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Police Record 407 Criminal Cases In Yobe In Six Months
Yobe Commissioner of Police Usman Kanfani-Jibrin blamed rising youth crime partly on parental neglect, saying many children are left on the streets and become vulnerable to criminal activities. Police officers inspect arrested suspects as recovered items are displayed during a briefing in Yobe State. Police authorities in Yobe State say they recorded 407 criminal cases…
Salman Rushdie Attacker Convicted on Terrorism Charges in US
The man who stabbed author Salman Rushdie during a 2022 event has been found guilty of additional terrorism-related charges by a US court, adding to the 25-year prison sentence he is already serving. Hadi Matar was sentenced to 25 years in prison in May last year [File: Lindsay DeDario/Reuters] A man already serving a prison…
Police Dismantle Illegal Firearms Syndicate, Nab Three Suspected Cultists In Akwa Ibom
The operation was the result of a coordinated, intelligence-driven effort targeting violent crime and the spread of illegal weapons across the state. Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested three suspected cultists linked to the illegal possession and fabrication of firearms, while uncovering a clandestine gun-manufacturing network operating within the state. The…
IGP Orders Personnel To Deploy Force Against People Bearing Illegal Arms
The IGP also tasked youths in Benue State to work with the police on intelligence gathering against all forms for criminality. Inspector General Of Police, Tunji Disu The Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has directed personnel across the country to deal decisively with those bearing illegal firearms. He urged them to apply Force Order…
Troops arrest suspected terrorist informants, logistics suppliers in Borno
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested suspected terrorist informants and logistics suppliers, received the surrender of a suspected member of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and destroyed an improvised explosive device (IED) during separate operations across Borno State. According to an operational report released yesterday, troops of the 195 Battalion, in collaboration with members…
Navy arrests drug trafficker in Anambra, hands suspect over to NDLEA
Nigerian Navy Logo. Photo: Navy The Nigerian Navy, through the Naval Outpost Onitsha, has handed over a 44-year-old suspected drug trafficker to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Onitsha Area Command, following his arrest during a security operation in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Anambra State. The suspect, identified as Chukwu Obas, was formally transferred…
Indigenous youth say bandits killed over 250 in Plateau, displaced 46,983 voters
The Chairman of the Northern Zone Coalition of Indigenous Youth Nationalities, Dalyop Mwantiri, has disclosed that no fewer than 50 innocent people were cruelly murdered by armed bandits in Plateau State communities in the last three weeks alone. Mwantiri named the affected communities to include Mushere, Barkin Ladi, Riyom and Bassa, stating that before the deployment of…
North-East Conflict Needs Robust, Sustained Intelligence Sharing, Says Theatre Commander
The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force (North East) Operation (OPHK), Major General Abdulsalam Abubakar assured that Operation HADIN KAI would continue to integrate both kinetic and non-kinetic lines of operation in the execution of its mandate to restore enduring peace, security and stability across the North-East. The Theatre Commander (right) urged retired members of the…
Police arrest 10 suspected cultists over deadly Bayelsa attack
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested 10 suspected cultists over a deadly attack in the Obele area of Ovom, Yenagoa, which claimed the life of a metal scavenger, popularly known as an “Iron Condemned” operator, and left three others injured. The Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Command, Iyamah Daniel, disclosed this on Tuesday while…
Blogger Arraigned Over Alleged False Reports On Soludo’s Family
Justice Obiora ordered that the defendant be remanded at the Anambra State Correctional Centre in Amawbia pending the hearing of the case. The Anambra State Police Command has arraigned the owner and publisher of Igbo Times Magazine and iNews, Ejike Ofoegbu, over allegations of publishing false and defamatory reports against the family of Governor Chukwuma…
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