crime

Fourteen days after a group of gunmen stormed the family residence of the former Governor Adamu Mua’zu, where one of his nephews was killed and three others abducted, police authority has confirmed their freedom. Bauchi State police spokesman Ahmed Wakil confirmed that the victims were released and taken to the …

The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Ekaette Obot, has sentenced a human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, to one-month in prison. Effiong who is handling a case for his client before Justice Obot’s court in Uyo disclosed this in a message he posted on his Twitter on Wednesday morning. “I …

A man, Ojo Babatunde, has been arrested by the Ogun State police for allegedly defiling and impregnating his 15-year-old step-daughter. DSP Sunday Abutu, the command’s spokesperson, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti. He said that Babatunde was arrested by the Welfare Centre of the State Criminal …

Residents of Masaka, Karu LGA of Nasarawa State, were panicked on Monday after Badejo Idowu, a man, was fatally stabbed by Tunde Badejo, his first son, over a dispute over family land. Tunde had been pestering his father for a piece of the land for over a year, according to …

A mechanic known only as Friday was killed on Monday at the Arietalin axis of Yenagoa, the capital of Bayelsa State, during a rekindled cult war. According to reports, the conflict started when two rival cult gangs exchanged gunfire over control of the region, which is notorious for crime due …

In Jalingo, Taraba State, gunmen have kidnapped a vigilante group leader, five girls, and three other people. The incident happened on Saturday and Monday nights in different parts of the city. It was discovered that a resident and a mobile police officer died at Lasandi, BabaYau, and Sabongari around midnight. …

Two more abducted Chibok school girls have been rescued by the troops of 21 armoured Brigade in Bama Local Government Area Borno State. A Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad, Zagazola Makama, who disclosed said that the two girls whose names were given as Hannatu Musa …

The Nigerian Army has reacted to the attack on troops from the guards brigade’s 7 battalion by terrorists on Sunday. The battalion is a unit under the guards brigade, which is responsible for protecting the president. The soldiers were said to be on routine patrol along the Kubwa-Bwari road when they …

The identities of the two Nigerian men who were shot dead on Saturday by gunmen at the ATL Lounge in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada, have been revealed. According to PUNCH, a GoFundMe account opened by one Adam Abdul, who claims to be a cousin to one of them, identified the deceased …

Troops of 21 armoured Brigade have reportedly rescued two more abducted Chibok school girls in Borno State. Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert and Security Analyst in the Lake Chad disclosed that the two girls whose names were given as Hannatu Musa and Kauna Luka were found by the troops …