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Army arrests 10 suspected terrorists, recovers ammunition in Taraba

5 months ago954 min

The Nigerian Army, in conjunction with other security agencies, has apprehended 10 terrorism suspects and recovered an AK-47 rifle with 33 rounds of ammunition in multiple operations in Taraba State. This follows a report made to the Army regarding the actions of a suspected criminal syndicate, including terrorists, mercenaries, and kidnappers, in the state. This was disclosed in a statement on Wednesday, signed by the Acting Assistant Director of 6 Brigade, Army Public Relations, Oni...

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Pastor defiles 14-year-old foster daughter in Ondo

5 months ago954 min

An Ondo State Family Court has ordered the remand of a pastor, Adetunji Obatayo, in prison custody for sexually assaulting his foster daughter and procuring abortion for her three times. It was gathered that the victim had been living with the defendant since 2020 when her parents handed over her to the pastor. Obatayo is also the principal of the school where the 14-year-old victim attends. The 55-year-old defendant was arrested by the men of...

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Man arrested for impersonating Lagos neighbourhood safety corps operative

5 months ago864 min

Men of the Lagos Neighbourhood Safety Corps have arrested a 35-year-old suspect, Mevo Alex Sunday, for impersonation. This was made known in a statement Lagos State Neighborhood Safety Agency on it’s Website on Wednesday. According to the statement released by the Agency, Sunday claimed that he purchased the uniform from an unknown LNSA officer, Mr. Femi, in November last year for N25,000. He alleged that Mr. Femi promised to secure him a job with the...

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Police arrest four suspects laundering ransom money for kidnappers in Delta

5 months ago863 min

Men of the Delta State Police Command have arrested four suspects who use their bank accounts to receive and launder ransom payments for kidnappers. According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Bright Edafe, on X.com on Wednesday, the suspects would take a 15 per cent cut of the ransom money and withdraw the remaining 85 per cent via Point of Sale machines, handing over the cash to the kidnappers. The suspects also confessed to...

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Police arrest 90 suspects in Lagos midnight raid

5 months ago815 min

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad have arrested 90 male suspects during a raid on suspected criminals in the late hours of Tuesday. The operation, which was done in collaboration with Area A Command, targeted notorious hotspots in Obalende, Adeniji, and Lagos Island areas of the state. The RRS disclosed this in a statement on Facebook on Wednesday. The statement read, “Last night, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, in collaboration...

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Three bag life jail for raping deaf woman in Kebbi

5 months ago2783 min

Justice Shamsudeen Jafar of the Kebbi High Court, on Tuesday, sentenced to life three men, Amiru Sani, Aliyu Umar, and Bashar Dan-Inno of Wararin Zaromawa village, for raping an 18-year-old deaf woman in the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that the convicts faced two counts of criminal conspiracy and rape, offences punishable under sections 259 and 60 of the Kebbi State Penal Code Law, 2021. The court heard that the acts were perpetrated at Wararin Zaromawa...

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Plane crashes on takeoff in Nepal with 19 aboard

5 months ago6394 min

A passenger plane carrying 19 people crashed during takeoff in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu on Wednesday morning, with fire crews working to douse the flaming wreckage. The Saurya Airlines plane crashed at around 11:15 am (0530 GMT), Nepal’s military said in a statement. “Rescue work is going on” with the army’s quick response team lending assistance, the statement added. Further details were “still being confirmed”, Kathmandu airport general manager Jagannath Niroula told AFP. The Kathmandu Post...

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Two restaurant attendants arraigned for stealing laptops in Lagos

5 months ago6333 min

Two restaurant attendants, Armstrong George, 24 and Osinachi Edwin, 21, were on Tuesday arraigned before the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court, in Lagos State for allegedly stealing laptops worth N670,000, from their employer. The duo are facing two counts bordering on conspiracy and stealing preferred against them by the police. The police prosecutor, Inspector Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the defendants committed the alleged offences at about 11 pm, on July 21, 2024. He said the...

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Our abductors collected N5m before releasing us – Ondo corpers

5 months ago2678 min

The abducted corps members from Ondo State who were released by the kidnappers on Monday said the family of each of the victims paid a sum of N1m before they were set free. The five victims who include four corps members and one artisan were kidnapped by the bandits at about 11 pm last Thursday at Omi Alafa Village in Ifon, Ose LGA and dragged into a nearby forest. The corps members were said to...

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Hired thugs kill man for stealing brother’s doors in Anambra

5 months ago62011 min

Some yet-to-be-identified hired thugs have beaten a 28-year-old man identified as Kingsley Okoye, to death for allegedly stealing and selling his elder brother’s doors from a construction site. The incident, PUNCH Metro gathered, happened in Okpuno Umuogali community of Oba in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, on Sunday. The deceased was accused of selling some “foreign doors” he allegedly removed from a yet-to-be-completed building belonging to his overseas-based elder brother, Joseph Okoye,...

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