Crime

By Augustine Abel The commandant quick response unit A.K.A Tompolo just confirmed that the attack was simultaneously on all the banks in Ayingba and also police stations and the area command. In his further narration he confirmed that the NPF is still counting their lost as he cannot as certain...

Nine Passengers have kidnapped in Oshokoshoko, along Kabba-Obajana-Lokoja road in Kogi state. It was gathered that the driver of the vehicle was abducted alongside two students, four men and two women. The unfortunate incident happened on Saturday evening while victims were travelling from Kabba to Lokoja. Recall that two buses...

Notorious cult leader and the prime suspect in the brutal murder of the late Divisional Police Officer, SP Bako Angbashim, in the state, Gift Okpara, popularly referred to as 2Baba, has been reportedly killed in a police-led major security raid. The police and other security agencies were said to have...

Troops from 93 Battalion under 6 Bridget of the Nigerian Army has arrested a suspected female kidnapper while trying to pick ransom for an abducted victim in Taraba. The female suspect, it was learnt, was married to a notorious criminal who is a second-in-command to late Hana Terwase. Spokesperson of...

Gunmen suspected to be militia herdsmen have reportedly killed four persons when they attacked Agojeju-odo in Bagaji-Odoh district, Omala local government area of Kogi state. Numbering over 150, the armed militia attacked the Kogi community on Tuesday. The lawmaker representing Omala State Constituency in the State House of Assembly, Hon....

KOGI State Police Command has confirmed the Saturday kidnap of passengers aboard two Abuja-bound buses from the Eastern part of the country on Inele-Eteke Ogugu new road in Kogi East Senatorial district of the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Williams Aya (SP) made the confirmation in a statement made...

A director at Federal Housing Authority, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Aondo Ver, has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits.The incident happened at Pambara New Extension, Bwari Central Area of Federal Capital Territory at about 12:30 am on Thursday. Pambara New Extension is about 200 metres away from the...

No fewer than 10 villages in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State have been sacked and occupied by armed Fulani herdsmen. The development followed days of renewed attacks by the marauders who stormed the affected communities from neighbouring Nasarawa State. The lawmaker representing Agatu State Constituency, Mr. Godwin Edoh...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared wanted,  an ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas for her alleged involvement in illegal drug trafficking. Spokesman of the NDLEA, Femi Babafemi said in a statement on Sunday that Queen Aderinoye is being declared wanted after some drugs were found in...