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EFCC Vows to Probe Fake $6m Intercepted By Customs
The Lagos Zonal Commander of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, ACE 11 Michael Wetkas, has assured the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, ...
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Kaduna govt confirms kidnap of 10 students
The Kaduna State Government has confirmed the kidnap of ten students of Government Secondary School, Awon on Monday. The State Commissioner for Internal ...
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Nigeria’s standard agency destroys fake Unifoam in Kwara
Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) has confiscated a total number of 18 fake UNIFOAM mattresses in Tsaragi, Edu Local Government Area of Kwara ...
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Burglars jailed seven years for robbing wife of former president Jonathan
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has convicted and sentenced one Praise Gelson and Usman Garba to seven years imprisonment ...
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Scores Injured As Hoodlums, Policemen Clash In Kwara Market
Scores of people were on Saturday injured as law enforcement agents and suspected shop breakers clashed at Mandate market, Adewole area, Ilorin,Kwara State. ...
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Court sends Auditor General to jail over N19.9m fraud
The Auditor General for Local Government, Yobe state, Alhaji Idris Yahaya, has been sentenced to five years in prison for criminal misappropriation to ...
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Varsity don found dead with multiple stab wounds in C/River
The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the recovery of the body of a Professor of Political Science with the University of ...
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Robbers storm community with PoS machine
Armed robbery suspects on Saturday invaded the Eleshin area, Olomo community in Apete, Ido Local Government Area of Oyo State and operated freely. ...
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Police parade 36-year old Medical Doctor over alleged murder of four persons in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded a 36-year-old Medical doctor, Dr Adio Abbas Adeyemi, in connection with the killings of four persons ...
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Kwara: Police arrests suspected cultist recovers guns
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected cultist and as well recovered two locally made pistols cartridge in Ilorin, the Kwara ...
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Wives of abducted Tipper drivers turn street beggars to pay N20m ransom in Kwara
Kwara state Police Command has confirmed the kidnapping of four Tipper Lorry drivers from a farm on the outskirt of Ilorin, Kwara state ...
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Gunmen abducts catholic priest in Ekiti
A Catholic priest, Rev. Father Michael Olofinlade of st. George Catholic Church,Omu -Ekiti, in Oye Local Government Area of Ekiti State has been ...
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Gunmen kidnap Divisional Police Officer
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Pankshin Division, Pankshin Local Government Area of Plateau State, has been kidnapped by gunmen. A policeman ...
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Gunmen abduct Edo Customary Court president, ex-lawmaker
The President of Igueben Area Customary Court, Mrs Precious Aigbonoga, was on Monday abducted by gunmen, around Ugoneki axis, on her way to ...
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Again scores of passengers abducted as gunmen attack train station
Gunmen have reportedly abducted an unspecified number of passengers from a train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State. The State’s ...
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Suspect in murder of ex-CBN staff escapes from police custody, DPO removed
Lekan Adekanbi, the only suspect arrested in connection with the killing of a staff of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Kehinde Fatinoye, ...
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Doctor on duty shot dead in Delta
A medical doctor has been murdered in a private clinic in Delta State. The victim identified as Dr Uyi Iluobe was reportedly shot ...
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Gunmen attack former Imo Governor convoy, kill four policemen
Fleeing gunmen on Monday attacked a convoy of a former governor of Imo State, Ikedi Ohakim, and killed four of his police orderlies ...
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Man, 31, kills 49-year-old Facebook lover
Nigeria Police have arrested a 31-year-old man identified as Edeh Tochukwu, for allegedly killing his lover, Ijeoma Phyllis, 49, and theft of the ...
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Police nab kidnappers of Ex-UI DVC, Ogbomoso hotelier, LAUTECH student
It was harvest of arrests by the Oyo State command of the Nigeria Police Force, as no fewer than 19 suspected kidnappers were ...
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Kwara Police parade suspected kidnappers, who confess to killing of NSCDC officers
Nigerian Police Force, Kwara State Command on Wednesday paraded five members of two different gangs of kidnappers terrorizing, Kwara, Kogi and Ekiti States. ...
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Police kill 2 notorious terrorists on wanted list
The Katsina State Police Command has killed two notorious terrorists on its wanted list, Abu Na-Iraqi and Abu Na-Masari. The wanted terrorists met ...
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Kwara Police parade suspected inter-state car thieves, burglars with stolen items
Nigeria Police Force, Kwara State Command on Friday paraded suspected inter-states car thieves and burglars who operate between Kwara and Oyo with stolen ...
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Gunmen allegedly attack Anambra hospital, snatch four babies
Gunmen have allegedly attacked a maternity hospital in Nkpologwu, Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State, taking four newborn babies during the attack. ...
