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A 32-year-old man, Fobi Kingsley Mbaku, has been arrested for allegedly conveying firearms and bullets in bags from Nigeria to Cameroon. He was paraded by the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, Aminu Alhassan, alongside 29 other suspects at the command…
About 25 persons are reported to have been burnt in the Rumuekpe community in the Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State following a fire outbreak from an illegal local refinery popularly known as Kpofire. The incident took place on Thursday, according…
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu said the final report of the Judicial Panel of Enquiry and Restitution, formed after the EndSARS protest in 2020, is being awaited. On Thursday, he assured that the state government would make full disclosure of the report…
Unknown Gunmen Kill Police Inspector in Anambra State Weeks to Guber Poll According to the report, the Unknown gunmen ambushed a police patrol in the commercial town of Onitsha and opened fire. Police spokesman Ikenga Tochukwu said in a statement: “The attackers…
Tragedy struck in Kajola area of Oda road, Akure, the Ondo State capital following the death of a commercial motorcyclist who was hit by a truck. The truck driver rammed into the commercial motorcycle, popularly known as Okada while trying to avoid…
OBONGIWAAD HON. ETIENNE BOB FULFILLS HIS PROMISES TO AFIGH IWAAD EKID/COMMUNITY WOMEN BY DONATING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO THE BEST FOUR (4) GRADUATING TRAINEES AS PART OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. The Women Skill Acquisition Training, Organized by AFIGH IWAAD EKID and facilitated by ADIAHAOBONG…
A 2-year-old pupil of Global Growth Academy, Amokpo, Umuanunwa, Nteje, Anambra State, has been feasted upon by 11 dogs belonging to the owner of the school. The school proprietor, Chief Chinedu Oka, it was gathered is based in the United Kingdom….
Two suspected kidnappers have been arrested by operatives of Divisional Police Station, Sagbama, and community youths and vigilante of Adagbabiri community of Sagbama Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The suspects identified as Odulima Igbogiri of Okogbie community and Moses Joshua…
Close to two months after the Indigenous People of Biafra announced that it has suspended the weekly sit-at-home exercise for every Monday, the entire South East zone has continued to observe the exercise, leading to what the group describes as ghost Monday…
Two siblings, Segun Adeoye and Azeez Adeoye, have been arrested over alleged murder in Ondo State. The brothers were accused of killing one Seun Akinsiku at Oke Agunla axis of Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state….
Eleven suspected internet fraudsters were on Thursday arrested by the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. The suspects were identified as Chidindu Michael, Timothy Emmanuel, Nweke Joseph Jeff, Francis David, Pedro Enuaghanam Nnaemeka, Promise Amesi,…
The Isiokolo Divisional patrol team, in conjunction with vigilante on a routine stop-and-search duty, have arrested one Oghenenyerhovwo Solomon with one cut-to-size locally-made double-barrel gun in Okpara-Okurekpo road in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State. The police also impounded a motorcycle…
A suspected armed robber, simply identified as Andrew, has been reported dead after sustaining serious injuries during an exchange of gunfire with the Rapid Response Team from the “A” Division in Warri on visibility patrol in Delta State. The suspect died…
Operatives of the Octopus Strike Force of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested one Nnali Osita suspected to be a member of a notorious car snatching syndicate that specializes in robbing drivers of a cab-hailing service, Bolt. The command, in a…
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has convicted and sentenced two women, Onyema Bright and Edna Worleru to life imprisonment for the death of one Isreal Georgewill. Edna Worleru, a prophetess with a church in Rumuche community in Emohua…
A lawyer based in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, Darlington Odume, has been shot dead by some yet-to-be-identified gunmen. Our correspondent gathered on Thursday that Odume was shot dead by the hoodlums on Wednesday evening. The lawyer popularly known…
The Police in Orerokpe, Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State has arrested a suspected internet fraudster identified as Emma who had attempted to strangulate his mother for money ritual purposes. The incident occurred at Caroline street in Okuokoko Community, NDREPORTERS…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has apprehended one Akan Jimmy Umoh and his wife, Rita Jimmy Umoh of Ekpat Iduot, Abak Local Government Area of the state for allegedly poisoning their stepson, Saviour Jimmy Umoh to death. The couple…
Policemen from the Abraka Divisional Headquarters in Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested twenty-four years old Joseph Tejiri with a locally made cut to size single barrel gun, loaded with one (1) live cartridge. The suspect was arrested by…
A priest of the Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), Rev Emeka Merenu has been killed by unknown gunmen in his parsonage at Iheteukwa , Orsu Local Government Area of Imo State. A reliable source in the Anglican Church told our correspondent on…
Eight days after the abduction of former Senator, Nelson Effiong was abducted by suspected gunmen, his family is yet to be contacted. Recall that the former senator who represented Akwa Ibom South Senatorial District at the National Assembly, was on September 7,…
The son of a landlord in Akure, Ondo State has allegedly killed a tenant living in his father’s house. The suspect, Samuel Omojola was said to have committed the crime during a fight involving his father and the deceased. The incident…
A female child of about 8 years old has been found by the Imo State Police Command at Timber Market, Naze, Owerri North LGA. This was contained in a statement made available to Journalists in Owerri, Imo State on Monday by…
The Edo State Police Command on Saturday, said that it has rescued five victims of abduction and arrested two suspects in connection with an attack in the state on Friday. This was contained in a statement by the state’s Police Public Relations…
Forty-eight hours after rescuing nine out of the 12 passengers who were kidnapped in Ondo State, the State Security Network Agency, known as Amotekun Corps has rescued the remaining three victims. The victims were rescued following an intense rescue operation embarked upon…
