In its continued effort to stem the tide of criminal activities in society, the Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended 909 suspects from January to November 2022 in connection with Kidnapping, Armed robbery, cattle rustling, and other violent crimes. Within the same period, the command recovered 22 AK47 rifles, and 48 locally fabricated guns among other exhibits were recovered. Interestingly, after the suspects were apprehended. CP. S.K. Akande, Adamawa State Commissioner of Police, made the...

Victoria Chintex, the women leader of the Labour Party (LP) in Kaura LGA of Kaduna state, was killed by gunmen on Monday. She was reportedly killed after gunmen invaded her residence in Kaura and shot her. This incident was announced in a statement issued by Edward Buju, publicity secretary of the LP in southern Kaduna senatorial zone, on Tuesday. Buju disclosed that Victoria’s husband was also sustained gunshot injuries and is currently receiving treatment at...

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons has destroyed over 3,000 seized weapons.The first destruction exercise was held at the Command Engineering Depot Rigachikun, Kaduna. The Coordinator of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Major General Abba Mohammed Dikko (rtd) explained that the exercise was aimed at preventing captured illicit weapons from being recycled into the society. He further said it also highlighted the...

Rev Fr. Victor Ishiwu of St Jude’s Catholic Church, Eburummiri Ibagwa-Aka, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area in Enugu state has been kidnapped. The catholic priest was kidnapped by men allegedly speaking Pidgin English and Fulani language. Eye witness account revealed the gunmen invaded the church premises, shooting sporadically into the air thus causing all including the Rev. Fr. To scamper for safety. However, they forced the parish house open and whisked Fr. Ishiwu out to...