AN officer of the Nigeria Police Force has been killed by some hoodlums in Imo State. Newsextra24 reports that the state police command confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday, noting that two civilians were also murdered by the assailants along the Owerri-Orlu road in the state. The Imo State Police …
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THE murder of two brothers with their corpses dumped inside the booth of their Toyota Corolla, along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway, close to Tempo Mills, Umunya, Anambra State, has created panic among the residents and passers-by. Newsextra24 learnt that the two brothers, identified as Onyema and Nonso, were believed to be on …
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A 35-year-old man, identified as James Emmanuel, has been remanded in prison by a magistrates court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, for allegedly raping his co-worker, a 55-year-old woman, Deborah Abiodun, to death. Newsextra24 learnt that James raped Deborah in a poultry farm at about 11pm on January 2024 in the Oke-Odu …
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IN a significant crackdown on criminal activities, the Ekiti State Police Command has apprehended five suspected kidnappers in the Iju-Ikere boundary area of the state. The arrests were announced in a statement released on Tuesday by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Abutu Sunday. This development follows a distressing incident on Monday, …
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AFTER learning that his ex-wife had remarried in Kano, a 37-year-old security guard at Prestige International College, Nurudeen Shehu, took his own life, the Kano Police command has revealed. Confirming the incident on Tuesday, the state Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, detailed that the unfortunate incident occurred inside one of …
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By Inusa Ndahi, Maiduguri THE new Theater Commander, Northeast ‘Operation Hadin Kai’, Major General, Shuaibu Waidi has taken over the leadership from Major General Gold Chibuisi in the sustained fights against Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists. Recall that General Waidi was once the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Div, …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Kano State Command, has arrested 198 drug suspects and dismantled 21 illicit drug joints in Kano. This is according to a statement issued to newsmen by the spokesman of the agency, Mr Sadiq Muhammad-Maigatari, on Tuesday in Kano. He said the arrests were …
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THE chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Philip Aivoji, who some yet-to-be-identified gunmen abducted along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, has been released. Newsextra24 reports that the Lagos State PDP Chairman had spent four days in captivity after he was abducted last Thursday. News of his release was disclosed …
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A hunter has killed a United State-based Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chieftain, Richard Idowu in his hometown in Ejigbo. The unfortunate incident occured on Saturday evening. Newsextra24 understands that the PDP chieftain who is based in America had visited his hometown to attend the 50th coronation anniversary of the town’s traditional …
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ALHAJI Akeem Akintola, the Oyo State Chairman of the Tipper, Lorry, and Quarry Park Management System (PMS), was abducted by unknown gunmen on Saturday. The kidnapping took place at his residence in the Ajiboye area of Omi Apata, Ibadan, as reported by the News Agency of Nigeria. A source, wishing …
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