The Kogi State commissioner of police, Mr. Muhammadu Katsina, has disclosed that there are over 1,000 AK47 rifles in Okene and its environs. Katsina, who made this known while speaking with journalists in his office in Lokoja yesterday, however, said t...
Following the gruesome murder of Miss Cynthia Osokogu, a post graduate student of Nasarawa State University and daughter of a retired general, the police in Lagos have nabbed two pharmacists. Cynthia’s killers, who were said to be her Facebook fr...
A 35 year-old man, Aminu Samaila, was on Friday arraigned before a Katsina State Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing two cows belonging to Gov. Ibrahim Shema. Prosecutor Gyan David told the court in Dustsin-ma on Friday that Garba Geo...
The Anambra State University, Uli, on Thursday disowned one of the suspects in the murder of Cynthia Osokogu, who claimed to be an Accountancy student of the institution. Osokogu, a post-graduate student of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, and daughte...
The Ondo state Command of the Nigerian Police Force has confirmed the arrest of four suspects alleged to have attacked the convoy of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) Candidate in Ondo State, Mr. Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN). The suspected thugs reportedl...
An Osogbo Magistrates’ court, yesterday, remanded a 28-year-old man, Bayo Odebo in prison custody for alleged kidnapping of a 31-year-old woman, Ojo Suwebatu. The police prosecutor, Sergeant Elisha Olusegun said that Odebo committed the offence o...
Two undergraduates were paraded by the Lagos State Police Command, yesterday, in connection with the murder of daughter of a retired Army General, Cynthia Okosogu in Festac Town area. Lagos State Police commissioner, Umar Manko, identified the undergra...
No fewer than 14 notorious armed robbers have been arrested yesterday by the Nasarawa State Police Command in Akwanga Local Government Area. arading the suspects, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Michael Adah said that the suspects were ...
The Federal government is set to unravel the circumstances surrounding the attack on Oko Prisons in Edo State on Monday, during which high profile criminals and others awaiting trial, numbering 12 escaped. This is even as threat of possible sack hangs,...
Even with pressure on the United States Government to brand Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation, the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Prof. Adebowale Adefuye, has explained why the Nigerian government is opposed to that move. In an exclusive interview...
The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero, has promised to assist the Kano State Police Command and other security agencies over the fight against terrorism in Kano State and the country at large. Alhaji Ado Bayero stated this when the state Commissioner of ...
The Edo Controller of Prisons, Jimoh Ewulu, has said only 8 inmates escaped when gunmen invaded the detention facility located in Oko Community, a suburb of the state capital, in the early hours of Sunday morning, just as he dismissed that the escape w...
Residents around Oko Community in Edo State were woken up by yesterday by heavy shooting and explosions at the medium prisons which forced many families to abandon their homes. A source confirmed to LEADERSHIP that at about 1:30am armed men used...
The police on Friday arraigned two men, Obianugwe Chijoke, 26, and Ogunaike Oluwagbenga, 32, before an Igbosere Magistrates’ court, Lagos, for alleged fraud. The accused were said to have defrauded three customers of Diamond Bank of about ...
The 4 Brigade, Nigerian Army Benin, has paraded 16 students for allegedly being in possession of Nigerian Army uniforms and accoutrements. Cpt. Roseline Managbe, the brigade’s Public Relations Officer, told newsmen on Friday that the ...