No fewer than 10 suspected human traffickers, including eight females and two males, have been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly stealing six children from different locations in the country for transactional purposes. The Commissioner of Police, Umar Nadada, disclosed this in Lafia on Friday while parading 57 suspects arrested for committing…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, has arraigned a former President of the Senior Civil Servants Association of Nigeria, ASCSN, Bola Audu, over alleged N72 million fraud. Audu was arraigned on Thursday before Justice Yusuf Halilu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, on a five-count charge. He…
Justices Olusola Adetujoye, O.A. Lajide and S.O. Adeyemi of the Oyo State High Court, sitting in Ibadan have convicted and sentenced 15 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. This is contained in a statement by the Commission’s Head, Media & Publicity, Mr Dele Oyewale. The statement indicates that They were jailed after pleading guilty to one-count separate…
By Micheal Adeyemo The Oyo State Police Command has paraded five suspected members of a notorious gang involved in the robbing and murder of a retired Permanent Secretary with the state government, Mrs Olaitan Gbenle, in Ibadan, the state capital. The State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Adewale Osifeso, paraded the suspects alongside 30…
The Nigeria Customs Service has secured the conviction of two smugglers, Felarun Oluwasegun and Fakorede Jelili, on February 6, 2024, after being charged to court for the crimes they committed. This is contained in the statement released by the agency on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. Newsmen gathered that the criminals were convicted on their…
No fewer than four persons have allegedly been killed while one other was said to have escaped death as unknown persons reportedly abducted five men in Oke Irinja, Owode Yewa, Ogun State. Speaking to newsmen on Sunday that the quartet of Adamu Saliu, 21; Aliu Babuga, 24; Dairu Salihu, 32; and Mohammed Abdulai, 35, were…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command have arrested a total of 311 suspects – 297 males and 14 females, in a bandits’ relaxation camp called “Game House” in Gidan Dambe, Dei Dei, Abuja. Some guns and ammunition, swords, knives, axes, daggers, motorcycles, and several mobile phones, were recovered during the operation. The…
The Ondo State Police Command has ordered an investigation into the death of a businessman, Sesan Adelabu, and his wife, Bolu, which occurred on Friday. Adelabu, also known as Emirate, reportedly committed suicide at his residence in Alagbaka Akure, Ondo State, on Friday after killing his wife for an unknown reason. The deceased, a businessman,…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Thursday, commended SP Rilwan Kasumu and his team in the Area K, Marogbo of the Lagos State Police Command for rejecting a N4m bribe offered to them while investigating a case of alleged drug peddling and unlawful possession of ammunition against a suspected drug peddler, Esther Newman Obiekezie,…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu In line with the Core mandate of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to protect, the command, following a credible intelligence over the activities of criminal elements in every nook and cranny of the State has paraded eight suspects. This was made known in a statement by the command’s Public Relations…