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One Nnenna Egwuagu, 29, has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command, for allegedly administering a harmful substance on her 3-year-old stepson, Wisdom Egwuagu. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the incident happened on April 9 at…
As the police battle to rescue a doctor and a nurse kidnapped along Abeokuta-Imeko road on Wednesday night, gunmen have again invaded Obada community in Abeokuta and abducted a 13-year-old boy. DAILY POST learn that the kidnappers, dressed in military camouflage, stormed…
The Police Commissioner in Imo, Nassiru Mohammed, says tactical units have commenced a search operation for Rev. Marcel Onyeocha. The priest at Mother Theresa of Golgotha Catholic Church, World Bank in Owerri was kidnapped around Ihube in Okigwe Local Government Area. A…
A tanker loaded with 33, 000 litres of petrol was on Friday involved in a head-on collision with a 33 tyres Mack truck loaded with goods along the Harbour Road in Calabar, Cross Rivers State. NDREPORTERS gathered from a witness named Michael…
The family of five who were kidnapped in Ondo State during the Easter celebration have been released by their abductors. Olisa Ibrahim who was kidnapped alongside his wife and three children were said to have been freed after unspecified ransom and food…
The Akwa Ibom State police command said it has apprehended one David Ubong- an escapee of the recent prison break in Owerri Imo State. In a Statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon on Friday, the suspect was…
Three suspected vandals were last week apprehended in Akwa-Ukwu, Nnewi, Anambra State by members of vigilante group while attempting to vandalize a 300KVA distribution substation, property of Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC) located at Akwa-Ukwu, Nnewi District. The trio identified as Uchenna…
Detectives from the Police Station in Ughelli, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested a 30-year-old pregnant woman and mother of eight, Blessing Emmanuel for stabbing her 43-year-old husband, Jonathan Otomi Omamode to death. The Police confirmed that they…
Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee Chairman in Khana Local Government, Hyacinth Nwiye, is still in captivity. The state chapter of the party, in a statement, confirmed that the kidnappers were yet to release Nwiye who was snatched on Sunday. The…
The Rivers State Police Command has exhumed the decomposing body of the Community Development Chairman of Kereken-Boue community in Khana Local government of the State. The CDC Chairman, Prince Deeka was said to have been buried alive by certain criminals for some…
Dennis Amachree, a former Assistant Director of the Department of State Services, DSS, has revealed that the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, was aware that the state’s prison and the police headquarters was about to be attacked. Amachree also said that the…
Asere community in Ese-Odo Local Government Area of Ondo State has been thrown into turmoil following an attack on the riverine village by gunmen. The assailants who also appeared to be arsonists had in their numbers attacked the community and set ablaze…
Unknown gunmen at the early hours of Thursday attacked the Mbieri Police Division in Imo State. The command’s spokesman, SP Orlando Ikeokwu confirmed the attack to newsmen in Owerri on Thursday, NAN reports. He said officers of the Division repelled the bandits…
Police in Anambra State have arrested two persons in connection with Wednesday’s cult clash in Awka, Anambra State, which claimed two lives. The suspects are 30-year-old Victor Ikechukwu and 35-year-old Ifeanyi Uyanne. There was a shooting incident in Okpuno area of Awka…
Two kidnappers have bagged life imprisonment in Ondo State for abducting a polytechnic lecturer. The kidnappers, Shehu Usman Seidu and Aliyu Suleiman Umar, were sentenced by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the State capital, for kidnapping, armed robbery, as…
Two persons were on Wednesday gunned down by rival cult groups, during a clash that happened in the Okpuno area of Awka, the Anambra State capital. An eyewitness said the two deceased boys were shot with a locally made pistol, by persons…
About 46 inmates who escaped from the Imo State Correctional Centre on Monday, have voluntarily returned to the facility. NDREPORTERS recalls that unknown gunmen on Monday attacked the correctional centre in Owerri the state capital, set the facility ablaze and freed over…
Police in Cross River State has arrested a man, Obina Benson with a bag that contained assorted sex toys, handcuff, substances suspected to be Indian hemp and other unidentified items. Parading the suspects, the Commissioner of Police, CP Sikiru Akande regretted the…
Biafra Nations League, BNL, has asked the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-General Ibrahim Attahiru to cease operations in Essien Udim, Akwa Ibom State following the alleged killing of soldiers and policemen by hoodlums. NDREPORTERS reported that tension rose in Akpabio own Local…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has hit Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, accusing him of engaging in actions that would truncate the quest for a Nigerian president of Igbo extraction. OYC’s claims are hinged on the worsening security situation in Imo…
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the kidnap of a former Board member of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC). The suspects, Godwin Emmanuel, 22 and Bassey Asuquo, 26 were arrested on April 2nd at…
Residents of Essien Udim Local government area of Akwa Ibom State have vacated their communities following the military bombardment in the council to tackle the attacks on security personnel in the area by hoodlums suspected to be members of Eastern Security Network….
Police in Cross River State has paraded 34 suspected criminals and recovered 3 locally made pistols, charms, four red marks and five pointer stick spears. Other items recovered included three hundred and sixty-eight thousand Naira, Passat wagon car and one hand set….
