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THE tragic incident occurred at about 06:24hours in Alabarika Community of Ogidi area, in the Ilorin South Local Government of the state. Spokesman of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle, disclosed in Ilorin on Saturday that a distress call was put across to the fire service by one Engr …

THE Kaduna State Governor, Uba Sani, on Sunday, directed the police to investigate the bandits’ attack on Saya-Saya village in Ikara Local Government Area of the state, which led to the killing of seven worshippers in a mosque. This was contained in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, …

BANDITS have killed seven worshippers in a Mosque at Saya-Saya village, in Ikara Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to a source, five of the victims were killed in the mosque, while the other two victims were killed at different locations within the area. The incident happened around 8pm …

Police Operatives attached to Area Command Headquarters Onitsha, Anambra, have rescued a kidnap victim in the commercial city of the State. The State Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement said, the operatives while on township patrol on 30th August 2023 received a distress call at …

The Police in Anambra State have arrested a four-man gang of burglars who allegedly specialize in burgling commercial shops across the state. Spokesperson of Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this said operatives of the command acted on a tip-off to arrest the suspects.   He said, …

Residents of Hallelujah estate in Osogbo, Osun state capital on Wednesday evening were in agony as two dogs devoured a five-year-old child. The cross breed dogs also descended on the mother after killing the child, injuring her on the buttock before residents in the scanty neighbourhood came to her rescue. …

A 20-year-old lady, Nwaedoka Chidimma, from the Izzi community in Ebonyi State, allegedly threw her newborn baby into a pit toilet in Otuocha community, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State, where she had gone to carry out farming job. It was gathered that the incident happened on Sunday …

The Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps codenamed So-Safe has arrested 38 year old Mathew Ifeanyi, who allegedly macheted his biological father to death in Ogun. So-Safe in a press statement released through the office of its State Commander, (Dr) Soji Ganzallo, said that on Tuesday, 29th. August, …

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters at different locations in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The suspects were arrested during a sting operation following a series of intelligence reports linking the suspects to all kinds of online …

No fewer than 116 suspected cultists were arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command in the Ifo area of the state on Saturday. Reports gathered that the suspected cultists comprising 70 males and 46 females were arrested based on an intelligence report that some people gathered at …