Unknown gunmen stormed the residence of the traditional ruler of Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River State, His Royal Highness Etinyin Lawrence Nya Edet, before dawn on Monday and abducted the king. The monarch’s son was shot dead while trying to block the gunmen from entering the house. CrossRiverWatch said the king was assisting security agencies with information on how to nab criminals in his terrain prior to his abduction. Police authorities in the state have...

Justice Usman Zanna of the Yobe State High Court sitting in Potiskum has sentenced Lance Corporal John Gabriel to death by hanging for killing Sheikh Goni Aisami after being found guilty on four counts of charges. Recall that Corporal John Gabriel murdered Iate Imam Goni Aisami on August 19th, 2022 in Jaji-Maji town along Gashuwa Road, with an AK-47 rifle and later invited his friend Adamu Gabriel to assist him in towing the Honda Accord...

… As CP assures justice for slain Rivers DPO The Rivers State Police Command has arrested and detained 13 police officers in various parts of Port Harcourt over indecent dress while on duty. Olatunji Disu, the State Commissioner of Police disclosed this during a live programme organised by the Force Public Relations Department transmitted on a radio station monitored by our reporter. According to Disu, the arrested officers were picked up during a patrol by...

The Taraba State Chairman of the Hunters Association, Adamu Dantala has confirmed that 15 of his members were killed during an encounter with bandits. He told Daily Trust that the bandits also ambushed his members near Dakka town in Bali Local Government Area and killed three hunters. “We need government and community support to fully arm us the hunters because we are not given any funds to support families of those killed or treat those...

Unknown gunmen, suspected to be armed robbers, have killed the account and finance director of the Ogun State government, Taiwo Oyekanmi. Oyekanmi was shot dead on Wednesday by robbers who accosted the bullion van that drove him to a bank to make some hefty withdrawals. The robbers attacked the government official, his driver and an aide on their way back to the office from the bank. The gunmen carted away with every penny in the...

Police authorities in Katsina State, on Tuesday, confirmed the death of three notorious bandits’ leaders whose gangs terrorise Jibia local government areas of the State and its environs. The bandits’ lords, called Bala Wuta, Dogo Na Sahura and Hassan Bukuru, were killed last Saturday, 25 November. Police spokesperson Abubakar Aliyu said, via a press statement, that the bandits opened fire on some policemen and local citizen guards on a routine security patrol. “The officers valiantly...