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Seven more kidnapped passengers of the March 28 train attack in Kaduna state have regained their freedom. The victims were released on Wednesday morning after spending 135 days in the custody of the terrorists. It is however not clear if any ransom was paid to the terrorists for their release. Although the police authorities are […]

Twelve trucks of parboiled rice smuggled into the country have been intercepted by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone A, Ikeja, said yesterday that the consignment was smuggled in from neighbouring Benin Republic.   Acting Area Controller of the anti-smuggling unit of the service, Mr. Hussein Ejibunu, said the Duty Paid Value […]

The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)  have renewed their partnership in the fight against organised crimes, including drug trafficking and copyright piracy. Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Buba Marwa (retd.) and Director-General of NCC, Dr. John O. Asein, made this commitment during a  visit of NCC mangement […]

Over 100 suspects have been arrested by operatives of the Kaduna State Vigilance Service in the last six months for various offences ranging from banditry, kidnapping and illegal drug Trafficking.   This is according to the commander of the Vigilance Service, Retired Brigadier General Umar Ibrahim, during a parade of three suspected illicit drug suppliers […]

Lesotho on Tuesday dropped murder charges against the country’s former prime minister Thomas Thabane and his wife over the 2017 killing of his previous estranged wife Lipolelo. Prosecutors told a court hearing in the capital Maseru the decision was taken as they could no longer locate a key witness in the case. The pair had […]

The Troops of the 7 Guards Brigade which provides security for the Presidential Villa and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been attacked by gunmen suspected to be terrorists. They were ambushed in the late hours of Monday while on patrol along the Kubwa-Bwari Road in the nation’s capital. A spokesperson for the Guards Brigade, […]

At least thirty people have been killed in a road accident along the Zaria-Kano highway in Kaduna state. The road crash which involved two 18- seater Toyota buses and a Volkswagen Golf, occurred around 5pm on Thursday at Hawan Mai Mashi community in Makarfi Local Government Area of Kaduna State . The accident was caused […]

A private school, Ffad Goshen Academy, Gumei, along Zonkwa road in Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State had been closed by the Kaduna State Government following the alleged defilement of a four-year-old student by the school driver. The driver has been arrested and is now in police custody. Journalists were told that the four-year-old girl […]

The Federal Government, on Thursday, arraigned before the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, six persons accused of dealing on human parts. FG, in the four-count charge it brought before the court, alleged that the Defendants- Adejoh Tijani, Ocholi Tijani, Damodu Zekari, Danlami Shaibu, Michael Yahaya and Emmanuel Amanyi- masterminded several kidnappings in Abuja, […]

A 38-year-old Nigerian man, Izuchukwu awaiting trial over a drug case died on Monday in Hullu sub-jail, in Himachal Pradesh, India. Police, in a statement on Tuesday, said Izuchukwu was arrested over a drug case but suffered an acute artery stroke that took his life. According to Times of India, Superintendent of Police in Kullu, […]