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Police arrest teacher for allegedly killing, burying NSCDC friend
Nigeria Police Force, Katsina State Command has arrested a classroom teacher, Laminu Saminu, aged 29 for allegedly killing his friend, ASC II Sanusi ...
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Police bust POS syndicate for stealing ₦16.9 million
Nigeria Police Force has arrested some suspects who unlawful access to a computer network and manipulation of a point of sale POS network ...
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Police parade fake security team for invading senator’s home
Nigerian Police Force, Niger State Command has arrested four members of a fake security team that invaded the home of Senator representing Niger ...
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Unknown gunmen shot three policemen in Enugu
Three policemen of the Enugu State command have been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Agbani, headquarters of Nkanu West Local Government of ...
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Security agency apprehends Motorbike hijacker in Ogun
Ogun State-owned security outfit, So-Safe Corps, has arrested a 32-year-old Ojo Fagbenro for allegedly robbing traders and hijacking motorbikes in the State. The ...
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EFCC Arraigns Kwara Civil Servant for Defrauding 23 Church Members
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic And Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned a 53 -year old civil servant: Oyawoye R. Olajumoke ...
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Kwara Court Remands District Head, Sons For alleged Kidnapping
An Ilorin Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Thursday, ordered the remand of a district head, Ibrahim Ahmed, and his two sons ...
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NDLEA Busts Cocaine warehouse, seizes N194bn worth of crack, highest in Nigeria history
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA)says its operatives have busted a major warehouse in a secluded estate in Ikorodu area of Lagos ...
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Police parade ex-DSS officer, 9 others over alleged bullion van robbery
Nigerian Police has paraded a dismissed personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS, along with nine other suspected robbers in Abia State ...
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‘We killed filling station manager to cover N2.1m fraud’ – Suspects confess
The Osun State Police Command has arrested five suspects for alleged conspiracy, armed robbery, murder and membership of an unlawful society. The suspects ...
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98 Chibok girls still in Boko Haram captivity– Military
The Nigerian Military says Ninety-eight students of Government Girls’ Secondary School Chibok of Borno State, are still in Boko Haram captivity. The Head ...
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Father allegedly defiles 17-year-old daughter In Ogun
Police in Ogun State have arrested 46- year- old Olusegun Oluwole for defiling his 17 -year- old daughter. Operatives of the Ogun State ...
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Gunmen kill wife of Enugu vigilante operative
Residents of Umuopu community in Enugu Ezike, Igboeze-Eorth Local Government Area of Enugu State were thrown into mourning at the weekend over the ...
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Man kills newly-married woman for jilting him
A man in Adamawa state, Ibrahim Muhammadu, has been arrested by the police for allegedly setting ablaze a newly married woman and her ...
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Gunmen Abduct Plateau Council Boss
Some gunmen in the early hours of Wednesday kidnapped the Chairman of Kanke Local Government Council of Plateau State, Henry Gotip. Gotip was ...
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I killed him to reduce his pain, suspect who murdered farmer tells police
A 26-year-old suspected ritualist, Olaolu Falowo, has confessed why he killed a farmer, and removed his body parts for money rituals, at Kuseru ...
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Amotekun Arrests 3 For Goat Theft
Operatives of the Western Nigeria Security Network Agency code-named Amotekun, Osun State Command have arrested a 40-year- old mechanical engineer, Segun Oladipupo and ...
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We’ve Arrested Mastermind of Attack on Okija Police Post – CP
The Police Command in Anambra State says it has apprehended the mastermind of an attack on police post in Okija, March this year. ...
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Kidnappers Kill NSCDC Officer, Abduct Children
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC Ekiti State Command has confirmed the killing of one of its officers by gunmen. It ...
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Police Parades Four-People 419 Syndicate In Abuja
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a four-man suspected “one-chance” criminal syndicate in the Wuye area of the ...
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I wanted to sell my boss’ car to relocate abroad – Suspect
An attempt by 21-year-old Temple Samuel to sell his boss’ car and phones has been foiled following his arrest by operatives of the ...
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Lawyer bags 2 years for N4m fraud
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos state, has convicted and sentenced a legal practitioner, Taiwo Oreagba, to ...
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NDLEA Arrests Cleaner Who Allegedly Leads Drug Syndicate At Airport
Nigeria’s Anti-narcotic Agency, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a cleaner at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, ...
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Army dismisses two soldiers over murder
The Nigerian Army has dismissed from service, two soldiers, allegedly involved in the killing of an Islamic cleric, Sheik Goni Gashua Aisami in ...
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EFCC to Tackle Illegal Mining, Non-Payment of Royalties
The Zonal Commander, Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Michael Nzekwe has hinted on his preparedness to strengthen ...
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Police Confirm Killing Of Magistrate In Kebbi
The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of Magistrate Attahiru Ibrahim, of Alieru Quarter in Birnin Kebbi. In a statement by ...