Gov. Umaru Bago of Niger has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to strengthen its manpower and deploy more technology-driven solutions to effectively tackle emerging security challenges. Bago made the call on Wednesday in Minna when the Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Police in charge of Training and Development and Coordinating DIG for the North-Central…
A Kogi High Court has sentenced a man, Jibrin Halilu, to death for kidnapping and killing his neighbour after collecting a N2.5 million ransom from the victim’s family. Justice Abdul Awulu delivered the judgment on Wednesday, convicting Halilu on charges of conspiracy and kidnapping. The offences contravened Sections 12, 6(1) and 4(3)(a) of the Kogi…
A victim of an alleged rape committed by a University of Abuja law student, on Wednesday broke down in an FCT High Court in Jabi while testifying. The police charged a 40-year-old Law student of the university, Monday Goodluck, with rape. The victim, (name withheld) is a 100-level Medicine and Surgery student of the university…
The Police command in Edo, has arrested a suspected member of a kidnapping syndicate and recovered the body of one of three women abducted them. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Eno Ikoedem, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Benin. She said the victims were abducted from their residence in Iyowa community, Ovia North-East Local…
The Police on Wednesday, arraigned 12 security guards before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, over alleged theft of armour cables valued N755, 000. The defendants were Adenekan Kolawole, 42, Olawale Oderinde, 32, Oladejo Kunle, 61, Akanbi Mutiu, 54, Adegbenro Jubril, 27, Nurudeen Olalekan, 26, Also arraigned were, Rufus Adetunji, 72, Sarafadeen Lasisi, 52, Sulaimon Lamidi,55,…
The Police on Monday arraigned an 83-year-old man, Idowu Olowo before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun, over an alleged land grabbing. The defendant whose address was not provided, is facing charges bordering on land grabbing, forcible entry, threat to life and stealing. The prosecutor, ASP Kehinde Ojugbele, told the court that the defendant committed…
The police on Monday arraigned a 16-year-old girl (name withheld) before a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court over an alleged threat to kill a 15-year-old girl for reportedly snatching her boyfriend. The defendant, whose address was not provided, is facing charges of threat to life and breach of public peace. She, however, pleaded not guilty to…
A Department of State Services,(DSS)’ witness, on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja how cell phone analysis of four defendants who allegedly carried out the terror attack on Owo church placed them at the crime scene. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the suspected terrorists were alleged to have perpetrated the…
A witness of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Tuesday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the suspected terrorists were funded, armed and mobilised to attack St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, Owo in Ondo State, on June 5, 2022. The witness, who was giving his testimony under protection, led a DSS investigation…
A joint operation involving Nigerian security agencies and local vigilantes successfully destroyed three major bandits’ camps on Sunday in Kogi. Information commissioner Kingsley Fanwo, in a statement in Lokoja, said the camps, which were located in Kogi West, were led by a notorious bandit leader, Kachalla Babangida. According to Mr Fanwo, the operation, supported…
