Crime Archives - Page 57 of 61

5 killed, four injured as driver rams into party in Oyo community

NewsDeskNgJan 3, 2023January 3, 20230

No fewer than five persons lost their lives in Oyo community when a car rammed into a group of friends at a party, according to reports. About four other persons also sustained various degrees of injuries during the incident. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday, 1st of...

Bandits abduct retired army officer, others in Zamfara

NewsDeskNgJan 2, 2023January 2, 20230

Armed bandits, on Sunday evening, abducted Col. Lawal Rabi’u Yandoto (rtd) on his way to Yandoto, his home town in the Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, from Gusau, the state capital. A source told newsmen that the bandits also kidnapped two of his children and two other people...

How I faked my own kidnap with friends in Rivers – Suspect

NewsDeskNgDec 31, 2022December 31, 20220

One Peter Iheanyi, a driver with a private company has narrated how he faked his own kidnap in connivance with his friend identified as Kelvin and others in order to collect a ransom from his company. Iheanyi, who was paraded alongside some other suspects at the Rivers State Police command...

Katsina Police kill 54 terrorists, lose 5 officers in 2022 – CP

NewsDeskNgDec 31, 2022December 31, 20220

The Police Command in Katsina State said it had successfully neutralised no fewer than 54 suspected terrorists and lost five officers in gun battles from Jan. 2022 to date. The Commissioner of Politics in the, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing on Friday...

Kidnapped female military officer still with her Abductors – Nigerian Army

NewsDeskNgDec 30, 2022December 30, 20220

The Nigerian Army on Friday refuted claims that the abducted female military officer was rescued by the police. Recall that Lieutenant PP Johnson, a female military officer, was abducted by unknown gunmen on December 26, 2022, while visiting her grandmother, in Aku-Okigwe in Imo State. The video of her abduction...

Explosion kills three in Kogi ahead of Buhari’s visit

NewsDeskNgDec 29, 2022December 29, 20220

An explosion in the Okene area of Kogi State has killed three persons. According to Channels Television, the blast occurred on Thursday morning at the Oyinoyi’s Palace in the Okenne Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that police operatives of the Anti-Bomb Unit have arrived at the...

Seven women heading to church event die on Sagamu-Benin road

NewsDeskNgDec 29, 2022December 29, 20220

Seven people were burnt to death on Wednesday when a Mazda bus burst into flames near Odogbolu on the Sagamu-Benin expressway. Babatunde Akinbiyi, Public Relations Officer of Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE) confirmed the incident. He told reporters in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital, that seven others sustained injuries in...

Police arrest 9 suspects over murder of Oyo PDP member

NewsDeskNgDec 29, 2022December 29, 20220

The Police Command in Oyo State has arrested nine suspects over the murder of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grassroots mobiliser in Oyo Town. Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, confirmed the arrest to NAN on Thursday in Ibadan. Mudashiru was hacked to death in his father’s...

NDLEA arrests 18940,secures 3,324 convictions in 2 years

NewsDeskNgDec 28, 2022December 28, 20220

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)says it has arrested no fewer than 18,940 people for different drug related offences in the last two years. Brig-Gen, Mohammed Buba -Marwa, the Chairman and chief executive of the agency, made this known in Yola on Tuesday while recieving an award of excellence...

Murder of Ummukulsum: Counsel to Chinese accuses govt of tendering fake autopsy

NewsDeskNgDec 21, 2022December 21, 20220

A mild drama ensued during the resumed hearings of witnesses in the ongoing alleged murder of Ummukulsum Sani Buhari (Ummita) by her Chinese lover, Frank Geng Quarong, as the defence counsel in the case accused the state counsel of tendering a fake autopsy of the deceased before the court. On...