Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State on Sunday stated that four persons have so far lost their lives barely some days after the disbandment of the Ebubeagu security outfit by the Federal High Court sitting in Abakaliki While briefing newsmen shortly after a marathon meeting with security chiefs at the Muhammadu Buhari Lounge of the Ebonyi International Airport in Ezza …

Gunmen attacked a police facility in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State early Saturday, killing three officers. “Anambra State Police Command have reinforced security in the Idemili North area of the state, following the attack on the Ogidi area command in the early hours of today 18/2/2023, where three police operatives paid the supreme price”, the spokesman …

A brother-in-law to former President Olusegun Obasanjo has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment. was sentenced to prison on Saturday,  by a Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja found John Abebe, the younger brother of former First Lady, late Stella Obasanjo, guilty of the forgery of a document belonging to an oil company. Justice Mojisola Dada, however, allowed an …

A 20-year-old, Thomas Ya’u has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command for allegedly conniving with five others to abduct his mother and three others, and collecting N30 million as ransom. The command’s spokesman, Superintendent Mohammed Shehu told reporters in Gusau, the state capital, on Friday that the suspected boy informed the police that N10 million was paid by each …

Six people were killed on Friday in a shooting rampage in a rural area of the southern state of Mississippi in the United States, local media reported. The assailant was then pursued by Police to a second home where he was apprehended. Two others were found dead at that location, WREG reported. The elementary school in nearby Coldwater was put …

Pandemonium broke out on Wednesday in the Ogijo area of Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State after a Police officer allegedly killed a soldier during an altercation in the community. The Police officer, who was popularly called Mopol by residents, was said to have shot the soldier, who was attached to 81 Division of Nigerian Army, after the disagreement …

Police operatives in Anambra State have rescued 15 abducted National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members who had just completed their orientation in Imo. The Corps members from the NYSC orientation camp located in Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre Local Government Area of Imo State, were in a vehicle on their way to Lagos when they were abducted. In a statement on Tuesday in …

A frontline Civil Society Organisation committed to fighting sexual and gender-based violence, Men Against Rape Foundation (MARF) has commended the Lagos State Government for acceding to its request to review the charges brought against Mr Ikechukwu Ogbonna over his role in events leading to the death of his wife, Mrs Bimbo Ogbonna. Initially, the Police in Lagos charged Ogbonna for …

Lagos State Government has opposed the bail request of Mr Ikechukwu Ogbonna, who is currently languishing at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre for a charge of involuntary manslaughter following his alleged complicity in the circumstances which led to the death of his wife, 35-year-old Mrs Bimbo Ogbonna. On 31 January 2023, a Lagos State Magistrate Court had remanded Mr Ogbonna at …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on  Wednesday re-arraigned a social media influencer and comedienne, Adedamola Adewale alias Adeherself, for alleged N7.9 million internet fraud. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Adewale was charged alongside two others at large, on a three-count charge of conspiracy to obtain money by false pretences, attempt to obtain money by false pretences, and …