From Our Correspondent The Police have confirmed the death of five children, who were suffocated in a car on Monday in Minna, Niger State. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, said the Police received report of the incident by 6.30 p.m. on Sunday. Abiodun said the children, aged between five and 13 years, got trapped […]
From Omoniyi Jafar, Kano The Police have arrested eight suspects for allegedly attempting to disrupt the inauguration of a new commissioner at the Kano State Government House. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Usaini Gumel, confirmed the arrest, on Friday, in Kano. Gumel said that the suspects pose a security threat at the […]
From Khabab Abdulfatah The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Ogun State branch has declared an indefinite strike, beginning from Monday, April 8. JUSUN Chairman and Publicity Secretary, Comrades Ajiboye Olanrewaju and Adewale Adenekan respectively gave notice of the industrial strike in a statement on Sunday in Abeokuta. The declaration is to press home their […]
From Our Correspondent The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it arrested an India-bound passenger at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja for allegedly ingesting 80 wraps of cocaine. Femi Babafemi, NDLEA spokesman announced in a statement, on Sunday, that the passenger was to board a Doha-bound flight en-route Delhi, on March 31. According […]
ADVERTISEMENTFrom Abdulfatah Babatunde The Nigeria Police Force says it made significant progress in its investigation into the tragic ambush and killing of six policemen on Feb. 26. To this end, the Police have arrested eight suspects in connection with the brutal ambush attack. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force PRO, announced this in a statement emailed to […]
By Muhammed Opeyemi A 39-year-old man, Chibuike Ajunwa, was on Wednesday, remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. The prosecutor, SP Kehinde Ajayi, told the court that Ajunwa, who lives in Igando, Lagos defiled the seven-year-old girl. Ajayi said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 27 and is punishable under […]
From Our Correspondent Men of the Osun State Amotekun Corps have arrested two men (names withheld) for an alleged kidnapping attempt. The Amotekun operatives, acting on a tip-off, arrested the suspects, aged 19 and 26 years respectively, at Ogidan Grammar School, and Nawarudeen Grammar School, Oke-Baale areas in Osogbo. TheNewsZenith gathered that residents of the […]
From Our Correspondent The Police in Oyo State, on Friday, arraigned two men – John Mallam, 27 and Kenneth Nanvyat, 31 before an Iyaganku Magistrate’s Court, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing electricity cables worth N2.5 million. The defendants, with no fixed addresses, are facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. They, however, pleaded not guilty. […]
From Our Correspondent The Police Command in Delta State has confirmed the death of a suspected armed robber during a gun battle with its operatives. DSP Bright Edafe, the Public Relations Officer for the State Command, announced this in a statement in Asaba. Edafe stated that the operation, leading to the death of the […]
From Our Correspondent The Nigeria Police Force is trailing missing 602 bags of wheat out of 1,840 bags, belonging to the United Nations World Food Programme (UNWFP), having recovered 1,238 and arrested five suspects in connection with the diversion of the grains. ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relation Officer (FPRO), announced this in a […]