An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered that a 44-year-old trader, Anthony Odita, be remanded in a correctional centre for allegedly sexually assaulting his two daughters. The police charged Odita, who resides in Igbogbo, Ikorodu, Lagos State, with sexual assault. Magistrate O.A Layinka, who did not take the plea of Odita, ordered that he should […]

The Police Command in Plateau says its personnel neutralized six bandits during a gun duel on Monday at Kwoi village of Gindiri district, Mangu Local Government Area. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO) ASP Ubah Ogaba, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday in Jos. Ogaba said that the Command regrettably lost personnel and […]

By Ike Uchechukwu The Cross River State Police Command has arrested three suspected sea pirates, four kidnappers, and 24 others for armed robbery and sundry crime in the state. Briefing journalists on Tuesday, in Calabar, Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan said it was a new era in Cross River as the Command was ready […]

By Davies Iheamnachor At least six persons have been feared killed by unknown gunmen believed to be cultists in Gwara and Kono-Boue communities, Khana local government area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the gunmen numbering over seven invaded Gwara community, Monday, with heavy gunfire and operated with impunity. A source privy to the […]

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno says the state government is yet to account for the whereabouts of 10 per cent of its population following the 12-year old insurgency in the North-East. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that available statistics indicated that Borno State had a population of 5.6 million people as at 2016 […]