Security

Kidnap gang has been arrested by operatives of the anti-kidnapping unit of the Rivers State police command for allegedly hanging one Mr Ereba Dinabari on a tree till he died after collecting N1 million ransom for his release. The…

The police have charged one Moses Anyaoha with nine counts bordering on criminal conspiracy, culpable homicide and stealing. The Police alleged that Anyaoha and one Tony Mba, now at large, between 2010 and January 2011 conspired to…

The Senate yesterday passed a bill prescribing life imprisonment for anyone found guilty of the offence of kidnapping. The Red Chamber passed for the third reading an amendment bill to the Criminal Code Act, 2004, thereby introducing…

While the police claimed their operatives killed the gang leader, another report said he was killed in reprisal attack by gunmen loyal to a late rival gang leader. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Oyo State, SP Olugbenga…

No fewer than 30 people have been reportedly killed by armed Fulani Militia in an attack on Chibuak and Kigudu 11 Communities in Kauru Local Government area of Kaduna State. The armed Fulani Militia were said to have attacked the…

One of the suspects on April 5, 2018, Offa bank robbery, Azeez Salawu, yesterday told the court in Ilorin, Kwara state, how six suspects were killed in his presence by the policemen in Abuja. Azeez gave graphic details of how he was…

The Kano State Police Command has threatened to prosecute owners of uncompleted buildings in the state following a rise in case of rape, especially in the ancient city. The police had recently disclosed that 33.3 per cent of rape cases…

The Board of Ekiti State Security Network codenamed Amotekun Corps has commenced recruitment of personnel for the security network in the state. Following the passage of the state Security Network Bill by the state House of Assembly,…

A court in Osun State on Tuesday sentenced a 37-year-old man, Ogunyemi Oluleke, to death by hanging for murder. Oluleke was charged with murder and conspiracy. Prosecutors said that Oluleke beheaded one Moshood Babalola with a…

The Ogun state police command says it has gathered an intelligence report which reveals that members of a notorious cult group are planning to unleash terror and violence on Tuesday 7th of July 2020 across the state in order to mark what…