Crime

The Osun State Government has alerted the public on the unfortunate kidnap of three of its officials Friday April 22, 2016 in Kogi State. According to a statement signed by Head of Service of the state, Mr. Sunday Olayinka Owoeye, the kidnapped officials are the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Finance, Mrs. Adebimpe Ogunlumade; Director, State Audit, Mr. Tajudeen Badejoko, and …

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Few months after the former Secretary to the Federal Government (SGF), Chief Oluyemisi Falae, was abducted and later released by Fulani herdsmen in his Ondo State farm, no fewer than 10 Fulani herdsmen have again invaded his Ilado farm, near Akure, the Info State capital. This time, the invaders killed one of the men of the  Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), …

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Abia State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has paraded seven persons arrested in March for being in possession of suspected psycho-tropical substances. According to the state commander of the agency, Mr. Bamidele Akingbade, the suspects were caught at various locations in the state with substances weighing 14.23 kilograms. The suspects, Uzochukwu Nnanna,35, Kingsley Ugwubueze,31, Agbaeze Kalu,40, …

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The peace that had existed in the ancient town of Ilorin, Kwara State, was at the weekend shattered when four persons were killed in the Kwara State capital. Fight reportedly broke out between members of two rival cult groups over supremacy claim. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sunday last week, suspected members of cult groups struck at Ikokoro/Sakamo …

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The peace that had existed in the ancient town of Ilorin, Kwara State, was at the weekend shattered when four persons were killed in the Kwara State capital. Fight reportedly broke out between members of two rival cult groups over supremacy claim. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sunday last week, suspected members of cult groups struck at Ikokoro/Sakamo …

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Catholic priest in charge of St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ukana, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State, Rev. Fr. Aniako Celestine has been abducted by suspected Fulani herdsmen, Saturday evening. The development may have been generating tension in the area as the priest is yet to be released. The priest was said to have been on his way back from …

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The police in Ogun State have uncovered a ritualists’ den in Iyana-Ilogbo axis of Sango-Ota area of the state. The discovery came after a tip off from a member of the community. Meanwhile, two suspected persons have also been arrested in connection with the development early Saturday. According to Lagos- based radio station, Rhythms 93.7FM, the den was discovered within …

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Col. Samaila Inusa, before his kidnap was a senior Army officer serving at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry Jaji, Kaduna State. A statement by the Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, said “the Nigerian Army wishes to regrettably inform the public that Colonel Samaila Inusa who was kidnapped on Sunday 27th March 2016, was found dead …

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A school proprietor in Ekiti State is to spend his next ten years behind bars,  an Ado-Ekiti High Court has ruled on Tuesday. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) the head of God is Great Nursery and Primary school, Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital was found guilty of the offence contrary to the Child Right Act and the …

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The Nigeria Army has confirmed the abduction of its serving senior officer, Col. Samaila Inusa, in Kaduna. The information released on Sunday was contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Kaduna. The statement, signed by Col Usman Abdul, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 1 Division, said that Inusa was a serving …

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