Jigawa Police Command said on Friday that it had apprehended one Sawudi Abdusamad, whom, along with others, allegedly kidnapped a Village Head and his brother. Spokesperson of the command, Supr. Abdu Jinjiri, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that Abdusamad was arrested after the police received a tip-off on their hideout. The spokesperson said […]
A heavy fire has torched a filling station, Shirash Petroleum Services Ltd, located in Idu-Koro, a suburb of Abuja, burning parts of the station to ashes. The cause of the inferno was not yet clear, but some eyewitnesses told LEADERSHIP that the fire incident was caused by a tanker that came to discharge fuel in…
Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his administration would engage the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in settling disputes between herdsmen…
Lagos State Ggovernment has prosecuted no fewer than 210 night marauders and hoodlums arrested by the operatives of the Lagos State Task Force at Oshodi.
Delta State Commissioner of Police, Zanna Ibrahim, yesterday visited Ogbe-Ijoh Aladja and Isiba communities to assess the security situation and douse tension in the area.
Gunmen Thursday morning abducted Secretary of Isheri North Estate, GRA, Lagos State, Dayo Adekoya. Recall that nine landlords of an estate close to the area were late last year abducted alongside their trainer. Also recently in the area, eight staff and students of the Nigeria Turkish International School were kidnapped and released. On the latest […]
Gunmen kidnap Estate Secretary in Lagos, kill security guards
Members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also called Shiites, yesterday protested in Kaduna against the continuous detention of their leader, Ibraheem El-Zakzaky and others.
Okada riders in the satellite towns of Abuja have lamented high spate of insecurity occasioned by recent killings of its members by criminals. They disclosed that the environment they operate is no longer safe due to activities of bike snatchers, adding that these bike snatchers use weapons such as hammer and others to maim their…
The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has intercepted an attempt by hoodlums to steal a Russian gas turbine worth N7.2 billion at Etelebou, Gbarain community in Yenagoa Local Council .
The Bayelsa State Police Command says it has intercepted an attempt by hoodlums to steal a Russian gas turbine worth N7.2 billion at Etelebou, Gbarain community in Yenagoa Local Council .
