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The Nigerian Army on Saturday said about 399 suspects were arrested for various offences during the exercise – “Crocodile Smile 2” in Lagos and Ogun. The 35 Artillery Brigade Commander, Brig.-Gen. Bassey Adonkie, disclosed this while giving an appraisal of the exercise during the closing ceremony of the Crocodile Smile 2 at 192 Battalion, Ajilete,... Read More
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Over 700 suspected cultists and 38 suspected armed robbers were arrested in different parts of Anambra in the last three weeks, the state Commissioner of Police, Garba Umar has said. Umar told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Awka that the arrests were an indication that Anambra was no longer a safe haven... Read More
The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State, Zaki Ahmed reportedly disclosed that over 200 suspected kidnappers, armed robbers and cultists have been arrested in the period under review. According to Channels TV, he told reporters that over 400 various arms and ammunition were also recovered from them. Ahmed said the police have begun to fish out those... Read More
Popular Yoruba actors, Bolaji Amusan popularly known as Mr Latin and Odunlade Adekola were attacked by armed robbers on Saturday night, Premium Times reports. According to Mr Latin, they were returning from a Glo Music show when they ran into the robbers on Sagamu road. “We left Ijebu-Ode after the show and heading to Abeokuta,... Read More
by Dolapo Adelana The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested 40 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers. The command also recovered over 500 rustled cattle in Mararaba Udege, Odu and Agwada areas of Nasarawa and Kokona local government areas of state. The State commissioner of Police, Abubakar Sadiq Bello, who made the disclosure Monday in Lafia,... Read More
by Victor Fat Staring at my screen for several minutes as I re-live the moments. My heart is beating fast and I can feel all the fear and shock all over again. It’s difficult to recount in words. It’s difficult finding a start to my September 26, 2016 story. I am not sure what to... Read More
Residents of Joseph Harrison Estate, Yaba area of Lagos State have received a letter from armed robbery asking them to prepare their Christmas dues. The residents got the letter on Wednesday informing them of their intentions to collect Christmas ‘dues’ on an unspecified date. The letter was found on the car of one of the... Read More
The Rivers Police Command on Monday foiled an attack on an airline in Port Harcourt, the state capital, The Punch reports. Three of the armed robbers were killed by the Nigeria Police Force during a shootout at the busy UTC Junction in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, while one of them, identified as Peter James sustained... Read More
by Cheta Nwanze This tweet, a few months ago, brought home to me, just how horrible Nigerian banks, and/or their staff, could be. Bank account details, are pieces of information that are so deeply personal, that in a civilised country, only an order from a Federal court can make those details to be divulged, even... Read More
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested the armed robbers who attacked and robbed Super Eagles midfielder Ogenyi Onazi’s family in their Jos home. The robbers were apprehended in the Epe area of the state. The footballer shared the information on his Twitter account. He said, “The 5 armed robbers that robbed my family home... Read More
A three-man armed robbery gang on Sunday stormed a student hostel, Dean’s Court on Moore road in the Yaba area of Lagos State. According to report, the robbers who had traced a student who just returned from Malaysia, identified as Cynthia had come in a red Toyota Sienna. The robbers then used the opportunity to... Read More
These are the top five stories that drove the conversation today 1. Nnamdi Kanu will never renounce Biafra -IPOB The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied the allegations made by the Movement for the Emancipation of Biafra (MEND) that Nnamdi Kanu plans to denounce Biafra. 2. AGF to investigate death of civil servant The... Read More
Armed robbers attacked a convoy of bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria in the early hours of Tuesday at Hawan Kibo along Jos – Abuja road. It was gathered that the bullion vans accompanied by armed mobile policemen escorts had left Jos in the early hours of Tuesday en route Abuja. It was also... Read More
Three Catholic priests were attacked by armed robbers at the parish house of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Umualumaku, Ehime Mbano Local Government Area, Imo State. According to The Vanguard, the attacked priests include the Parish Priest, Rev. Fr. Anthony Dieme, his curate, Rev. Fr. Christian Obioha and a resident priest, Rev. Fr. Innocent Obiukwu. Rev. Fr. Obiukwu is... Read More
