Crime

The Police Command in Kano state said it had kill a member of a notorious armed robbery gang, name withheld, terrorising Rano town along Falgore Forest Axis. The Police Public Relations Officer,(PPRO) for the command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made disclosure in Kano on Saturday. He said the killing followed exchange …

The Federal Government has obtained a court order to proscribe the Shiites’ organisation formally referred to as the Islamic Movement in Nigeria. The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the proscription of the Shiites’ movement as protests by the Islamic organisation rock Abuja. Justice Nkeonye Maha issued the …

A 28-year-old man, Moses Okechukwu, on Friday appeared before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. Okechukwu, whose address is not provided, faces a three-count charge of rape, sexual assault and trying to escape arrest, to which he pleaded not guilty. The Prosecutor, …

Naval Forces in Rivers said they have intercepted a large barge used in transporting about a million litres of diesel. The feat was achieved weeks after a similar one was intercepted by naval operatives in Rivers waterways. The barge, Dantech II, was suspected to have lifted the diesel from illicit …

A former Minister of State for Agriculture, Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, on Thursday picked the first Expression of Interest and Nomination form for the August 29 primary of the All Progressives Congress. He received the forms after paying the mandatory N22.5m. Lokpobiri, who denied any rift with former governor Timipre Sylva, …

The police in Delta State have reportedly killed a suspected armed robber during a robbery operation in the Udu Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the deceased was a member of an armed robbery gang terrorising residents of Orhunwhorhun in the Udu area of the state. …

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has apprehended a senior official of a travel agency in Edo for suspected human trafficking offence. The Zonal Commander of the agency in charge of Edo and Delta, Mr Nduka Nwanwenne, disclosed this to News Agency of …

The Oluwo of Iwo land, Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi, has called for death penalty for kidnappers in the state to help put an end to kidnapping. Akanbi made the call during a courtesy visit by the traditional rulers of Iwo land to Gov. Gboyega Oyetola in Osogbo on Thursday. The traditional …

The remains of Miss Elozino Ogege, the 300-level student of the Delta State University, Abraka, who was murdered by suspected ritualists, will be interred on Friday. Elozino was murdered by suspected ritualists, known as ‘Yahoo plus’, on November 15, 2018, four days after she was declared missing. The killers removed …

The Rivers State Police Command said on Wednesday that its personnel shot and killed two kidnappers terrorising commuters at the Emohua area of the East-West Road. The state Commissioner of Police, Mustapha Dandaura, also stated that 15 suspected kidnappers were arrested by his men in various parts of the state. …