Police operatives from the FCT Police Command’s Anti-Cultism Unit have arrested 17 suspects for cultism along Gwagwalada, Gwagwa, Lugbe and Kurudma axis of the territory.A press statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command, ASP Marian Yusuf, Sunday in Abuja, said: “In furtherance with its relentless effort to rid the FCT of criminal elements, the FCT Police Command has Read More
Bauchi state police command has arrested suspected armed robbers and conspirators who allegedly broke into houses on 25th March 2021 at Zango area of the state capital with dangerous weapons and robbed occupants of some valuable items which include phones, laptops, motorcycles, plasma televisions and jewelry worth N3, 159, 000 and a cash of sum of N290, 000. The state Read More
Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Dr. Ahmed Audi, said the Corps has arrested over 50 suspected armed herdsmen, in ongoing operations to check the escalating insecurity in the country. The NSCDC boss said this at the agency’s headquarters Wednesday in Abuja, where licences were presented to new private guard operators. The CG, however stressed Read More
The Association of Ebonyi State Indigenes in the Diaspora (AESID) has called on the federal government to immediately declare a state of emergency in Ebonyi state to put a stop to the ongoing killings defenceless citizens in Effium community, a suburb in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of the state. According to AESID, another group of hired militia yesterday (Tuesday) stormed Read More
Osun State Police Command Monday disclosed that thirty suspects have been apprehended in connection with the clash between rival cultists in Osogbo, on Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, said the suspects were still undergoing screening and would be charged to court upon conclusion of investigation. Three persons died during the clash between Eye and Aye confraternities Read More
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) under the Joint Border Patrol Team (JBPT) has said it intercepted no fewer than 391,631 contraband goods smuggled into the country through South-south and South-east states’ boarders between September 2020, and February 2021. The Sector Coordinator 1 in charge of South-South and South-East Zone, Comptroller Shehu Abubakar made the disclosure in a statement signed and Read More
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 29-year old herbalist, Baoku Gbuyi and a bricklayer, Olamide Odulaja over the killing of a housewife, one Modupeola Folorunsho and her 4 year old son, Peter Folorunsho for money making ritual. The police public relations officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi made this known in a press statement made available to Blueprint in Read More
An Igbo man identified as Nnanna Uchenna who is suspected to be of supplying arms, ammunition and hard drugs to gang bandits in Zamfara state has been arrested. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Abutu Yaro, disclosed this while parading him alongside five other suspected criminals before Journalists, Friday, at the Command headquarters in Gusau, the capital city of Zamfara Read More
At about 11am Friday, gunmen yet to be identified attacked the court duty vehicle of the Nigerian Correctional Service in Anambra statet while conveying inmates back from court to the Aguata custodial centre, killing one officer and got an inmate released According to a statement made available to Blueprint and signed by the command’s spokesman Ezekiel Francis, the attackers killed Read More
Suspected armed bandits numbering over 100 stormed Yartashar Sahabi market square during market day under Dansadau Emirate in Maru local government council of Zamfara state, Thursday, opened fire on traders killing as many other injured and set the market on fire. In a Telephone interview with Blueprint in Gusau, a resident of the village said the bandits took positions and Read More
Suspected bandits have stormed Kabasa village under Gusau local government council of Zamfara state, and killed five villagers and three soldiers including a senior officer, even as they burnt Army operational vehicle during the attack. A resident of the area identified as Malam Lawali Magami in a telephone interview with Blueprint in Gusau said the bandits besieged the village at Read More
Five suspected pipeline vandals arrested by anti-vandal unit of Kogi state command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps( NSCDC) have escaped from the corps’ cell where they were detained for interrogation and investigation. It was alleged that some officers aided the escape of the five suspects from the cell. According to an insider source, five suspects namely; Hassan Read More
Two female students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Aiyetoro Campus in Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun State have been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be bandits. Blueprint report that the incident occurred when the bandits stormed Igbole Aibo Quarters shooting sporadically at about 9pm Sunday. It was further gathered that the suspected bandits targeted a female call card Read More
