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A member of a motorcycle armed robbery gang terrorising Idemili North Local Government Area and environs, Anambra State, was caught and set ablaze by an irate mob, Anambradaily can report. The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday when the suspect attempted to rob unsuspecting traders at Afor Nkpor market at gunpoint. According […]

A middle-aged man, Kosara Ugwuka has allegedly killed his elder brother with rat poison over land dispute in Akala village in Ezinifite, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Ugwuka was said to have publicly confessed being responsible for the mysterious death of the deceased, Mr. Chukwudi Ugwuka, before a shrine at Nando in […]

Attempt by a human trafficker, Mathew Bassey to export illicit drug to Dubai, United Arab Emirate by planting same in the luggage of an orphan, Ms. Peter Gift Eno recruited for a phantom job in the Arab nation has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the Murtala Muhammed […]

The Edo State Police Command says its operatives have killed a suspected notorious armed robber in Benin City, the state capital. Ms Jennifer Iwegbu, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer in Edo, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. According to her, operatives attached to Ugbor Divisional Headquarters neutralised the suspect very early in the […]

A 12 years old unidentified house girl has jumped from a storey building, fracturing her leg in the process, while trying to avoid rape by her master. Details of the incident are still sketchy, but newsmen gathered that the incident took place in Ifite Awka on Today. The ” 12 year old househelp jumped down […]

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday made a stopover at the Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja, for an on-the-spot assessment of the damage done to the facility by invading terrorists the previous night. Terrorists, believed to be Boko Haram elements, on Tuesday evening stormed the correctional facility, leaving one security personnel and six inmates dead. They also […]

Security has been tightened in most parts of Kuje communities in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following sporadic gunshots and bomb blast reportedly heard at the Kuje Correctional Centre on Tuesday night. Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who went round the area, heavy security presence with fierce-looking armed personnel in areas considered […]

Authorities of the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) say over 800 inmates escaped the Kuje Prison on Tuesday night following an attack by suspected Boko Haram Terrorists.  According to a statement by on Wednesday by the Chief Superintendent of Corrections, Umar Abubakar, a total of 879 inmates escaped from the facility. Mr Abubakar further stated that “443 […]

Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Monday night clashed with vigilantes in Zak Community of Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State and as a result of the incident, 12 people were killed. last week Thursday, suspected bandits were said to have killed seven military personnel and one vigilante in some communities of Bashar chiefdom […]

A 39-year-old suspect has committed suicide at the detention center of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). The suspect was arrested and detained in Ikeja GRA, Lagos State for child trafficking offences. An intelligence officer on duty explained that while on a routine check, she discovered that the suspect detained […]