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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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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,…
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Cross River State, Mr Dominic Aqua Edem has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. NDREPORTERS gathered that the abduction of Mr Edem on Thursday evening at his farm was the second time Mr Edem,…
The National Drug Law and Enforcement Agency, NDLEA has arrested one Okojie James, from the Oredo local government area of Edo State. He was arrested while boarding a Turkish airline flight en route Abuja-Istanbul-Cyprus with 1. 549kg of Cannabis Sativa; 223.80grams of…
Two persons have been remanded in Ondo State over the alleged murder of a middle-aged man on a farm in the Oke-Igbo axis of the state. The suspects, Olaiya Tunde, 21 and Akinnuoye Festus, 24, were remanded at a Correctional Centre by…
Two brothers, Sunday Isaac and Lucky Isaac as well as their friend, Ovie Nana have been sentenced to death in Ondo State for armed robbery. The convicts, who are to die by hanging, were sentenced by Justice Yemi Fasanmi of an Ondo…
A magistrate court in Port Harcourt has remanded a middle-aged man, Alfred Chikere in prison for allegedly eloping with a 12-year-old girl. The Court also ordered the detention of the minor in a remand home for agreeing to have consented to sexual…
The Governorship Candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Cross River, Barr Eyo Ekpo has condemned the continued labelling of Fulani people as herdsmen, bandits or referring to them by other derogatory names. Speaking with NDREPORTERS via phone Ekpo lamented such…
A former Minority Leader of the Ondo House of Assembly, Akpoebi Lubi, has died in an auto crash. The accident reportedly occurred in the Owena area, Ifedore Local Government Area of the state. Until his demise, Lubi was the Special Adviser to…
On February 24, 2021, ‘hoodlums’ attacked a patrol team of the Nigeria Police in Ekwulobia, Anambra State. In the process, a police officer was killed and their patrol vehicle burnt. Since the February incidence, what has become a trend continued almost unabated,…
A female Divisional Police Officer in charge of Umutu Division, CSP Patience Ugbe and a combined team of vigilante with some youths have rescued a member of the Umutu community vigilante, Monday Mila who was allegedly abducted by suspected herdsmen along his…
Gunmen, Sunday morning, attacked a police outpost in Mgbakwu community, Awka North Local Government Area, a short distance from the capital city of Awka, Anambra State. Sources said the men who invaded the police outpost very early in the morning attempted to…
Policemen from Otu-Jeremi Divisional headquarters in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State have arrested eighteen suspected cultists in the area. The Police also recovered from the suspects one cut-to-size locally made gun, one expanded and one live cartridge, an axe,…
The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu, on Friday, paraded 39 criminal suspects who were said to have been involved in different criminal activities. Among them is a middle-aged man, Nasir Adda who was arrested for killing his neighbour’s child…
The Police in Anambra State have confirmed the killing of one of its men by unknown gunmen in the state, Thursday evening. The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, confirmed this to NDREPORTERS in a press release. He said the attackers…
Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed unspecified number of Policemen and soldiers in different locations in Anambra State. The incident happened on Thursday afternoon, sources told NDREPORTERS. While the policemen were killed in Neni, Anaocha Local Government Area in a checkpoint, the soldiers…
An 80-year-old retired lecturer, Prof. Muritala Haroon, on Thursday, told a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, that his wife, Afsat, still denies him sex. At the resumed hearing in the suit, Haroon said, “my wife did not abide by the advice given…
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court has expressed worries over the delay in the trial of Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans. The judge became worried and expressed concerns following the absence of prosecution witnesses in the two cases…
The Police command in Imo State has arrested three persons, who allegedly kidnapped the Auxiliary Bishop of Owerri Archdiocese, Bishop Moses Chikwe. Spokesperson of the Police, Imo Command, Mr. Orlando Ikeokwu, disclosed this while parading the suspects on Wednesday. He said that…
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced a 50-year-old, electrical engineer to 5 years in jail for the serial rape of his 17 years old sister-in-law. The accused whose name was given as Preye Ojoko, a father of five,…
The Police in Anambra State has rescued four pregnant girls from a brothel, where they are waiting for the delivery of their babies. Men of the Anambra State Police Command also arrested two men, said to be hired by the owner of…