THE Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 19-year-old boy, Zakariya Saad, for allegedly killing 17-year-old Muhammed Yahaya. The command said in a statement on Wednesday that its operatives apprehended Zakariya on Tuesday from his residence in Wuro Hausa, Yola South Local Government Area, on the charge of killing Yahaya. …
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SIX persons were killed by terrorists on Tuesday night in the Takanai community of Atyap Chiefdom in Zango Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The acting Secretary to the District Head of the Community, Samson Markus, confirmed the sad incident on Wednesday. Speaking with The Punch, Markus said the terrorists …
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THE Adamawa State Police Command has reportedly arrested some policemen, military personnel as well as some air force personnel connected to the alleged killing of Abdallah Abba, a 17-year-old boy allegedly killed by men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, known as Operation Farauta in the state over a missing phone. …
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GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers have abducted a student of Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The student, named Ajoke, a National Diploma ll student of Science Laboratory Technology. The incident was said to have happened Monday night. Some students of the institution also sustained a series of …
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SUSPECTED gunmen abducted a businessman, identified as Sikiru Bosere, and one of his workers in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State, on Sunday night. The incident reportedly occurred around 10:30 pm when they were about to drive into their residence. Sikiru, who deals in charcoal exportation, was taken …
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A former Chairman of Ukum Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State, Iorwashima Erukaa, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor of Benue State, Tersoo Kula, made this known in a statement issued on Monday in Makurdi, the state capital. Kula also said the kidnappers invaded …
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THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, on Sunday, said it has destroyed a cannabis farm in Ekiti state which spans across 16 hectares of farmland while 4,000 kilograms of different illicit drugs were intercepted in multiple raids across the country. The agency disclosed this in a statement made available by …
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says its operatives have intercepted over four tons of illicit and controlled drugs including consignments of nitrous oxide popularly known as laughing gas, skunk, codeine syrup, methamphetamine and tramadol during interdiction operations in Lagos, Kogi, FCT, Jigawa, Kaduna, Sokoto and Edo states. According …
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TROOPS of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a military taskforce maintaining peace in Plateau, Bauchi and Kaduna states, have uncovered a gun factory at Kafachan, Jama’a Local Government Area (LGA) of Kaduna State. Capt. James Oya, the Media Officer of OPSH, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday. Oya said the …
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MORE than 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau were abducted in the early hours of Friday after bandits invaded the Sabon-Gida community of the Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. A student of the school, who asked to be anonymous for security reasons, told Channels Television that …
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