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Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested a dreaded criminal who allegedly killed over 15 people in the state, including a female corps member, Chinwendu Lovina Ezeh. The suspect, Malachi Uwem, 24, is said to be serial killer and leader of a notorious armed robbery gang which …

The leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has appealed a recent ruling of the Federal High Court which struck out eight out of the 15-count charge filed against him. Kanu had been standing trial on an amended 15-count charge bordering on treasonable felony. On April 8, …

The Nigerian Army has said troops of Operation Desert Sanity neutralised several Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram terrorists in Borno, northeast Nigeria. It said the troops also killed the Amir (commander) and spiritual head of Galta, close to Mandara Mountain in the South of Borno, during …

Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), says terrorists and bandits are denied access to telecommunication services with the ongoing implementation of National Identity Number, SIM linkage policy in Nigeria. The Director, Compliance Monitoring and Enforcement NCC, Mr Ephraim Nwokonanya, represented by Head Compliance, Monitoring and Enforcement, NCC, Mr Alkasim Umar made this …

PRESS RELEASE POLICE ARREST SUSPECTED ARMED ROBBERS IN SHIBIRI AREA OF LAGOS ⁃Recover arm and ammunition Operatives of the Ilemba Hausa Police Division on April 22, 2022 arrested seven armed robbery/murder suspects, recovered a silver-colored Sienna bus with Reg No. LSR 509 HB, a locally made double barrel Pistol and …

One Alhaja Mariam has fled after brutalising a 10-year-old girl identified simply as Victory for using N100 to buy bun, popularly known as puff-puff in Lagos state. The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Lakwe, in Ibeju Lekki area of the state. Recounting her …

Chief Obinna Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana, has slammed a whopping N1 billion law suit against publishers of Lagos based newspapers “PM Express” at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over publication of defamatory information against him. Obi Cubana in the suit dated and filed on …

Operatives of Western Nigeria Security Network Agency, Amotekun Osun, have apprehended one Afeez Odusanya, a 33-year-old truck driver who specialises in desecrating corpses. Parading Odusanya among other suspects in Osogbo on Wednesday, the Field Commander, Osun Amotekun Corps, Amitolu Shittu disclosed that the suspect, who is a ritualist, was arrested …

The Benue State High Court in Makurdi, on Thursday, acquitted Andrew Ogbuja, a lecturer at the Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo, of raping and causing the death of Ochanya Ogbanje, a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 2018. The decision contradicts another Thursday’s verdict of the Federal High Court in Makurdi, in a separate …

Operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FIB-IRT), in a sting operation, have arrested four notorious arm dealers and recovered 57 AK47 rifles and a large catchment of ammunition in Jos, Plateau State and from other locations across the country. This is in furtherance of the IGP’s recent …