A viral video has shown a police officer engaging a young lady in an altercation and physical assault while on duty at a checkpoint in Obeagu Awkunanaw, along Agbani Road, in the State. NDREPORTERS reports that the officer yet to be identified…
Akwa Ibom State Elderly Citizens Assembly (AKECA) has called for an end to the exorbitant cost of Marriage List and funeral rites in the state. The group made the call Thursday, 9 September 2021 at the Chambers of the State Council of…
Gunmen on Friday allegedly killed the former traditional ruler of Aguleri, in Anambra State, Alex Edozieuno, and his driver, identified as Chukwuemeka. Both men were said to have been allegedly ambushed and killed at Otuocha in the Anambra East Local Government…
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have struck in Ondo State following an attack on an 18-passenger bus. The entire passengers of the Lagos bound bus which was on transit through the state were abducted by the kidnappers. The travellers were said to…
Two Nigerian nationals, Norbert Ozemena Ikwuegbundo, 28 and Omniyi Jonathan Omotere, 35, both living in Las Vegas, Nevada risk — 97 and 49 years in prison, respectively — over alleged $3.3 million house rent scam. According to the court indictment, the…
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a 47-year-old woman, Evangelist Ugochi Orisakwe and four others, for allegedly using a church premises as a baby factory. The suspect was arrested by the operatives of the command, alongside her gang members namely, Chidi…
OPERATION HADIN KAI: TROOPS ARREST HIGH PROFILE BOKO HARAM TERRORIST, RAID IED MATERIALS HUB IN THE NORTH EAST Troops of Sector 2 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK) have arrested a high profile Boko Haram member and raided Boko…
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Anambra, has confirmed that two persons died in a lone accident at Ekulo River in Oraifite, on Owerri-Onitsha Expressway. The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Adeoye Irelewuyi, confirmed the accident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)…
A 65-year-old man, Gilbert Nnagi, has been allegedly raped to coma by two men in Ondo Town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government of Ondo State. With one of the suspects on the run and the other detained at Yaba Police…
The family of Kubiat Isaac Akpan, a fresh graduate of University of Uyo, who died in police detention in Akwa Ibom, has demanded the prosecution of all the officers involved in his death. The 28 years old Kubiat, a graduate of…
Pensioners in Rivers State on Wednesday staged a protest in Port Harcourt to demand the payment of their gratuities. The pensioners who are mainly retirees from 2015 till date commenced their protest from the Rivers State secretariat complex and intended to…
Gunmen have attacked and killed three Policemen at a checkpoint in Obeti Community in Ukwuani Local Government Area of Delta State. The gunmen also set ablaze the patrol van of the Policemen who are from Umutu Police Station. It is not…
A suspected armed robber has been confirmed dead after he sustained serious gunshot injuries during an exchange of gunfire with a Police Patrol team and Vigilante from the Aladja Divisional Headquarters in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. This is coming…
The Police anti-Kidnapping and Cybercrime Squad have arrested six suspects over their alleged connection in the murder of one Prince Eric Takerere and two mobile policemen. They also allegedly carted away of their rifles as well as attempted to murder one Prince…
Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has prayed an Abia State High Court to order the Nigerian government to release him. Kanu, through his Special Counsel, Aloy Ejimakor, also prayed the court to order the Nigerian Government to…
The Rivers State Judiciary has continued its effort in decongesting the Port Harcourt division of the Nigerian Correctional Centre. This is as an additional 42 inmates were freed on Tuesday by the Chief Magistrates who were deployed to the Port Harcourt Maximum…
Unknown gunmen have killed a police sergeant and an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) during an attack on the team of “Operation Doo Akpor” in Bayelsa State. ND REPORTERS learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday at…
A 25-year-old farmer has been sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Magistrate Court sitting in Ondo town, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of Ondo State for selling adulterated palm oil. The convict, Hassan Kazeem was said to have…
Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two notorious cult gang leaders allegedly terrorizing Ibaa community in Emohua Local Government Area of the state. The command said the officers while acting on credible information, arrested one Goodluck Ezekwu A.K.A ‘Big…
The Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, has given reasons why people in the South-East still adhere to the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) despite its suspension. According to Umahi, “it is a question of fear”. He stated…
Maxwell Opara who is one of the lawyers to the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, has slammed a N50 million suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, and the agency over the…
The Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has urged the National Assembly to stop the enactment of the anti open-grazing laws by the Southern governors. Saleh Alhassan, the National Secretary of the Fulani socio-cultural organisation, said the National Assembly should stop the governors from…
Simon Ekpa, self-acclaimed disciple of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, the embattled leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has finally reacted to his suspension by the secessionist group from announcing on Radio Biafra. Recall that following the rearrest and detention of Kanu…
Drug Crime: National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrests 22-year-old corps member for allegedly importing drugs A 22-year-old National Youths Service Corps member, Arnold Maniru, has been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for allegedly importing four kilograms of…
The family of late Kubiat Isaac, a fresh graduate of the University of Uyo who died in police detention in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital has vowed to petition the Force headquarters, as well as the Police Service Commission. ND REPORTERS reports…
Youths in Rivers State have threatened to stage a protest against continued harassment by security agents. A leader, Rivers State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, Chijioke Ihunwo who condemned the action of some police officers in the State, called…