The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu enjoins the citizenry to remain supportive of the Police’s efforts to rid the state of unrepentant criminals. CP Uzuegbu made this call after the arrest of 7 male suspects; Okonkwo Sunday (a.k.a. “Oga Sunny”) aged 35; Nwankwoala Tochukwu (a.k.a. “TC Boy”), aged 25; Ogbu Mmaduabuchi, aged 18; Miracle Chukwu, aged 20; Nwali Chinedu, aged 23; Ananchonam Chinecherem (a.k.a. “Razor”), aged 18; and Nwamini Junior (a.k.a....

The former Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of the Kano State Government Agricultural Supply Company, (KASCO), Bala Muhammad Inuwa, his son, Bala Muhammad Inuwa junior, and an Incorporated Trustees of the Association of Compassionate Friends were arraigned in court on Thursday over N4 billion alleged fraud. The prosecution was a sequel to charges filed against them by the Kano State Public Complaint and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC), the Office of the Kano State Attorney General and...

No fewer than 500 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) cases have been reported to the National GBV Dashboard by the Kaduna State Government with five cases being prosecuted as of the end of September. Mr Jamilu Ladan, the UNFPA State Sub-Implementing Partner Coordinator at the state’s Planning and Budget Commission (PBC) disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Sunday. “As of the end of September, Kaduna State...

The Nigerian Senate has ordered an investigation into last Friday’s attacks on four banks and a police station in Otukpo, Benue State. On Friday, October 20, heavily armed robbers gunned down more than eight persons including four cops when they attacked the Otukpo police station and raided four commercial banks in the commercial district of the town. Millions were carted away from branches of First Bank of Nigeria United Bank of Africa, Stanbic IBTC Bank...