Arrested notorious Bayelsa state kidnapper, John Lion has said that he made only N1.5m from kidnapping. Recall that the kidnap kingpin was arrested on Saturday in Abuja by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Naija News reported that the suspect, who was traced and arrested in Abuja, is among the kidnap gangs terrorising Bayelsa State and its environs. John Lion, who was paraded alongside three members ...

Police in Lagos State have seized a large cache of ammunition in two commercial buses and arrested three persons found with the consignment. Police spokesman in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin confirmed the seizure and arrest in a statement he issued on Saturday. Hundeyin stated that police operatives from Ikorodu Division who intercepted the ammunition also discovered three dismantled motorcycles ...

Two young men, Thankgod Obadia, 18 and Ganiyawa Danzaria, 22, are in police custody for allegedly collecting N2,000 to kill an 85-year-old man, Sunday Leke, accused of practicing witchcraft in Adamawa State. The duo was reportedly contracted by one Gahurbiu Man to kill the octogenarian whom she accused of bewitching her son. Upon receipt of the N2,000 part payment out ...

…. As Prof Mojisola Adeyeye reiterates Call for Stiffer Penalty For Offenders The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control NAFDAC has secured a judgement of three years jail term fine against a falsified drugs merchant at the Federal High Court, Kano, Kano State. In a statement signed by the Resident Media Consultant of NAFDAC, Sayo Akintola, in ...

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC has apprehended a 32-year-old businessman, Obinna Igbo, for alleged importation and sale of fake Amanta Forte, an unregistered anti-malarial drug. Mr. Igbo has however, been arraigned before a Federal High Court on four counts of unlawful importation, possession, sale, and distribution of fake Amanta Forte soft gel (Artemether 80mg ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday barricaded the home of the former Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha in Abuja. The operatives of the anti-graft agency brought in reinforcements to break the doors of the former governor’s house, after resisting arrest. The Maitama home of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential aspirant was stormed by the EFCC over ...

An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Friday ordered the remand of two men, Yusuf Adesola, 19, and Folarin Samsudeen, 19, for the alleged murder of a victim they gang-raped. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants, who reside in the Lalupon area of Ibadan, were charged with conspiracy and murder. The Prosecutor, Insp. Sikiru ...

The Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit has uncovered 96 financiers of terrorism, including 424 associates/supporters of the financiers. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, made this known during a briefing on the anti-corruption fight of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s regime on Thursday. The minister also said the fraud unit unmasked 123 companies and 33 bureaux de ...

Scores of commuters planning to travel from Ibadan to Lagos state are currently in fear of being kidnapped. Our correspondent gathered that there had been several cases of kidnapping of motorists along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. It was gathered that the major area where the kidnappers had been abducting motorists plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway is a location after Abule Onigaari. It ...

Gunmen have kidnapped the paramount ruler of Gindiri town in the Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, Charles Mato Dakat. It was that the incident occurred early on Sunday morning. According to Vanguard, gunshots were heard at the palace of the monarch between 1 am and 2 am. He was abducted thereafter. A resident of the community, Helen Bulus, ...