Crime

  Unknown gunmen have shot dead a Policeman in Satelite Town area of Lagos, the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed. The deceased, who was shot dead on Good Friday, until his death was attached to Mopol 23 the source said. Spokesperson for the Lagos Police Command, SP Dolapo Badmos, who confirmed the sad news to newsmen gave the deceased’s …

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* Gunmen in Port Harcourt, River State shooting sporadically to gain entrance into an INEC office, killed a police Sergeant and another civilian . * A pregnant woman and taking her two other children to school in Abeokuta was killed along with one of her children when a building collapsed on them. * Nigerian Christians joined their counterparts around the …

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The Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) at the weekend in Enugu has impounded illegal broadcast and transmission devices valued at about N3.5million. NCC’s Director of Enforcement, Mr. Augustine Amodu, told newsmen the seizure was made when the Anti-Transmission Piracy department of the commission raided spots for the devices at Obiagu Road, Achara Layout and Ogui area of Enugu. According to Amodu, …

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The Edo State Police Command has commenced a manhunt to apprehend a cultist suspected to have murdered a headmistress, Ms. Clara Uwaifo last Wednesday. Uwaifo, 65, was on her way from the hospital where she went to visit her daughter who was delivered of a baby. The sailant was said to have hid behind the gate and shot the victim …

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Fewer than 24 hours to the River State re-run election, Nigerian Army has reportedly lost three of its Soldiers In Abonnema, River State. A Major and three soldiers were today shot dead in Abonnema in Akuku-Toru local government area of the state. The crucial supplementary legislative elections scheduled to take place in the state Saturday have generated tension leading to …

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The Katsina Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly making love to a horse. Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Usman Abdullahi, disclosed this yesterday in Katsina while briefing newsmen. According to Abdullahi, the man was arrested in the night early in the week around Polo Ground in Katsina by a police patrol team. “Our policemen on patrol went to …

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A 41-year old Prophet Benjamin Bernard on the order of a Chief Magistrates’ Court in Benin, Edo State capital was yesterday ordered to be remanded in prison. Bernard was accused of raping his seven year old daughter, an offense which is against the law of the land and the Bible he claims to be preaching from. Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Taiye …

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The All Progressive Congress (APC) has raised the alarm over the killings of its members in River State. Barely 48 hours after a chieftain of the party, Franklin Obi was murdered along with his wife and son by yet to be apprehended assailant, another party member, Amachree was yesterday murdered and his body set ablaze by assailants at Buguma, Asari …

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  The Indian police have arrested a Nigerian for murder in a Mumbai suburb of Nallasopara. The Indian police said on Monday that the accused, Michael Chukwuma, 21, has been charged to court over the murder of his friend, Obinna Durumchukwu, 34. Friends had gathered at the deceased’s house Saturday night to mark Durumchukwu’s birthday and on Sunday, an argument …

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Sympathisers have continued to condole with members of family of the slain chieftain of the All Progressives Congress in Omoku, Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of River State, Franklin Obi. Obi was murdered at about 9pm Saturday by yet to be apprehended assailant along with his wife, Ijeoma and son, Bestman. Report revealed that Obi was beheaded by the assailants before killing other …

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