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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a suspected kidnapper, Muhammad Sani Rinji in Bauchi State. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Ilelaboye W. Oyejide, who briefed journalists at the command headquarters in Bauchi on Wednesday, said the operatives also arrested a fake medical doctor simply identified as Usman Sadique Yelwa. He said: “The corps intensified efforts …

A speeding truck on Friday crushed a commercial motorcycle passenger to death at the Hamadiyah Junction in Ota, Ogun State. The South-West Area Commander of the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE), Mr. Adekunle Ajibade, confirmed the incident to journalists in Ota. He said the passenger was crushed to death when she suddenly fell under the truck after a …

Police on Friday confirmed the arrest of two operatives caught in a viral video demanding money from a Dutch woman along the Iseyin-Ogbomosho Road in Oyo State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the arrest of the two men in a statement issued on Friday in Abuja. He said the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebola Ayinde Hamzat, …

Police operatives in Delta have rescued four kidnapped persons in Orerokpe, Okpe local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe disclosed this to journalists on Wednesday in Warri. He said the victims were rescued on Tuesday by a combined team of police operatives attached to the Orerokpe division, troops of the Nigerian Army, …

The daughter of Hon. Bukar Abacha, a legislator who represents Ngala Constituency in the Borno State House of Assembly, has been reportedly murdered by unknown criminals. The woman was allegedly strangled to death on Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the Gidan Dembe hamlet in Maiduguri, the state capital, according to Zagazola Makama, a Counter Insurgency Expert in the Lake Chad …

The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 203 bags of imported rice and five vehicles worth N17 million in the Yewa-North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Customs Area Comptroller in the state, Bamidele Makinde, who disclosed this to journalists on Monday in Abeokuta, said the service operatives intercepted the contraband items and 1,245 rounds of live ammunition in a …

A 17-year-old boy identified as Betwom Bitrus has committed suicide in Bogoro local government area of Bauchi State. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the incident to journalists on Wednesday night in Bauchi. He said the deceased went to a stream in the area to take his bath but did not return home. The spokesman said: …

Gunmen on Wednesday morning abducted a pastor with the Evangelic Church for West Africa (ECWA) and three other persons at Maigemu District of Jos East local government area of Plateau State. A resident of the community told journalists the attackers stormed the community on motorcycles at about 6:00 a.m., headed to the church building, and whisked away the cleric in …

Justice Muhammad Nasir-Yunusa of the Federal High Court Kano, on Wednesday, issued a warrant of arrest for a Lebanese national, Maged Ali-Taan, over alleged arson. The judge issued the warrant following the refusal of the defendants to appear in court to enter his plea on the charge. Ali-Taan, who is the Managing Director of Alibert Products Nigeria Limited, was charged …

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) on Monday confirmed the death of a set of conjoined twins delivered by doctors at the facility last week. The LASUTH Chief Medical Director, Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, who confirmed the news to journalists in Lagos, however, said the twins’ mother was doing well. The hospital’s management had announced that the twins were delivered …