Crime

A man identified as Usman Abubakar has been confirmed dead after he engaged in a fight with a neighbour. The neighbour, Omotosho Jimoh is now at large, the police said. Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ejire Adeyemin in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday, disclosed that “at about...

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Osun Command, said it has apprehended a 65-year-old man, Dauda Lamidi, for alleged possession of Cannabis sativa, also known as hemp. This is contained in a statement by Charles Odigie, the command’s spokesperson, on Monday in Osogbo. Odigie said the suspect was arrested...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Akwa Ibom says it has apprehended three suspects and seized 4,500 litres of adulterated diesel also called Automotive Gas Oil, AGO, in the state. The NSCDC Commandant, Mr Eluyemi Eluwade, disclosed this while briefing newsmen at the Command’s exhibits yard in...

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old boy who allegedly raped his 11-year-old schoolmate in the school premises at Rumukwurusi, Port Harcourt on Friday. It was gathered that the yet-to-be-identified student carried out the act while his friends watched the scene. Shortly after committing the act, the boy...