A customer of a new generation bank was left confounded and helpless in Abuja when, as he was visiting the bank’s Kubwa branch, armed men accosted him. The man was about driving into the bank with the lump sum of N4.3 million when the robbers allegedly blocked off his car while shooting sporadically into the air.... Read More
Nollywood actor, Fred Amata has fallen prey to men of the night. This was made known by a friend of his, Matthias Obahiagbon who says the actor was attacked by four armed robbers just as he was about to make his way into the street where he resides. Obahiagbon said Amata, who’s the President of Directors Guild... Read More
Leader of the Nigerian Igbo Community in Europe, NICE, Chief Chris Ebede, has revealed that South-East Nigeria (Igboland) is perceived as a haven of criminals in the United Kingdom and some countries in Europe. Ebede while leading a delegation of NICE to Anambra, said the South East state in particular, is believed to be insecure... Read More
7 female corp members were raped during a robbery attack along Kaduna-Abuja highway on Sunday. The youth corpers, who were passengers of a 16-seater bus, were attacked by armed robbers. One of the victims of the attack, on Friday revealed that the robbers disguised as policemen. The corp member said the bus left Television Garage in Kaduna around... Read More
The Nigeria Police has warned of the presence of armed robbers at ATM points, especially at night. The NPF issued this alert on its website after an Abuja resident, a man, reportedly went to one of the banks in the FCT at about 12:10am on Thursday to withdraw money from an ATM. According to the... Read More
On Wednesday morning, armed robbers attacked two banks in Ebute Road, Ogolonto bus-stop in Ikorodu, Lagos State. The daredevil robbers carted away millions of naira and left several injured. The following videos, which were obtained from Linda Ikeji’s blog- are from inside one of the banks while the robbers could still be heard shooting outside. Viewer discretion... Read More
by Damilola Jagun A gang of armed robbers exchanged gunshots for about 30 minutes with policemen on the Lekki-Ikoyi link bridge on Thursday, March 12. It is believed that the robbers had robbed a bank at Lekki phase 1, after which they made an attempt to escape through the link bridge to Ikoyi when they... Read More
by Anike Jacobs You don’t believe in miracles, then read this. A seasoned lawyer and human rights activist based in Warri, Barrister Robinson Ariyo, was recently shot twice by suspected armed robbers but his skin refused to yield to the gun pellets. Narrating his miraculous encounter to Tribune Newspaper, Ariyo revealed that he was waylaid... Read More
by Anike Jacobs Four armed robbery suspects died mysteriously recently in Ondo State. According to the Ondo State Police Command, the suspects died in an auto crash after men of the State Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) gave them a hot chase while trying to escape from a robbery scene in Akure, the state capital. Commissioner of... Read More
by Damilola Jagun The Ogun State Police Command has paraded some suspected armed robbers, one of who was apprehended at the Redemption Camp of the Redeemed Christian Church of God. 26-year-old Emmanuel Olowu was arrested at the RCCG camp for allegedly robbing worshippers of their belongings in the camp during some of the church’s activities. According to... Read More
by Iyobosa Omoregie Armed robbers have reportedly killed a pastor during a robbery operation, in Benin. Godfrey Agbonwaneten, pastor in charge of Evidence of the Gospel Church, Benin, was murdered in Okhunmwun community, Ovia North-East LGA of Edo State. The pastor was shot dead in the wee hours of Tuesday, December 9, by armed robbers, who raided... Read More
by Akan Ido The remains of upcoming Nollywood actor, Clems Onyeka, who was fatally hit by a bullet have been taken to a mortuary this evening. The 37-year-old actor was shot along Summit Express, Asaba, Delta State while the police and armed robbers who attacked a new generation bank were engaged in a fierce gunfight.... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe A 34-year-old female gun-runner has been arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad for selling guns to armed robbers. A SARS team from Ikeja, Lagos, apprehended Sarah Emmanuel, the wife of a deceased notorious armed robber, who used to hawk wares before venturing into the illegal supply of arms to criminals. Sarah,... Read More
by Azubuike Azikiwe A robbery gang of four were arrested by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the command, for robbing early morning pedestrians and motorists in the Mile 2 area of the state. The robbers, Mutalubi Abdullahi, Ismaila Moruf, Opeyemi Akinyemi and Sarah Emmanuel, operated on commercial motorcycles (Okada), using three locally-made guns... Read More
