Crime

By Thompson Yamput A Lokoja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday adjourned a case of alleged negligence filed against two boat operators in Kogi, until 26. The Kogi Police Command, through its National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) wing, charged Musa Dangana and Yakubu Dangana, both residents of Lokoja, are charged with conspiracy and negligence that led…

By Thompson Yamput The Kogi Police Command on Thursday confirmed that gunmen attacked Sen. Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s (PDP-Kogi Central) family residence in Obeiba Community in Okehi Local Government Area. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Miller Dantawaye, who confirmed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Thursday, said that…

By Admin An unnamed cleric has opened up to the world on how islamic clerics are being recruited to justify the killing of Nigerians by Fulani militia  and terrorists with a view to giving the killers amnesty and their unnamed elites political offices. He also revealed in the video how the clerics are being implored…

By Adoga Charles The police in Akwa Ibom State on Friday said they have busted a Baby Factory where infants and Pregnant women were rescued. DSP Timfon John,  the police Command’s spokesman, in a statement, said the uncovered baby Factory,  an illegal maternity home was allegedly involved in child trafficking, unlawful medical practice, and impersonation…

By Thompson Yamput The Security Adviser to Kogi Governor, retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, says security operatives  are on the trail of abductors of 18 passengers in a Bus belonging to the ABC Transport. The passengers were kidnapped on Sunday. Omodara disclosed this to the  News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja. NAN recalls…

By Admin A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Justice Equity and Transparency Group, has expressed concern over the prolonged adjournments in the alleged kidney harvest case involving Noah Kekere and Yusuf Abdulahi. The group, in a statement signed on Tuesday by its North Central Zone Coordinator, Barr. Silas Ibrahim, decried the persecution of the defendants in the…

By Isaiah Eka The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has rescued two young boys from Akwa Ibom who were trafficked to Taraba for labour exploitation.The Uyo Zonal Commander of NAPTIP, Mr Emmanuel Awhen, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Uyo on Monday. According…

By Admin The Akwa Ibom State Police Command on Monday says it has arrested a 32-year-old Ndifreke Isaiah-Nelson for allegedly murdering his girlfriend, 39-year-old Emem Monday Effang. Thw suspect was alleged to have stolen  his victim’s  mobile phone after committing the dastardly act. The Command’s Spokesman,  DSP Timfon John, in a statement signed in Uyo,…

By Adoga Charles The Police in Akwa Ibom State on Thursday arrested three suspects allegedly with a firearm during a stop and search at Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the State. A statement signed by DSP Timfon John, the Command’s Spokesman, disclosed that the suspects and the firearm are in custody of the police….

By Thompson Yamput The Akwa Ibom State Police Command arrested a 42 year-old man Victor Okoh, for the alleged gruesome murder of his wife, Victoria Okoh, 38, at their residence in Oron Local Government Area of the State. A statement issued in Uyo on Monday by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Timfon John, said the man,…