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THE Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) says the Nigeria Police apprehended vandals in a blue pick-up van loaded with tower cables. Mrs Ndidi Mbah, TCN’S General Manager,  Public Affairs, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. Mbah said that the items were allegedly stolen from transmission towers along …

UNKNOWN gunmen have attacked police vehicle at Omatha Junction, Ichi in Ekwusigo Local Government Area of Anambra State. According to an eyewitness account, the incident occurred at 8.30 am today. The unknown gunmen were said to have used an explosive to blast the vehicle, killing two police officers and injuring …

THREE youths have been killed, while several others were injured in a protest against bad governance, which turned violent in Kaduna on Thursday. According to Vanguard, eyewitnesses said the number of protesters mostly youths and the unemployed, which had outnumbered the security operatives, marched from the Rigasa area and from the …

A woman identified as Rahimat Salaum has allegedly killed her husband in the Pegi area of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT. The FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh confirmed this in a statement Tuesday. She said the woman was arrested by operatives of the Command attached to Pegi …

THE Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has arrested a woman over the alleged murder of her husband in Pegi Area of Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT,  SP Josephine Adeh, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. She said that operatives from …

THE Legal Section of Police Special Fraud Unit, Lagos, has filed a four-count charge before the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, against one Ebele Bernardine Okpala, a staff member of Keystone Bank Limited. The bank staff member was arrested by the Unit for the alleged fraudulent conversion and stealing of …

A herbalist based in Oba-Oke, Osun State, Ganiyu Kehinde, arrested by the police for killing his friend, Emmanuel Collins, has said he committed the act in a bid to get human parts that would be used for money rituals. Kehinde was among the suspects arrested across the state for various …

THE Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ekiti State Command, on Friday, paraded four suspects arrested over alleged rape and human trafficking in Ado Ekiti. The suspects were paraded at the Counter Terrorism Base of the Command located on Afao Road, Ado Ekiti. Briefing newsmen, the State Commandant, Mr …

THE operatives of the Department of the State Services (DSS) in Katsina State Command, have recovered 2,000 bags of rice out of the 20 trucks donated to the state by the Federal Government. Newsextra24 reports that the recovered rice was allegedly diverted by some government officials. NAN also reports that …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad have arrested 90 male suspects during a raid on suspected criminals in the late hours of Tuesday. The operation, which was done in collaboration with Area A Command, targeted notorious hotspots in Obalende, Adeniji, and Lagos Island areas of the …