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A school proprietor in Kano, Abdulmalik Tanko, who is under trial with others over alledged kidnap and murder of his pupil, Halifa Abubakar, on Monday opened  his defence and denying committing the offence. Tanko, 34, alongside Hashimu Isyaku, 37 and Fatima Musa, 26, all residents of Tudun Murtala Quarters, Kano, are standing trial before a […]

  The killings carried out by non-state actors increased last week (May 1 – 7) with at least 78 people killed by non-state actors. The figure indicates an increase when compared to the previous week when at least15 persons, including a soldier, were killed. Out of the total number of people killed last week, five were security […]

    Two expectant mothers, Mrs Seun Babatunde and Mrs Gloria Asibor, have been arrested for alleged drug trafficking, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency Spokesman Babafemi said in a statement yesterday that they were among traffickers apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos for attempting to import and export illicit drugs […]

A wire fraud suspect, Adedunmola Gbadegesin, was on Monday, April 26, 2022, extradited to the United States where he is wanted in a case of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. The offences contravened Title 18, US Code, Section 1349 and 1956 (h) and carries a maximum jail term of 20 years. His […]

  Three kid robbery suspects, Timileyi Femi, aka Anini, 13 years, Ojo Sunday- aka oyenusi, 15 years and Matti Lowe, aka Osunbo, 16 years said they had operated more than 46 times before they were apprehended by operatives of the Ondo state security outfit code named Amotekun. In an interview after they were paraded by the Amotekun […]

Gunmen, suspected to be kidnappers, at the early hours of Wednesday, invaded and kidnapped four family members in Shadadi community in Kuje Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Some residents of the community told the Newsmen on Wednesday in Abuja that the incident happened at about 1a.m. after the suspected kidnappers had shot sporadically into […]

    The Nigerian police on Monday warned that sharing or receiving images depicting child pornography is an offense under its laws that can attract a sentence of up to 14 years. The warning comes amid reports that some students of Chrisland schools were involved in a case of alleged sexual violence in Dubai, United […]

Police in Cross River have arrested a suspected crime kingpin, Godswill Emmanuel, a.k.a Emperor and two members of his gang. Commissioner of Police in Cross River, Mr Aminu Alhassan, confirmed the arrest on Monday in Calabar.     The gang members were said to have been responsible for the shooting of Gov. Ben Ayade’s Security […]