The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three suspected kidnappers in connection with the abduction of Alhaji Ahmadu in Malabu, Fufore Local Government Area. The arrest was disclosed in a Tuesday statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje. According to the statement, the suspects were apprehended during a coordinated intelligence-led raid carried out…
The Benue State police command has confirmed the abduction of nine worshippers at Saint John’s Catholic Church, Ojije, in the Utonkon District of Ado Local Government Area of the state. The victims were reportedly kidnapped on Sunday night while attending a vigil on the church premises, as gunmen stormed the area and whisked them away….
A dispatch rider employed by Dibecs Industry Limited in Okpella, Edo State, has allegedly staged his own abduction after losing the company’s N1.3 million to gambling. The rider, identified as David Ekes, was said to have lost the money through a visual sports betting platform before travelling to Abuja, where he sold his mobile phone,…
A Senior Secondary School 3 student, 17-year-old Hassan Ahmadu of the Government Science and Technical College, Potiskum, Yobe State, has reportedly died following a bullying incident involving fellow students. The incident occurred on Sunday at the school in Potiskum Local Government Area of the state. According to a family source, 17-year-old Hassan was buried the…
A gospel musician has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command in connection with the death of four persons inside a music studio in the Ajah area of Lagos State. The incident occurred at a studio located within the HFP Shopping Complex, Abraham Adesanya area of Ajah. Three of the deceased were reportedly members…
The police in Ekiti State have launched an investigation into the circumstances that led a middle-aged man, identified simply as Segun, to take his life by hanging on a tree at Ise Ekiti in the Ise/Orun Local Government Area. Sources said the man had attempted to slit the throat of his elder daughter before hanging…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 62-year-old Lagos-based businessman, Nwabueze Nicholas Izueke, at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA), Kano, while heading to China with 95 jumbo-sized wraps of cocaine weighing 1.589 kilograms buried in his stomach. NDLEA said Nwabueze was arrested on Saturday, 31st January 2026, at…
Again, terrorists in Kaduna State have abducted a Catholic priest and 10 other residents while killing three persons during an attack on Karku community in Kauru Local Government Area. The Catholic Archdiocese of Kafanchan confirmed the abduction of Reverend Father Nathaniel Asuwaye, Parish Priest of Holy Trinity Catholic Church, who was reportedly taken alongside the…
Yobe State Police Command has commenced a manhunt for an 18-year-old housewife who allegedly attacked her 25-year-old husband, inflicting a deep cut on his genitalia. The announcement was made by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, in a statement issued to journalists in Damaturu on Saturday, stating that the Command recorded a disturbing…
Armed men suspected to be members of Neo-Black Movement cult, popularly known as Aye on Friday evening went on rampage in Ogidi community of Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. Our correspondent gathered that the cultists who attacked the community injured many indigenes, while also killing the President General of the community, Chief…
