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GUNMEN have abducted an officer of the Nigerian Navy and seven others in Ibaka Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Reports said that the naval officer and others were kidnapped by the gunmen at the Classic Point Hotel in Ibaka, where they went for relaxation, on Monday, July 15, …

THE Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Monday arraigned four persons before Federal High Court, Enugu for allegedly vandalizing electricity cables. The accused persons were Moses Timothy, Geoffrey Lawrence, Augustine Abila, and Caleb Kamiru. They were arraigned on two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and alleged vandalism of underground …

Anambra CP Nnaghe Itam parades some suspected criminals in Awka THE Police Command in Anambra has arrested 200 suspected criminals and made some recoveries in the last two months, the Commissioner, Mr Nnaghe Itam, has said. He further stated that during the period, the command’s operatives recovered about 1,644 ammunition. …

THE Police Command in Benue has confirmed the abduction of Dr Emmanuel Barki, the acting Rector, Benue State Polytechnic, Ugbokolo. Its Public Relations Officer, Mr Sewuese Anene, while confirming the incident, said the Rector was kidnapped with others on their way to Ugbokolo, after an official trip to Makurdi. Also …

A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, following the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin Chikaodi Mbonu and his associate in his …

A 30-year-old man, Ikechukwu Micheal, was on Monday, arraigned before an FCT High Court, Zuba, Abuja, over alleged rape of a 17-year old girl. Michael who resides at Angwan Cement, Life Camp, is being charged with rape. The Prosecuting Counsel, Umoh Inah, told the court that the defendant committed the …

  THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ondo Command says it has destroyed about 56 hectares of suspected hemp farmland in the state. The State Commander of the agency, Mr Kayode Raji, disclosed this on Monday in Akure during the decoration of 51 personnel of the command, who were …

  BANDITS have abducted two journalists and their family members in Kaduna State. The armed men stormed Danhonu community in Millennium city of Chikun local government area of Kaduna and raided houses of the reporters of The Nation newspaper, Alhaji AbdulGafar Alabelewe, and that of Blueprint Newspaper, AbdulRaheem Aodu. The …

Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka, Anambra State has sentenced a teacher, Mrs Faith Nwoye, to 21 years imprisonment. The teacher who is a staff member of Landmark International School Mgbakwu, Awka North Local Government Area of Anambra State flogged a nine-year-old student, Henry to death. Commissioner for …

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered the immediate orderly room trial of police officers for allegedly assaulting a suspect said to have resisted an arrest in the state. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, July …