A member of the House of Representatives, Suleiman Aliu of Lere Federal Constituency, Kaduna State is dead. Aliu who represented Lere Constituency under the All Progressives Congress (APC) passed on at the Barau Dikko Teaching Hospital, Kaduna on Monday. According to reports,…
A family of five who were returning to their base in Abuja have been abducted by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers in Ondo State. The victims who were on their way to Abuja after the Easter celebration in their hometown of Ajowa-Akoko…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says the attackers of the Owerri Custodial Centre forcefully released a total of 1,844 inmates on Monday. “Six 6 inmates have so far voluntarily returned to the facility while 35 inmates refused to escape”, Francis Enobore, NCoS…
Five persons were on Saturday night kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen close to Aguleri community, Anambra East Local Government Area of Anambra State. The victims are said to hail from Aguleri, where the state governor, Willie Obiano also comes…
The Police Command in Ebonyi State has refuted reports that some suspects arrested in connection with the Effium/Ezza-Effium intra communal crisis have escaped from its custody. The state Police spokesman, Liveth Odeh described the reports as mischievous, NAN reports. In a statement…
Policemen from Ozoro Divisional Headquarters have arrested four suspected kidnappers for the alleged abduction of one William Aduwoma. The suspects were arrested in Aradhe and Iyeriri quarters in Ozoro community, NDREPORTERS reports. The suspects which include, Nwachukwu(24 years), Oletu Augustine(35 years), Obi…
The bodies of a vigilante and police officer who chased after robbers involved in robbing at UBA in Issle-Uku have been discovered in a nearby bush. Sunday Mordi was chairman of the Anioma Security Watch, Aniocha North local government area chapter. The…
A middle-aged man has killed an Okada rider in Ondo State following a plan to snatch a motorcycle from his victim. The 32-year-old culprit, Sunday Ayenutaju committed the crime at Omin-nla within Ore axis in Odigbo Local Government Area of the State….
Few weeks ago, Mr Larry Ettah officially unveiled the ‘Mma Ekpenyong Medical Outreach’ Center in Mbiaya, Uruan LGA of Akwa Ibom State in honour of his grandmother. Mr Larry, who in his speach highlighted the pivotal role his grandmother played in making…
Gunmen have reportedly attacked a commercial Bank and the Iseele-Uku Police Station, in Issele-Uku Community, Delta State. The gunmen also killed a police Inspector, a member of the Anioma Security Watch vigilante and a civilian during the robbery operations. The hoodlums during…
The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has expressed bitterness over the gruesome murder of over 16 villagers in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State by Fulani herdsmen. It has, therefore, slammed a 14-day ultimatum on the security agencies to bring the…
The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Andrew Amiengheme has expressed displeasure over the incessant attack on security officers in the state which led to the killing of one CSP Ben Ajide-Commander of the State Quick Intervention Unit and two…
Eleven suspected armed robbers, fraudsters, cultists and rapists have been paraded by the Imo State police on Tuesday at the command’s headquarters, Owerri. The state Commissioner of Police, Nasiru Mohammed who spoke through the Public Relations Officer, Orlando Ikeokwu said that residents…
Seven persons have been reportedly killed while a female was allegedly gang raped in a renewed communal clash between the Ikpanya community of Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State and the Ugbo community in Arochukwu Local Government Area of…
NDREPORTERS gathered that the abductors got in touch with the family on Sunday and commenced negotiation for his release. As of the time of filing this report, negotiation was still on but the family members pleaded that much should not be made…
The Police in Ondo have commenced a probe into the death of dozens of cows in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area. The incident occurred on Monday night at Ibaka, the area where Adekunle Ajasin University is located. There are speculations…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a 24 years old female, Queen Jonathan, for alleged involvement in a Bitcoin scam in Oghara, Delta State. The spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren made this known in a statement…
No fewer than 30 cows have mysteriously died in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government Area of Ondo State. Though the cause of the death of the cows is still unknown, residents of the community have become apprehensive following the discovery of…
Unknown gunmen in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have launched an attack on a military vehicle. Report has it that soldiers were injured in the process as they run for their life while the Hoodlums set the vehicle…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Akure, Ondo State. EFCC in a tweet on Monday identified the suspects as Adekolurejo James, Gabriel Seyifunmi, Adekunle Joshua, Adeboyega Idowu, Olorunnayo Adewale, Akande Akinyemi,…
Tension has continued to rise in Akpabio own Local Government, Essien Udim, Akwa Ibom State as some hoodlums attacked police operational vehicles and the military who were on patrol of the area. NDREPORTERS gathered that the gunmen numbering about 50 who were…
Police detectives from Kwale Division have arrested the suspected killer of the president of anti-cult in Delta State, Odili Opochi. It would be recalled that the deceased, Austin Emu was murdered on 5/12/2020 by unknown persons. The Police have been on the…
Arochukwu kingdom in Abia State has lost its revered king, Mazi Ogbonnaya Okoro. Eze Ogbonnaya Okoro, who ascended the throne in 1995, died 25 years after at the age of 89. He was an academic and renowned nationalist, who led the Aros…
The kidnappers of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Chairman in Cross River State, Comrade Ben Ukpepi have reportedly contacted the family demanding N150m ransom. A source, who preferred anonymity, said that the kidnappers contacted the family on Wednesday making their position known….
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Sunday confirmed the death of a speeding driver and a female pedestrian at Obiuno Road in Igbo Ukwu community, Anambra State. Mr Andrew Kumapayi, Anambra’s FRSC Sector Commander told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
Officials of the 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army attached to Operation Akpakwu have arrested 24-year-old Kingsley Offiong for alleged kidnap of an 18-year-old James Ade. Parading the suspect at the headquarters of 13 Brigade Nigerian Army, on Saturday in Calabar, the…
Priscilla Christopher The Village of Ikot Ntuk in Oruk Anam Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been described as the darkest spot of the State by passers-by and indigenes whose living condition, wellbeing and security has remained perpetually deplorable for…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Benin Zonal Office, on Friday, arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Oghara, Delta State. The commission identified the suspects as Ifeakachukwu Prince, Vincent Ikechukwu, Oki Morrison Onome, Lucky Morrisson Efe, Ejiro Nwaju, Onyije Ifeanyi,…