student was reportedly on his way to the Redemption camp to join his parents when he was abducted by the kidnappers. It was believed that Akinlaja was …
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Kanunta Kanu has warned politicians and governors in the South East to desist from promoting banditry in the zone. Kanunta is brother of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB. Kanu said governors and politicians should stop paying ransom to bandits in the Southeast. In a tweet, Kanu …
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Terrorists have abducted a catechist after attacking St. Agnes Catholic Church in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State. According to PUNCH, the Parish Priest of St. Agnes Parish, Rev. Fr. Lawrence Awua, via telephone said that terrorists invaded the church and began shooting at 9:58 pm on Sunday. “I …
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A nursing mother and her two children have been kidnapped by unknown gunmen in her home. According to reports the woman identified as Fateema Muhammad Liman and her two children were kidnapped in aura-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The victims, said to be wife and children of one Dr …
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Kidnap kingpin, Hamisu Bala, also known as Wadume, and two others, have been sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja, convicted Wadume of two of the 13-count charges against him and two others. The court also convicted Aliyu Dadje, a police inspector, who …
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33 kidnapped people, mostly football players from Itugbe Kings Football Club in Warri, Delta State, have been freed in Edo State. The victims were abducted by gunmen suspected of being kidnappers while travelling from Agbor to Warri, it was learned. Speaking on behalf of the Edo State Police Command, Jennifer …
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A suspected Nigerian drug trafficker, Osigwe Chukwuemeka James, has been arrested by sleuths of the Hyderabad Narcotic Enforcement Wing (H-NEW) along with Narayanguda police in India. The 37-year-old suspect was arrested for possession of 30 grams of MDMA at Niyaz Khana near King Koti Hospital under Narayanguda on Friday, August …
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Three persons have been confirmed dead, while 13 others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a lone accident which occurred Sunday evening along the Abeokuta-Sagamu Expressway. The accident, which happened at the notorious Onipepeiye village in the Obafemi-Owode local government area of Ogun State, involved an Abeokuta-bound Mazda passenger bus …
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No fewer than Four Hundred and Forty Two (442) parcels of Crystal Methamphetamine concealed in heads of fishes packed in cartons for export to Dubai, the United Arab Emirates have been uncovered at the SAHCO shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos. Director, Media & Advocacy of the …
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