Due to violence in Ondo, a pastor and five others received two-year prison sentences. An Ondo State High Court in Akure on Monday sentenced six people to two years imprisonment over violence and breach of peace in the coastal community of Ayetoro in the Ilaje Local Government Area of the state. The convicts, one of … Read more
Two suspects nabbed in Jigawa for harbouring notorious kidnapper The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested two individuals for harbouring a notorious armed robber and kidnapper in the Gumel Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, identified as Abdullahi Salisu Gawo and Garba Bulama Audu, were apprehended by a team of policemen from the … Read more
In Anambra, police detain a couple trafficking a one-month-old infant. The Anambra Police Command said it has arrested a couple, suspected of trafficking a one-month-old baby from Lagos to Onitsha. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Public Relations Officer of the command in a statement on Tuesday, said the interception was made at Bridgehead in Onitsha on Sunday. … Read more
Police in Jigawa detain two people for allegedly harboring a kidnapper. The Police Command in Jigawa State has arrested two suspects for allegedly harbouring a suspected kidnapper and armed robber in Gumel Local Government Area of the state. The Spokesman of the Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the arrest in a statement in Dutse on … Read more
In nine months, Gombe documented 13 fire-related deaths. – Official Mr Gerson Maiborgo, the Director of the Gombe State Fire Service, says thirteen lives and property worth N107 million were lost to fire outbreaks in the past nine months across the state. He said the service also saved 263 lives and property worth over N932 … Read more
I will grant my wife divorce if she pays me N1m – Man tells court A businessman, Nasiru Yunusa has told an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, that he will only grant his wife, Aisha Hamisu a divorce if she pays him N1 million. Yunusa and Hamisu got married according to Islamic laws sometime … Read more
Bandits kill one, abduct six others in Sokoto Unknown gunmen suspected to be armed bandits in the early hours of Tuesday attacked Tursa village in Rabbah Local Government area of Sokoto State, killing at least one person and kidnapping six persons from the village. Confirming the development to newsmen on Tuesday morning in Sokoto, the … Read more
2 docked over alleged theft of goods worth N702,000 Two men, Friday Alo and Ibrahim Zatayahu, who allegedly stole goods valued at N702,000, were, on Tuesday, arraigned before an Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos. The defendants are standing trial before Magistrate D.S. Odukoya on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and stealing. They, however, pleaded … Read more
Kidnapping wave hits Taraba community as gunmen abduct monarch, pregnant woman, policemen The traditional ruler of Pupule in Yoro Local Government Area of Taraba State, Alhaji Alhaji Umaru Abubakar Nyala, has been abducted by gunmen. The hoodlums also kidnapped a pregnant woman during the attack on the community. Gists Villa gathered that two policemen in … Read more
Bandits kill one, abduct six in Sokoto community The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed that bandits killed one person and abducted six others in Tursa village, Rabba Local Government Area. The attack occurred in the early hours of Tuesday. The Command’s spokesman, Ahmed Rufai, said the assailants invaded the village and set ablaze … Read more