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Police arrest Alfa for allegedly defiling 12-year-old girl in Ogun

24.10.2024

A 31-year-old Alfa, identified as Jubril Dalamun, has been arrested for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl (name withheld) in Ijebu North Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Public Relations Officer of the Ogun State Police, Omolola Odutola, told the DAILY POST on Thursday that the arrest followed a report from the mother of the...

Nigeria Navy troops arrest suspect with weapon, ammunition

24.10.2024

The Nigerian Navy said its troops of Forward Operating Base BONNY, while acting on credible intelligence, discovered and apprehended a suspect in possession of one AK-47 rifle, three AK-47 magazines, and thirty-six rounds of 7.62mm x 39mm ammunition. This was made known in a statement on its verified Facebook page. According to the statement, “On...

Court remands SS3 student in Ondo for allegedly killing colleague

24.10.2024

A Chief Magistrate in Ondo State, Olateju Odenusi-Fadeyi, has remanded a 15-year-old female student of Anglican Grammar School, Arigidi Akoko, for allegedly stabbing her 17-year-old colleague, Habib Salau, to death. The magistrate ordered her remand at the Ondo State Juvenile Home in Akure, pending advice from the office of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP)....

Canadian woman bags 11 years’ jail term for importing cannabis into Nigeria

24.10.2024

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has convicted and sentenced a 41-year-old Canadian woman, Adrienne Munju, to 11 years in prison for importing 74 parcels of “Canadian Loud,” a potent strain of synthetic cannabis, weighing 35.20 kilograms into Nigeria. The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, in a statement...

NSCDC nabs nine suspected vandals, collaborators in FCT

24.10.2024

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested nine suspects for vandalism of critical national assets and infrastructure. The FCT Commandant of the NSCDC, Olusola Odumosu, revealed this on Wednesday, saying four of the nine suspects were arrested while vandalising street lights, bridges, communication masts, armoured...

Troops recover weapons, rescue hostages in North West

24.10.2024

The Nigerian Army said troops deployed across various parts of Zamfara and Katsina states, acting on intelligence, successfully intercepted and thwarted terrorists’ activities, recovered weapons and rescued hostages. This was contained in a statement posted on its WhatsApp and Instagram account. According to the statement, troops in Zamfara State on October 1 responded to a...

Police arrest 3 suspected kidnappers in Rivers

23.10.2024

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects over their alleged involvement in the abduction of travellers along the Port Harcourt-Owerri Road. The police also accused the three male suspects of abducting a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, serving in Rivers and orchestrating several armed robberies along the road. Commissioner of...

One dies, passenger injured after Dangote truck, motorcycle collide in Lagos

23.10.2024

Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) says the driver of a truck has escaped after his truck and a commercial motorcyclist collided in the Apapa area of the state. The incident led to the death of the motorcyclist while passenger was injured. LASTMA’s General Manager, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday...

Gunmen kill man, abduct daughter, two teenagers in Benue

23.10.2024

Armed bandits have again attacked and killed a man, and abducted his daughter and two teenagers in Agatu Local Government Area of Benue State. It was gathered from sources that the gunmen attacked and killed the man identified as John Ajaka in his farm and whisked away his daughter, Owakoyi John and two other teenagers....

Police commence investigation into disappearance of Corp member in Rivers

23.10.2024

The Rivers State Police Command has begun investigations into the disappearance of a National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member, Yahaya Faruk, deployed to Community Secondary School, Ikuru Town, Opobo/Nkoro local government area of the state. Faruk has been missing since October 14, 2024. In a statement on Wednesday, the command disclosed that the school’s principal,...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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