Three security personnel, including two belonging to the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and a local policeman, were killed when unidentified militants opened fire on them in India-controlled Kashmir, local media reported on Monday. Read Also: JUST IN: DSS Issues Fresh Invitation To Mailafiya Two other CRPF personnel were also injured in the attack, a … Read more
The United Nations has “strongly and unequivocally” condemned reported cases of “serious human rights violations and abuses” in Cameroon. UN spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, stated the organisation’s position during his daily news briefing in New York on Friday. Read Also: 113 In Lagos As NCDC Confirms 329 Cases Across 20 States “On Cameroon, we have seen … Read more
The Police Command in Bauchi State on Thursday, said it had arrested two members of a Crack Cocaine Syndicate. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Lawan Jimeta, said this during a news conference in Bauchi. Read Also: NBC Slams Lai Mohammed For Amending Broadcasting Code Jimeta named the suspects as Chigozie Oje, 32, of … Read more
Sokoto State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, called for reinforcement of security in Illela Local Government Area of the state, following incessant attacks on villages by bandits and cattle rustlers. The assembly took the stand at plenary after adopting a motion moved by Alhaji Bello Ambarura (APC-Illela), seconded by Alhaji Mahmud Abdullahi (PDP- Kware), on … Read more
A General Court Martial sitting in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a soldier to 55 years imprisonment over culpable homicide, burglary and theft. Reports state that the soldier, simply identified as Lance Corporal Ibrahim Babangida, was alleged to have killed one Bello Aliyu and also robbed his car, at Anka Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara … Read more
The Department of State Services has arrested one Mohammed Momoh, for posing as an aide to the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, to defraud one Benson Agiobu of $50, 000. Momoh, a former worker at the Presidential Villa, requested the money to secure an appointment for Agiobu as the Special Adviser to … Read more
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Tuesday ordered that an 18-year-old teenager, Tobi Ogunrinde, who allegedly defiled his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter, be remanded in a correctional centre. Chief Magistrate P.E. Nwaka, who did not take the plea of Ogunrinde, ordered that he should be remanded in the Nigerian Correctional Service in Kirikiri, pending legal advice … Read more
The joint Military Task Force otherwise known as Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), saddled with the responsibility to restore peace in Plateau, some parts of Bauchi State and Southern Kaduna, has said it has nabbed about eight suspects involved in the recent killings in southern Kaduna The OPSH said it has also killed one of the … Read more
SaharaReporters learnt that the traditional ruler and his council had earlier passed a resolution that the 2020 Ogun Festival in the town won’t be celebrated elaborately because of COVID-19 and adherence to its protocols. Irate youth on Monday attacked the palace of Onire of Ire Ekiti in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State, Oba … Read more
One man has been charged and another remains under police guard in hospital after a stabbing at a sports ground in Sydney’s north west yesterday. A 19-year-old player and two spectators, aged 16 and 22, were stabbed in front of a crowd of hundreds after a fight broke out at the end of a rugby … Read more
Unknown assailants on Sunday stormed the residence of Mr Azubuike Ekwegbalu, the Senior Special Assistant to Gov. Willie Obiano on Security, leaving him dead after allegedly stabbing him with a kitchen knife. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the incident occurred early hours of Sunday at his residence at the Commissioners’ Quarters, Awka, a … Read more
The Ohimege Opanda of Umaisha in Nasarawa State, Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, has advised the federal and state governments to adopt new strategies to tackle banditry and other forms of insecurity in the country. Abdullahi, a first class traditional ruler, gave the advice on Sunday, while speaking with newsmen in his palace in Umaisha, Toto Local … Read more
A local coalition group under the aegis of Southern Kaduna Indigenous Peace Practitioners (SOKIPEP), has said rather than blaming the Military Task Force deployed to the general area to restore peace, locals should provide information that will lead to the arrest of hoodlums perpetrating the mayhem. Describing the efforts of the taskforce as “on point” … Read more
Police Command in Bayelsa State has revealed that the operatives of Operation Puff Adder have apprehended the leader of the cult group that attacked the Lion of Judah Deliverance Church, Azikoro, Yenagoa Local Government Area. Ekohotblog gathered that during the attack on the church on Wednesday on 5th of August, four people including a pregnant … Read more
An Ekiti State High Court on Thursday sentenced a 25-year-old man, Mohamodu Haruna, to death by hanging for matchetting to death a fellow herdsman. Delivering judgment in the murder case in Ado-Ekiti, Justice Adekunle Adeleye said “there are no surrounding circumstances that destroyed the cogency of the circumstantial evidence led against the accused. Read Also: … Read more
The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Mr John Abang, has summoned all the Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) and Tactical Commanders to an emergency meeting, following increase in cultism in the state. Abang gave the directive in a statement by SP Haruna Mohammed, the command’s spokesman and made available to newsmen in Awka on Wednesday. Read … Read more
Sri Lankan police are probing an incident in which a cat was allegedly used to smuggle drugs and contraband into a high-security prison, officials said on Monday. Prison officials found the cat on Saturday with a small parcel tied to its neck, entering the Welikada prison in Colombo, the capital. Read Also: Police On The … Read more
A traditional ruler in Awara, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo, was on Monday paraded by the police for alleged involvement in kidnapping. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the traditional ruler was paraded along side a pastor of the Winners Chapel in Njaba for alleged defilement of 11-year- old daughter of a … Read more
Seven suspects, including a soldier, have been arrested over the attack on a bullion van in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state capital. According to situation report of the police, the suspects were arrested by operatives of the inspector-general of police intelligence response team (IRT) of the inspector-general of police (IGP). Read Also: Gas Explosion In Lagos Kills … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force says its investigation shows that Boko Haram, Ansaru and other terror groups are getting support from some Nigerians. The Police in Rivers State said Sunday that the Command killed three kidnappers who hijacked a commercial bus along the Etche-Owerri Road of the state. Read Also: How Amotekun Will Tackle Crime In … Read more