The Nigerian police announced on Monday that four of the gang of robbers behind the recent chilling bank robbery in Otukpo, Benue State, have been arrested. Otukpo witnessed a deadly attack on 20 October when a gang of 12 to 20 heavily armed gunmen stormed branches of Access Bank, United Bank of Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank, and Zenith Bank located in the commercial district of the town and stole millions from the banks’ vaults. Before...

Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, Minister of Women Affairs, has disclosed that police have arrested a Uyo-based lawyer identified as Ekere Ebong for assaulting his wife in a viral video. In a five-minute video seen on WhatsApp, Mr Ebong was seen in the video standing over his bloodied wife, who was in her underwear, while several people intervened by stopping him from beating her. In the video, one of the neighbors was heard accusing the man of beating...

In a swift and decisive operation, the Anambra State Police Command has successfully rescued four children of the same family from the clutches of kidnappers. The daring rescue operation took place in the early hours of Saturday, 16th December, 2023, near Urum, approximately 25 kilometres away from their home in Achalla village, Enugwu Agidi. According to Information provided by DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, the incident occurred on the...

Heavily armed gunmen attacked two banks in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State on Wednesday evening, and killed three persons while leaving several others seriously injured. The robbers, numbering about 20, stormed the town in motorcycles and a small black car and began to shoot recklessly into the air. While some of the gunmen were keeping security operatives and residents at bay, others went into the banks. As reported by the Independent, the banks were Wema Bank and...

A 22 years old female health worker with Girei local government area of Adamawa State, Ms Florence Vandi has committed suicide few hours to the death of her boyfriend. Late Florence, an indigent of Michika LGA and resides in Viniklang of Girei Local Govenment Area was said to have committed the crime in protest over the death of her suitor. Spokesman of the Adamawa State Police Command SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje in a statement said...

A convoy of Daewoo Engineering and Construction Company Ltd. staff came under fire near Yenagoa, the capital city of Bayelsa State, an attack that killed four soldier escorts and two drivers. The gunmen also kidnapped two Korean employees of the company during the attack on the East–West Road, near the town of Ahoada in Rivers State which is 36.3 km to Yenegoa, on Tuesday morning. The foreigners were en route to their company’s headquarters in...

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...