Delta state Police command Sunday arrested one Eniku Aghogho, suspected to be ‘Yahoo boy ritualist’ for killing two children of the same parent. The two children, Kelvin Izakpa and Meshack Izakpa, nine and ten years old were found in a vehicle belonging to the suspected Yahoo ritualist, parked at the path way of his house in Abraka. The state Police Read More
The Benue state Police command Sunday arrested the suspected killer of Mrs Eunice Aghanya, wife of a retired Commissioner of Police, Ebezimako Aganya. Eunice, a Makurdi based business woman and owner of Euniland companies was reportedly murdered at her residence, located at Austin Iwar street, off David Mark Bye-pass, Makurdi, the Benue state capital.Spokesperson, Benue Police command, DSP Catherine Sewuese Read More
Barely a fortnight after the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) introduced the electronic call-up system, the agency on Wednesday stated that suspected fraudsters have gained access into the security architecture of the system and issuing fake slips to truckers in the busy Lagos ports environment. The NPA said it has launched an investigation to unravel the breach affirming that any plan Read More
Osun state Commissioner of Police, Olawale Olokode, Friday paraded five persons for alleged kidnapping, robbery and car snatching. According to the CP, Samson Olamilekan (25) and Kazeem Olaide (22) were arrested for robbing one Jimoh Omotosho at Mallam Tope area, Osogbo, with locally made pistol. He said the suspects collected N10,000 from their victim. Also arrested are Usman Muyideen (21) and Read More
A female Point of Sale (POS) operator, identified as Ann, has reportedly disarmed two robbery suspects in Uhogua community in Ovia North-East local government area of Edo state. Ann operates a POS shop at the junction that leads to a facility that houses the home for the needy; International Christian Centre, which houses no fewer than 3,000 internally displaced persons Read More
Rexlawson Johnson, a 31- year- old indigene of Ebonyi state, has been arrested by men of the Ogun state police command on the over the gruesome murder of his girlfriend. The arrest followed a report by one Adebayo Aladesuyi who is a manager of Molayo Hotel, Ibafo, who reported that while they were carrying out routine checks of the hotel Read More
The popular Eagles square in Abuja is currently witnessing strange movement around it with suspected thugs reportedly lucking around it. Upon sighting some of them, workers mainly Civil Servants at the various offices located at the federal secretariat close to the Eagles square are already apprehensive. One of them who alerted Blueprint but refused to disclose his identity said security Read More
A 21-year-old tenant, Mr Onyemachi Mmaju, of Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area (LGA), Anambra state has allegedly stabbed his landlord, Mr Nonso Umeadi Oyiboka, to death over an altercation. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Haruna Muhammed, who disclosed this in a press statement on Wednesday, said a preliminary investigation revealed that the suspect killed the 35-year-old Read More
The Ogun state Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Julius Afuape, for forcefully having carnal knowledge of a 13-year-old girl. The arrest was contained in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, and made available to Blueprint on Saturday. According to the police spokeman, the suspect was arrested following a report by Read More
Some ‘discredited’ groups, including Amnesty International (AI) and the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), are steering a campaign to dent Nigeria’s image abroad, Centre for Africa Liberation and Socio-Economic Rights (CALSER) has revealed. Speaking at a press conference on Monday in Abuja, Executive Director, Abubakar Gana, brought the attention of the Commonwealth and United Kingdom (UK )to the deliberate attempt Read More
Officers have arrested the suspected attacker after four people were injured in a knife assault in Paris on Friday near the former offices of satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, French police said. The man was arrested near the sprawling Place de la Bastille, police said, adding he was the only suspect in an attack that came as a trial is underway Read More
Personnel of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested three suspected internet fraudsters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for their alleged involvement in romance scam, identity theft, and other internet-related fraud. EFCC Head, Media, and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, Monday in Abuja, said the suspects: Ajayiton Harry, 27; Okoro Daniel, 28; and Oziegbe Read More
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