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THE Katsina State Police Command, in a joint operation with the military, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, vigilantes, and the Katsina State Community Watch Corps, KSCWC, neutralised a suspected bandit and arrested two others in Dandume and Sabuwa local government areas of Katsina. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Abubakar …

A tragic incident unfolded on Sunday morning when bandits attacked a market in Tsafe, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area in Zamfara State, resulting in the deaths of at least three people. Newsextra24 reports that the attackers stormed the market at around 11 a.m., firing indiscriminately at the crowd. An eyewitness …

THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, (NDLEA) have arrested three members of an organized criminal organisation which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America over two months after they were declared wanted. Their arrest followed the recent seizure of the single largest consignment of …

A pastor with Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, identified as Olugbenga Olawore, and other passengers of a 14-seater bus have been kidnapped in Oyo State. Newsextra24 gathered on Saturday that the cleric and other passengers of the bus were abducted on Friday. Sources said that the bus was en route …

THE Abia State Police Command has arrested some suspects in connection with the death of a 23-year-old man, Hope Chinedu Prosper, who was taken to an unknown destination by his friend but brought back lifeless. Confirming the development, the Command in a statement signed by its spokesperson, ASP Maureen Chinaka, …

THE Police Command in Lagos State says three children, allegedly locked up in a room by their grandmother, have been rescued and the woman arrested. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Hundeyin said that the infants, a girl and …

NIGERIAN Army troops have successfully repelled an attack by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its militia arm, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), in Okija, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra. In a post on its X Handle on Friday, the Nigerian Army said the dissidents, armed with …

BANDITS have invaded Angwar Danko village in Kakangi Constituency of Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, forcing abductees into forest. Daily Trust gathered that a large number of bandits invaded the community around 6pm, on Wednesday, firing shots indiscriminately. Men and women who were abducted by the attackers …

AN Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, on Thursday ordered that a task force official, Afeez Garba, 39, be remanded in a correctional facility for allegedly killing a motorcyclist. The police charged Garba with murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Oluwabusayo Osho, did not take the plea of Garba for in jurisdiction. She …

A witness, (name withheld), on Thursday, told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how his family friend, Emmanuel Ejima, allegedly defiled his 12-year-old daughter. The prosecution witness, the father of the alleged survivor, narrated to the court that the defendant threatened to kill her daughter if he ever …