The Adamawa State Police Command has announced the reopening of a 2023 acid attack case after renewed public outrage and emotional appeals from victims and concerned citizens. The attack, which left three people including Miss Eve Usman Kwala, with severe injuries, was initially reported two years ago. However, no arrests were made during the first round of investigation, according to a statement posted on the Command’s official Facebook page. The police said rising public concern and media reports have prompted a fresh probe aimed at identifying the perpetrators and ensuring justice for the victims. The Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo…
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The Adamawa State Police Command has announced the reopening of a 2023 acid attack case after renewed public outrage and emotional appeals from victims and concerned citizens. The attack, which left three people including Miss Eve Usman Kwala, with severe injuries, was initially reported two years ago. However, no arrests were made during the first round of investigation, according to a statement posted on the Command’s official Facebook page. The police said rising public concern and media reports have prompted a fresh probe aimed at identifying the perpetrators and ensuring justice for the victims. The Commissioner of Police, CP Dankombo…
A former Peoples Democratic Party ward chairman in Boriya–Shiya Ward, Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State, Abubakar Sise, has been abducted by gunmen who invaded his residence in a midnight attack. The assailants reportedly stormed the compound around 12am on Thursday, firing multiple gunshots into the air to frighten residents before gaining access to the premises. Local sources said one of Sise’s sons, who returned home late, was intercepted by the attackers and forced at gunpoint to call his father out of the house. The kidnappers subsequently whisked away the former PDP official, leaving other family members unharmed. At…
Troops of the Joint Task Force, Operation Enduring Peace, have uncovered a significant cache of arms and ammunition during a raid on a suspected gunrunning hub in Fashoron Village, Daffo District, Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The operation, carried out on November 13, 2025, followed credible intelligence on the activities of suspected arms dealers. A statement posted on the force’s verified Facebook page on Friday by the Media Information Officer, Major Samson Nantip Zhakom, said the suspects fled moments before the troops stormed the hideout. Zhakom disclosed that troops recovered an AK-47 rifle with its magazine, a sub-machine…
Security operatives in Kwara State have killed a suspected bandit during a fierce gun duel in Adekanbi Village, close to Bode-Saadu in Moro Local Government Area. The joint operation, involving police personnel and local vigilantes, was part of intensified efforts to dislodge criminal elements across the state, according to a statement issued on Friday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi. Findings revealed that the encounter occurred on Wednesday after operatives launched a tactical mission based on intelligence reports indicating that a group of bandits had occupied a fortified hilltop in the area. Ejire-Adeyemi said the security…
Residents of Tudun Yola, Gwale Local Government Area of Kano State, were left in shock after two women were reportedly killed and their home destroyed by fire in what authorities say was a deliberate attack by unknown assailants. The victims, Hauwa’u Yakubu and Zahra’u Aliyu, were both married to Alhaji Ashiru Shu’aibu Usaini. According to reports, the attackers stabbed one of the women before setting the house on fire. Anas Shu’aibu, a stepson of the deceased, told newsmen that the tragedy occurred on Wednesday around midday while the husband and his sons were away at work. “We didn’t realise anything…
The Kaduna State Police Command has intercepted a suspected child-trafficking operation and rescued 17 children believed to have been mobilised for onward movement to Abuja and other destinations. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, noting that operatives acted on credible intelligence and arrested three suspects under the Dan Magaji bridge in Wusasa around 4pm on Wednesday. According to Hassan, officers from the Dan Magaji Division stormed the area and found the children in the custody of the suspects, who had allegedly brought them from different states with plans to transport them to the…
Two Nigerian nationals have been sentenced to one year imprisonment each for attempting to obtain Ghana’s National Identity Card with forged documents. The convicts — Ike Isaac, who also identified himself as Alex Kwesi Brown Appiah, and Emmanuel Innocent Egbe, who claimed the name Innocent Emmanuel Kodom — were jailed by the Madina District Court II after being found guilty of presenting false information and possessing forged documents during the Ghana Card registration exercise. Their conviction was announced in a statement by the National Identification Authority and signed by its Head of Corporate Affairs, Williams Ampomah E. Darlas. According to…
At least two inmates awaiting trial at an Akwa Ibom State Custodial Centre are feared dead following an explosion from a faulty transformer located near the facility. The incident, which happened a fortnight ago and injured two others, was said to have caused a blackout throughout the period and damaged electrical appliances in the centre. The high-voltage wire reportedly snapped and dropped directly on a portion of the custodial facility, causing an electrocution that led to the death of the inmates. The State Controller of Corrections, Frank Okonkwo, who confirmed the tragic passing of the two awaiting-trial inmates of the…
Five persons have been arrested in the Upu community of Otukpo Local Government Area, Benue State, for allegedly vandalising high-voltage transmission infrastructure belonging to the Transmission Company of Nigeria. Their arrest, carried out by local vigilantes, was disclosed in a statement issued on Thursday by the TCN. According to the company, the suspects were caught on November 3 while attempting to sabotage the Otukpo–Yandev 132kV single-circuit transmission line. “The Transmission Company of Nigeria wishes to inform the public that ongoing efforts to safeguard its facilities are yielding results with the arrest of five suspected vandals from Upu community by local…