Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Operatives of Imo State Police Command have arrested a 34-year-old man, Chibuike Okorougo, while allegedly stealing solar batteries belonging to mobile telecommunications company, MTN, in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, told Southern City News that the suspect, who is a native of Umuenyem Nkwerre, was caught in the […] …
Saturday Crime
Police arrest man for alleged murder of 20-year-old woman
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit in the Imo State Police Command have arrested a 27-year-old, Idris Ishola, in connection with kidnapping and murder. The State Commissioner of Police, Dasuki Galadanchi, said that the suspect, an indigene of Osun State, was arrested in Nkpolu, Rumuigbo in Rivers State on August 17 in connection […] …
Okowa signs into law bill criminalising collection of ‘deve’ in Delta
Theophilus Onojeghen, Warri Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Friday signed into law a bill criminalising the illegal and forceful collection of levies also known as ‘deve’ from public and private developers in the state. Okowa assented to the bill titled “Delta State Public and Private Properties Protection Bill 2018” at a brief ceremony […] …
Tension as gunmen kidnap, murder Imo APC chieftain
Chidiebube Okeoma,Owerri The political tussle in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress has taken a deadly dimension following the kidnap and murder of a chieftain of the party, Amos Akano. Akano, until his gruesome killing, was the Director-General of Ezihe Foundation, one of the groups supporting the governorship ambition of the Chief […] …
Offa robbery: Police arrest 12 more suspects, recover victims’ phones
Success Nwogu, Adelani Adepegba and Tunde Ajaja The police say they have arrested 12 additional suspects in connection with the April 5, 2018 bank robbery at Offa in Kwara State. The police had earlier arrested eight suspects bringing the number of suspects in their custody to 20. The Force Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Moshood, in […] …
Police launches manhunt for killers of Syrian businessman
Ted Odogwu, Kano In less than 24 hours after rescuing the abducted 13-year old son of a murdered Syrian national, Ahmed Abu Areeda, the police in Kano State said on Friday that it had launched a manhunt for the fleeing perpetrators. The Public Relations Officer, Kano State Command, Magaji Musa Majia, a superintendent of police, […] …
Police recover 1,097 weapons, arrest 24 rapists in Plateau
Friday Olokor, Jos The Plateau State Police Command says it has recovered about 1,097 arms and ammunition from criminals in the state. A breakdown of the recovered weapons indicated that 171 arms, 795 ammunition and 131 cartridges were recovered. The command also expressed concern over the increase in rape cases in the state, with about […] …
Three children of same parents found dead in stationary vehicle
Chidiebube Okeoma, Owerri Tragedy struck in Okwelle in the Onuimo Local Government Area of Imo State on Friday, as three children of the same parents, aged five, three and two were found dead inside a parked vehicle in the village. The death of the siblings, our correspondent learnt, has put the community in a mourning […] …
DELSU final year student commits suicide over poor results
Theophilus Onojeghen, Warri A student of the Delta State University, Abraka, has allegedly committed suicide after being handed two semesters extension by the school authorities following his poor results in his final year examination. The deceased, Orumah Efemena, of the Pharmacy Department, was alleged to have ingested two containers of insecticide on Wednesday when he […] …
Community decries arrest of octogenarian, others over land tussle with Olofa
Success Nwogu, Ilorin Members of Ijehu community in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State have decried the detention of an 85-year-old man, Alhaji Murtala Eso, and about four other community members in a police station for more than three days. It was alleged that their detention was at the instance of the Olofa of […] …