Yobe police arrest suspected fraudsters posing as prosperity ritualists

The Yobe State Police Command has apprehended a five-member syndicate accused of defrauding unsuspecting victims across multiple states. According to SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Police Public Relations Officer for the command, the suspects include Abdullahi Suleman, Sani Salisu, and Nasiru Mohd, all from Gombe State, as well as Alhasan Illiya from Potiskum Local Government Area, Yobe State, and Weti Mohd from Ngorore, Adamawa State. They were arrested through a joint operation by the State Intelligence Department…

Police arrest five conmen targetting travellers in Yobe

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested five fraudsters who specialise in targeting innocent travellers. SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command’s spokesperson, in a statement, said that the suspects, identified as Abdullahi Suleman, Sani Salisu, Nasiru Mohd, Alhasan Illiya, and Weti Mohd, were apprehended by officers from the joint operations of the State Intelligence Department (SID) […] The post Police arrest five conmen targetting travellers in Yobe appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and…

Scavenger loses arm after hoodlum attack

Yusuf Abubakar, a scavenger who specialises in picking used plastic, has reportedly lost one of his arms after he and his colleagues were attacked by hoodlums in Isara, Remo, in the Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State. Abubakar, a resident of the Toll Gate area in Ogere Remo, was in the community with […] The post Scavenger loses arm after hoodlum attack appeared first on The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News.

Nigeria police confirm kidnap of 2 Catholic nuns in Anambra

Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the kidnap of two Catholic nuns. They were abducted by unidentified gunmen along Ufuma Road, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the kidnap incident in a statement on Wednesday in Onitsha. Ikenga explained that the incident happened on Tuesday evening when the nuns were returning from a vocational service meeting in Ogboji. According to him, a Joint Security operation was already…

I Stand With Felix Morka, Says APC Women Leader

I Stand With Felix Morka, Says APC Women Leader National Women Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Mary Idele Alile, has taken sides with the party’s Spokesperson, Mr Felix Morka, over allegations by Labour Party Presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi, that the Spokesperson threatened his life and those of his family. In a strongly worded statement signed by her on Tuesday, Alile

‘I had the best time’ – Chloe Bailey speaks on dating rumours with Burna Boy

American singer Chloe Bailey has spoken about her recent visit to Nigeria and her public outing with Burna Boy, which sparked relationship speculations. Recall that Burna Boy and Chloe fuelled relationship rumours after they were recently spotted holding hands while leaving a club in Lagos last December. Reflecting on her visit to Nigeria in a recent interview with The Breakfast Club, Bailey said she had “the best time” in the West African country. “Nigeria was so…

Chad’s foreign minister assures public amid gunfire incident near the presidential palace

Gunfire erupted near the presidential palace in Chad’s capital on Wednesday evening, according to local residents.Read More

Ekiti court sentences 26-year-old boy to 7 years imprisonment for stealing

An Ekiti State High Court in Ado Ekiti has sentenced a 26-year-old Omodara Dada to seven years imprisonment for burglary and stealing. Dada was arraigned before Justice Lekan Ogunmoye on July 19, 2022, on a count charge of armed robbery, but the court found him guilty of the lesser offence of burglary under section 323 of the Criminal Law of Ekiti State. According to the charge, Dada robbed Fakiyesi Tope of his phone which cost a…

Security operatives rescue kidnapped victims in Sokoto

A joint security patrol team, including operatives of the Nigeria Police and members of the Sokoto State Community Guard have thwarted a kidnap operation on a commercial vehicle by gunmen suspected to be armed bandits. The incident was said to have taken place at Kwanar Mahalba along Goronyo-Sabon highway in the troubled eastern senatorial district of Sokoto State. It was gathered that seven passengers, including children, were rescued by the security operatives as other passengers ran…

Nigeria police arrest human traffickers with 59 children in Abuja

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command have intercepted suspected human traffickers with 59 children. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the FCT, Tunji Disu, disclosed this on Wednesday in Abuja. He said a team led by a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP, Sarki Umar, intercepted a white Peugeot 15-seater bus, popularly known as J5, on January 6 while heading to Nasarawa State. According to the police commissioner, the bus was transporting the…

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