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The Abia State Police Command has busted a  syndicate involved in the stealing and selling of stolen babies in Aba. Already, the police have arrested  three members of the syndicate,  and rescued  three babies, who were about being sold. The syndicate, had operated  unnoticed for several years within People’s Road axis of Ogbor Hill, Aba North […]

The Ebonyi State Police Command said it has recovered some Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) following the discovery of what it described as the biggest bomb factory in the South-East belonging to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The police said the recovered IEDs are capable of causing colossal damage to buildings and eradicating any living […]

Unidentified gunmen early Friday morning, attacked a mosque in Ughelli, Delta state, leaving 11 worshippers injured. A resident who spoke to newsmen said the attack took place at about 6.47 am when some Muslim faithful were holding their morning prayers at the Central mosque, located along Okoroda street in Ughelli. The resident who gave his […]

Angered by rising political violence in Borno State in recent times especially during last month’s attack on the PDP presidential campaign convoy in Maiduguri, the state governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has ordered the Nigerian Police Force and the DSS to arrest the culprits irrespective of their political party affiliations. Zulum, in a statement issued on […]

Dr Femi Olaleye, the Managing Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, has been remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional facility pending the fulfillment of his bail conditions. Mr Olaleye, is facing a two-count charge of defilement and sexual assault by penetration of his wife’s 16-year-old niece. He was arraigned by the Lagos state government on Wednesday […]

Police detectives in Ondo state, have arrested three Senior Secondary School students, SSS, for allegedly gang raping a junior female student within the school premises. The three SS2, of Akure High School, in Akure , the state capital, include, Idris Matthew 17yrs, Olawale Tobi 18 years and Ajayi Micheal 17years. Police source, hinted that the […]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Cross River State Chapter has confirmed the release of two of their kidnapped members. NMA state chairman in Cross River, Felix Archibong, confirmed the release to news men in Calabar, the state capital on Tuesday. He commended Governor Ben Ayade and security agencies for their efforts in seeing that their […]

Seventeen passengers were killed in a road crash on Tuesday along the Kwali-Abaji Expressway before Awawa within the Federal Capital Territory. This is as the Acting Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Dauda Ali Biu again cautioned drivers against violating the prescribed speed limit. Biu made this call for caution while describing […]

The key suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu in the murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga,has told a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, that the two statements on she wrote to the police station were torn and she was forced to sign the ones written by the police officers. […]

Terrorists responsible for the kidnapping of 39 children among other workers at Mai Ruwa Community in Katsina State have reached out to their relatives to demand for N30 million ransom to set them free. It was learnt that as part of conditions to free the captives, the assailants are asking for a dialogue with the […]