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Zamfara passengers overpower bandits, kill one, seize 2 AK-47 rifles
In a courageous act, the family of a bride-to-be and a group of passengers thwarted a kidnapping attempt by killing a terrorist in Zamfara State.
Prisoners escape as rainstorm destroys Custodial Centre in Niger
An unspecified number of inmates have escaped from the old Suleja Correctional Centre in Suleja local government area of Niger State following a rainstorm that destroyed the facility on Wednesday night.
State Police: Experts seek proper legal framework, disagree with IGP
Security experts have differed with the inspector-general police (IGP) over his assertion that Nigeria is not matured or prepared for state police.
Software Engineer bags life jail for defiling minor in Lagos
A 32-year-old software engineer, Chukwudi Anyanwu is to spend the rest of his life in jail for defiling his neighbour’s 13-year-old minor (name withheld) at their Thomas Animashaun Street, Aguda, Surulere, Lagos residence.
Dana Aircraft crash-lands in Lagos
An aircraft belonging to Dana Air has crash-landed at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos on Tuesday morning.
Bobrisky appeals against sentence
Convicted cross dresser, Okuneye Idris Olanrewaju a.k.a. Bobrisky, has filed a notice of appeal against his conviction for naira abuse by by a Federal high court in Lagos.
Nigeria Not ‘Mature’ For State Police, IGP Insists
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun believes the country is not “mature” for state policing despite the myriad of security challenges facing it.
Police probe alleged killing of man by Inspector in Lagos
Police said an investigation into circumstances surrounding the killing of one Anosikwa Patrick by a police officer identified as Inspr Taofeek, a member of the 12 PMF squadron at a mall has commenced.
NDLEA nets three wanted kingpins, intercepts Oman-bound drug consignment
Over two months after they were declared wanted, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across Nigeria, South Africa, Mozambique, Europe and America.
Two Officers, Four Soldiers Killed In Niger Terrorist Ambush
The Nigerian Army Headquarters has confirmed that two officers and four soldiers were killed by terrorists in an ambush in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State.