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Kidnappers demand N15m ransom for abducted corps members

NewsDeskNgJul 22, 2024July 22, 20240

Following the abduction of five persons by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Ondo State, the kidnappers have demanded N3 million ransom for each of the victims. Newsmen gathered that the kidnappers made the threat after contacting one of the families of the victims at the weekend. The victims were...

Police officer, 2 gunmen, 3 civilians killed in Aba hoodlum attack

NewsDeskNgJul 22, 2024July 22, 20240

The Abia State Police Command has confirmed that six persons, including a police inspector, Shehu Oyibo, two assailants and three civilians, died in Aba on Sunday during an attack on a patrol team. The incident, according to the police, happened at about 11:28 am when police operatives attached to the...

Groom, 11 others remanded for murder of female police officer in Rivers

NewsDeskNgJul 22, 2024July 22, 20240

Twelve suspects linked to the murder of police inspector Christiana Erekere have been remanded at the Port Harcourt Correctional Facility by a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt. The suspects are standing trial on 13 charges, including conspiracy to murder and murder. Inspector Erekere was killed on April...

Alleged N12m land scam lands two men in court

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

Two men, Kabiru Sanusi and Abdulfatai Wasiu, on Thursday appeared before a Chief Magistrates’ Court, Kaduna, for allegedly collecting N12 million from a man under the guise of buying him acres of land. The accused persons, Sanusi, 44, and Wasiu, 40, are facing charges of conspiracy, fraud, forgery and stealing....

Man allegedly stabs lawyer for assisting wife file divorce suit against him in Ondo

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

A 40-year-old lawyer, Abayomi Oladire, has been reportedly stabbed by his client’s husband, Kunle Kuteyi, for assisting his wife to file a divorce suit against him. The lawyer was stabbed in various parts of his body with a broken bottle by the suspect who accosted him while on his way...

22 states, 96 towns, communities across Nigeria at risk in new flood alert

NewsDeskNgJul 18, 2024July 18, 20240

The National Flood Early Warning Systems, FEWS, Centre, domiciled at the Federal Ministry of Environment has released a list of locations likely to witness heavy rainfall that could lead to flood before the 20th of July, 2024. The list titled ‘flood prediction 16th – 20th July 2024’ and sent to...

Youths kill final year varsity student over N150 in Bayelsa

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

Some youths from Amassoma community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, on Monday, reportedly killed a final year student of the Niger Delta University, NDU, identified as Francis Palowei, over N150 levy at a sand dump, a popular relaxation spot in the area. Newsmen gathered from a...

Police arrest teacher for sodomizing 12 Almajiri children in Jigawa

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

Police in Jigawa State have arrested 23-year-old Islamic school teacher, Yusuf Yunusa for allegedly sodomizing twelve of his students in Gwaram Local Government. State Commissioner of Police A T. Abdullahi disclosed this while parading the suspects at the Command’s headquarters, Dutse, the state capital. According to him “on 11/07/2024 at...

Eight suspected cultists, drug peddlers arrested in Kogi Polytechnic

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

Eight suspected cultists and drug peddlers have been arrested at Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja. The Director of Public Relations and Protocol at Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Uredo Omale, disclosed this in a statement sent on Wednesday morning. Omale explained that the joint security team of the institution, on Tuesday, July...

Police rescue victim, arrest kidnappers in Yobe

NewsDeskNgJul 17, 2024July 17, 20240

The Yobe State Police Command, in collaboration with vigilante members, has successfully raided a gang’s enclave, rescued a kidnap victim, and arrested two suspected kidnappers. DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command’s Public Relations Officer, confirmed the operation to newsmen in Damaturu, the state capital. According to Abdulkarim, the raid took place...