THERE is currently distress in Owukpa, a district located in the Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, as it has transformed into a sanctuary for kidnappers. Reports obtained by Trojan News on Thursday morning revealed no fewer than ten communities are currently being held hostage, as a group of kidnappers unleash …
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SUSPECTED dare devil men of the underworld on Tuesday evening struck at the popular Abdullahi Supermarket in One Man Village, near Mararaba, killing four customers, including a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The CBN staff identified through his identity card as Daniel Adefemi Okunade was shot in …
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THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested and detained the suspended National Coordinator and Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of the National Social Investment Programme Agency, NSIPA, Halima Shehu. Trojan News reports that the arrest came a few hours after President Bola Tinubu approved her suspension over the suspicious movement …
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A Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a 22-year-old labourer, Emmanuel Paul, to eight months in prison for stealing cell phones. Paul, who resides in Kaduna State, had pleaded guilty to a count charge of theft. He also pleaded for leniency. The judge, Mr Aliyu Kagarko, gave …
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GUNMEN have kidnapped the council chairman of Akwanga Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, Mr Safiyanu Andaha. Mr Safiyanu was abducted alongside one Alhaji Adamu Custom. Trojan News gathered that the victims were abducted by the daredevil assailants on Monday at about 8:30 pm while they were celebrating the New Year …
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THE Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three suspected vandals with electricity aluminium cables in Saminaka town in Lere Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, made this disclosure to newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said on Sunday, at about 4 am, …
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THE Benue State Community Volunteer Guards (BSCVG) has arrested a 29-year-old artisan for illegal possession of a firearm in the Wadata area of Makurdi, the state capital. The incident occurred on December 26, around 8 pm, as the suspect attempted to evade arrest by BSCVG operatives. According to retired Capt …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and one other, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi, with consignments of psychoactive substances at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja, Lagos. NDLEA said Amobi was arrested on Saturday, December 30, at the departure …
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TWO South Korean citizens who were victims of a kidnapping incident in Rivers State, Nigeria, about a month ago, have regained their freedom. Newsextra24 reports that their release was confirmed in a statement issued on Saturday (today) by the foreign ministry in Seoul. According to Seoul’s Yonhap news agency, the two individuals, who …
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OPERATIVES of the Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested sixteen( 16) suspected internet fraudsters at fifth Chucker Polo Club, Marabban Jos, Kaduna, Kaduna state. THEY were arrested on Thursday, December 27, 2023 following actionable intelligence on their suspected involvement in internet-related offences. The …
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