Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested no fewer than seven persons for suspected cultism and armed robbery in the State. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Ikenga Tochukwu disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen. According to him, the gang members were arrested at about 10.pm on Friday when the officers swooped on them. He said a cut-size double barrel gun, one tricycle without a reg number, and some hard drugs...

The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has announced significant progress in the fight against terrorism, claiming that troops neutralized over 715 terrorists and rescued 465 kidnapped victims in operations conducted throughout April. Major General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, revealed these figures during a press briefing in Abuja on Thursday. He elaborated that the operations involved a combination of ground and air offensives carried out across the country. “The synchronised strikes between the ground...

A 24-year-old lady Sheba Simon was stabbed with a knife by a phone snatcher in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital near Damaturu City College in Malali Byepass around 9:30pm on Saturday, April 27, 2024. It was learned that the victim was chatting with her phone after she dropped from a commercial tricycle and was trekking home from work when the attacker stabbed her with a knife and fled with her cell phone, leaving her in a...

The Lagos State Police Command has apprehended the gang of robbers responsible for the attack on a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, at the notorious Otedola Bridge. The arrest comes just two weeks after the daring attack on 9th April, where CSP Tokunbo Abaniwonda of Alausa Division was targeted by armed robbers while conducting an undercover operation. The robbers inflicted machete injuries on the DPO and stole her phone before escaping. The police refused to let...

A Boko Haram militant, Sajeh Yaga, willingly surrendered to Nigerian army troops on Sunday. The surrender took place in the town of Mafa, a location frequently targeted by Boko Haram attacks. Details surrounding the reasons for the militant’s decision to defect remain unclear. However, it might not be unconnected to the heightened military operations against the terrorists that have led to a wave of increased Boko Haram defections in recent months. The surrendered militant handed...

The Anambra State Police Command said it has arrested 16 cultists engaging in cult-related killings in Awka, the state capital. This was made known in a statement issued by the spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, on Saturday. According to him, about 21 others on the run, have been declared Ikenga said the arrested cultists, who were nabbed during series of intelligence-led manhunt, have been detained on the orders of the Commissioner of Police in Anambra, Aderemi...