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ABU student arrested by NSCDC for allegedly killing a juvenile in Bauchi

NewsDeskNgOct 24, 2023October 24, 20230

An undergraduate student of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Abdullahi Ibrahim, has been apprehended by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bauchi State for the alleged murder of a 17-year-old secondary school student. Ilelaboye Oyejide, the Corps Commandant, revealed that the 500-level student of Veterinary Medicine...

Benue: Police kill two bank robbers

NewsDeskNgOct 21, 2023October 21, 20230

The hunt for the daredevil armed robbers who attacked four banks at Otukpo town, Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, on Friday is yielding fruit as two of the suspects were killed by security operatives. No fewer than seven persons, including three policemen, died in the Otukpo incident. The...

Alleged missing intestine: Coroner inquest begins in Lagos

NewsDeskNgOct 20, 2023October 20, 20230

The Coroner’s inquest into the death of Adebola Akin-Bright, the 12-year-old boy whose small intestine reportedly went missing, started on Friday at an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Lagos. Akin-Bright died on Sept. 9 following a corrective surgery done at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH. The Coroner Inquest...

NSCDC seals 3 illegal Private Guard companies in FCT

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

By Palma Ileye FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has sealed three Private Guard Companies, PGCs, for operating illegally in Abuja. This is contained in a press release issued yesterday by ASCI Okomanyi Comfort, CDPRO, FCT Command. According to the statement, the NSCDC, FCT Commandant,...

NCoS dismisses two personnel, sanctions 35 others for misconducts

NewsDeskNgOct 19, 2023October 19, 20230

By Palma Ileye As part of efforts to ensure discipline of its personnel and entrench international correctional best practices, the Nigerian Correctional Service, NCoS, has dismissed two (2) personnel and sanctioned thirty-five (35) others for misconducts. According to a press release issued yesterday by the Correctional Service, the Officers were...

Lagos Police Disclose Identity Of Officer Who Fired AK-47 Shots At Ladipo Market Reopening

NewsDeskNgOct 18, 2023October 18, 20230

The Lagos State Police Command said it has identified the man filmed firing shots to celebrate the reopening of the Ladipo market, Lagos State. A viral video posted on X (formerly Twitter) showed a man discharging rounds into the air while onlookers cheered him on. The spokesperson for the Nigeria...

Abducted lawmaker regains freedom

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

Mustapha Ali Shehu, the councillor representing Assakio Ward in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, and his brother were released by their abductors on Monday. Shehu, who was elected as councillor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in 2021, was kidnapped along with his brother on...

EFCC arrests Nigerian musician who defrauded Briton, American

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested singer Aniji Shedrack Chidubem, aka Sanij-D, on Monday for allegedly defrauding a Briton, Susan Mclean, of the sum of £9,300. The Lagos-based artiste was alleged to have also defrauded an American, Diana Rosado Gonzalax, of $2,000. Sanij-D was arrested in the Kuje...

3 killed, several others injured as farmers, herdsmen clash in Oyo

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

No fewer than three people have died as a result of a clash that occurred in Iwajowa Local Government Area in Oyo State. Newsmen learnt that the clash between herders and farmers occurred at Inayin-Apakolo Agbaruru village in Iwere-Ile on Friday and did not abate until Sunday. Sources who spoke...

Osinachi: Court dismisses no case submission filed by late singer’s husband

NewsDeskNgOct 17, 2023October 17, 20230

The no-case submission application filed by Peter Nwachukwu, husband of late gospel singer, Osinachi, has been dismissed by a Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Wuse Zone 2. Nwachukwu had filed the application to challenge the homicide and domestic violence suit instituted against him by the Office of...