The Anambra State Police Command has announced its recent effort to curb cultism and drug abuse in the State, leading to over fifty arrests and confiscation of large amounts of hard drugs. This was made known during a press briefing by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Tochi Ikenga, on Monday. According to CSP Ikenga, the Command is disturbed by the high level of moral and social decay in the State, especially involving young people...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has rejected the bail applications of five suspects allegedly involved in the June 2022 massacre at St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. In a ruling delivered on Wednesday, Justice Emeka Nwite, presiding over the bail hearing, held that the charges against the defendants were capital in nature and thus not bailable. He stated emphatically that the accused belong to a “dangerous terrorist organisation capable of intimidating witnesses...

A suspected human trafficker (name withheld) has been arrested by officials of Kano State Hisbah Command at a motor park with 12 women suspected to be victims of human trafficking, about to depart for Lagos. Sheikh Mujahideen Aminuddeen, Deputy Commander General (DCG) of Hisbah, disclosed in a statement, explained that the man was arrested by the command’s officials at a motor park along Zaria Road. According to the DCS, one of the women is 50...

Operatives of the Kebbi State Police Comand has arrested a 20-year-old mother, Maryam Atiku, for burying her newborn baby alive in the Nasarawa area of Kamba, Dandi Local Government Area of Kebbi State. The Public Relations Officer of the Kebbi State Police Command, CSP Nafiu Abubakar in a statement said the mother, after delivering the baby girl, tied her neck with three pieces of wrappers, covered her mouth and took her to a place called...