Anambra State Government, through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, has apprehended a 38-year-old woman identified as Chinyere Chukwu for attempting to sell her two sons. Chukwu, who hails from Okija in the Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, was said to have connived with her 17-year-old daughter, identified as Joy, to sell off her two sons “due to the economic hardship in the country.” Chukwu, while being interrogated, explained that she had...

Thirteen people suspected of being involved in banditry and kidnapping, particularly in the areas of Jalingo, Yorro, Lau, and Zing local government regions of Taraba state have been nabbed by the Police. Commissioner of Police Joseph Eribo said this while presenting the suspects and seized items at the police headquarters in Jalingo, the state capital, on Wednesday, all suspects will face charges under the state’s anti-kidnapping law, ensuring that justice prevails. “The suspected criminals strategically utilize...

There has been unrest in relatively peaceful Ekiti State after gunmen, suspected to be armed herdsmen, slew two kings in the southern State. The traditional rulers; the Elesun of Esun-Ekiti, Oba Babatunde Ogunsakin; and Onimojo of Imojo-Ekiti, Oba Olatunde Olushola were killed on Monday by gunmen who ambushed them on a highway. They were returning to Ekiti from a meeting in Northcentral Kogi State where the state of Nigeria’s deteriorating security was discussed. The Alara...

The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Police Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu urges citizens to refrain from sending out information on acts of crime and security without recourse to the police first. CP Uzuegbu said victims or their family members who narrate their ordeals to disseminate such to the public should know that the hoodlums are also on social media and as such hampering the police’s successful bursting of their hideouts. The Commissioner stated this in...

Chief  Adesunbo Onitiri, a renowned socio-political activist and critic has urged the  Federal Government to as a matter of urgency, declare a state of emergency on insecurity in the country in view of the rising insecurity in the country, current precarious and devastating incidents of kidnapping, banditry and other criminal activities. He made the call via a press statement issued in Lagos on Tuesday, stressing that the government should wage total war on kidnappers, bandits...

Following herdsmen attack in Benue State, there are indications that the number of security personnel that were killed in Okokolo ward, Agatu Local Government Area, (LGA), of the state may have risen to seven, even as the attack has left scores wounded and many others displaced. Reports have it said that among those that allegedly lost their lives to the attack are four soldiers; a personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC)...

The Nasarawa State Police command arrested 38 persons on Friday for protesting the outcome of the Supreme Court judgment which affirmed the re-election Abdullahi Sule as winner of the March 18, 2023 governorship election in the state. The State Police Public Relations Officer,  DSP Ramhan Nansel who confirmed the arrest said apart from the 38 suspects arrested, 29 motorcycles were recovered by its personnel during the protests which took place in Lafia, the state capital....