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The Bauchi State police command has dismissed claims that the slain 500-level student of Geology at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Joseph Agabaidu, was attacked by suspected armed robbers. Agabaidu died in a hospital at about 7.00 p.m. on Saturday after he was fatally wounded by unknown persons in Yelwa area of the state. However, the state’s Commissioner of …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested one Yakubu Isiaka for allegedly vandalising the floodlights at the UJ Esuene Stadium in Calabar. The NSCDC Commandant in Cross River, Mr. Charles Brown, disclosed this when he briefed journalists on the arrest of two persons for allegedly vandalising public infrastructures in the state. He said the second suspect, Goodnews …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a drug baroness and four other suspected traffickers in Lagos. The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, who confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the agency’s Special Investigation Unit (SIU). He added that the leader of one …

A dismissed soldier, LGpl John Gabriel with service number, N/A13/69/6522, attached to 241 Recce Battalion, Nguru, has been sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence followed his convicted by a Yobe State High Court sitting in Potismum for the offence of murder. The presiding Judge, Justice Usman Zanna Mohammed who gave the verdict also convicted LCpl Adamu Gideon after he …

Police operatives in Delta have arrested a suspected cultist in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Warri, said the operatives also arrested a member of a kidnapping syndicate. He said the arrest of the suspects followed the investigation into the murder of one Regina Ogana, …

The Benue State Police Command has paraded a 24-year-old man, Abara Elias for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old boy. Elias is one of 25 suspects paraded on Tuesday by the command in Makurdi, the state capital. The suspects were paraded for various offences which range from robbery and kidnapping to cultism and rape among others. The state Commissioner of Police, George …

Police operatives in Bauchi have arrested one Ibrahim Umar for alleged murder of two people in Taranka village, Gamawa local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday in Bauchi. He said the matter was reported to the police by one Adamu Mohammed of Taranka village …

Police operatives in Imo have arrested three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged extortion in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Henry Okoye, who confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday in Owerri, said the operatives also arrested two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and a 37-year-old …

In a bid to continue with the nationwide decongestion of prisons in the country, the Federal Government on Monday, paid fines and compensations put at N52 million to free about 399 inmates at various correctional centres Kaduna State. The Comptroller of Correctional Service in charge of Kaduna State, Dr Ado Saleh, who confirmed the development during the inauguration of the …

The Lagos State government on Sunday vowed to prosecute all the 11 staff of 10 POTS Night Club in the Lekki area of the state who assaulted state officials on duty. The state’s Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, stated this in a statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs in the ministry, Kunle Adeshina. The …