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OPERATIVES of the Delta State Police Command’s Decoy Squad, led by ASP Julius Robinson on a sting operation, have arrested the 30-year-old leader of a kidnap gang, Emmanuel James. The operatives also arrested a 25-year-old gang member, Ejiro Peter, who reportedly kidnapped a couple, Mr and Mrs Okutonye Efetobore, and …

An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court in Kwara State, on Wednesday, ordered that the medical director of Ayodele Hospital, Ilorin, Kwara State, Dr Ayodele Joseph, be remanded at a correctional facility for allegedly raping a patient. According to the Police First Information Report (FIR), Joseph allegedly raped his patient said to be …

Three persons have been killed in a renewed cult war in Owo, Owo local government area. They were reportedly shot dead on Tuesday night at different locations in Owo. Sources said bodies of the victims were carted away by their assailants. Spokesman for the Ondo Police Command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami …

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested eight suspected kidnappers and cyber fraudsters and rescued one kidnap victim during a raid in their hideout at Umuebule 1 community in Etche local government area of Rivers State. This is as they arrested three suspected street light vandals in Borokiri …

Sunusi AbdulWahab, father of 16-year-old Mustapha Sunusi, has allegedly clubbed him to death for allegedly stealing millet.   The incident, according to eyewitnesses, sent the sleepy village of Tanagar, Warawa Local Government Area into a state of agony. A source reported  that, “Abdulwahab went overboard in an attempt to instill …

Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the killing of three suspected cultists in Ahoada East Local Government Area of the state. According to the police, the cultists died during a gun duel following a supremacy battle between the rival groups. The Public Relations Officer of the Command, Grace Iringe-Koko, who …

THE caretaker committee chairman of Takum Local Government Council in Taraba State, Boyi Manja, has been reportedly abducted by unknown gunmen. Newsextra24 gathered that his orderly was also reportedly killed by the gunmen. The incident occured Sunday afternoon, along Wukari/Takum road. Confirming the incident, the leader of Takum Local Government …

FOLLOWING a 30 minute exchange of heavy gunfire with armed men escorting a large consignment of drugs loaded in two long trucks, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized a total of 8,852 kilograms (8.8 tons) of Canadian Loud, an imported synthetic strain of cannabis, at …

THE Ogun State Police Command has arrested three suspected robbers who invaded the Computer Village in Abeokuta, the capital of the state. The suspects, Ajayi Kayode, Habeeb Idowu, and Temitayo Oresanya, had reportedly invaded the computer village and killed one trader on April 12, 2023. They were later apprehended on …

TENSION, yesterday, enveloped Agbor-Nta, Ika South Local Government Area, Delta State, following the arrest of a suspected Fulani herdsman by members of the community vigilante group in the forest. The suspect whose name was given as Abu Alli, was said to be lurking in the community’s forest where he was …