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Police begins investigation into murder of man in church

6 August 2025

The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John, who disclosed this in a statement, affirmed that the victim was found in a pool of blood while sleeping with his family inside the church. John said from a preliminary report, the incident occurred on Tuesday, August 5, 2025, at approximately 12:10 a.m. According to her, “The […]

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Court sentences couple to 22 years imprisonment for drug trafficking

5 August 2025

This was made known by Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters Abuja. The couple was first arrested on Friday 13th June by operatives of the Department of State Security, DSS, in Ojo area of the state and transferred to NDLEA along with 277.5kg skunk, a strain of cannabis. While they were still being […]

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Police arraign suspected Lagos assassin for murder

5 August 2025

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalist. The statement reports that 44-year-old Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Eso, and described as the “most wanted vicious and notorious hired killer”, was apprehended during a coordinated tactical operation code-named ‘Silence, Speed and Surprise’ carried out by the Command’s Tactical […]

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Unknown assailants kill Fulani herder, injure cattle in Taraba

4 August 2025

The incident was reported in a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama on social media. According to the post, the attack happened on Sunday afternoon. “The victim, identified as Abdullahi Yusufa, was shot in the ribs and hand and also suffered machete cuts to his head,” Makama wrote. A relative, Ardo Ibrahim Gambo, reported the […]

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Three-storey building collapses in Abuja

3 August 2025

According to the Police Public Relations Officer of the FCT command, Josephine Adeh, the incident occurred at about 6 pm on Saturday. A 27-year-old male and citizen of Niger Republic, Aliyu Salisu, who was trapped in the rubble, was rescued on Sunday morning. In a statement, Josephine noted that upon receiving reports of the incident, […]

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Anambra Govt vows to find killers of Fish Magnet boss

3 August 2025

Onyekesi, who is said to be one of the biggest dealers in fish in Awka, was abducted from his home by unknown gunmen after shooting him in the leg, and was later dumped dead at Amawbia, despite payment of ransom. The incident has generated lots of uproar, with many bemoaning the state of security in […]

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Police rescue six abducted law students in Benue

1 August 2025

Recall that the incident occurred in the late hours of Saturday, July 26, 2025, along the volatile route between Wukari in Taraba State and parts of Benue State. The Benue State Police PRO, Edet Udeme, in a statement, said the students were safely released and reunited with their families on Friday morning, August 1, 2025. […]

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Ondo farmers regain freedom after abduction

1 August 2025

The farmers were freed at night, according to sources close to the victims. “It is true. The farmers have been set free and released to their families,” a source told the newsmen. He revealed that the seven farmers were set free along a forest in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, after the abductors had collected a ransom […]

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Court sentences Hafsoh Lawal’s killer, Bello, to death

31 July 2025

The court, however, discharged and acquitted four other suspects, Ahmed Abdulwasiu, years; Suleiman Muyideen, Jamiu Uthman and Abdulrahmon Jamiu. Recall that AbdulRahman Bello, the killer of the final-year student of Kwara State College of Education Ilorin, Hafsoh Lawal, at the commencement of the trial confessed before the court to killing his Facebook lover for money […]

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Court remands man for allegedly impersonating police officers in Kano

31 July 2025

The primary suspect, Usman Isa, is alleged to have falsely presented himself as a police officer in order to deceive and abuse members of the public. His accomplice, Umar Tijjani, was arraigned for offenses bordering on conspiracy, trespass, theft, and destruction of property. Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. Presiding Magistrate, Mustapha Abba […]

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