Gunmen kidnap contractor in Delta, demand N100m ransom
“The gunmen fired several shots into the air, before marching their victim into the darkness on foot."
“The gunmen fired several shots into the air, before marching their victim into the darkness on foot."
The police said members of the syndicate operate in the south-south and south-east states of Delta, Rivers, Enugu, and Imo ...
The state government said the aide had no knowledge of what was happening in the state.
The police said the suspects were killed during a shootout.
This is a review of major events in Nigeria’s south-south region last week.
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Bright Edafe, the police spokesperson in Delta State, confirmed this in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Thursday, calling ...
An accomplice, said to be her boyfriend, has also been arrested, according to the police.
The police said six other persons were injured in the accident.
The police said the suspect had confessed to the crime.
The police said the woman had left her home to see a man she met on a dating site.
The suspect has been arrested alongside three others over murder of the student.
The police have confirmed her release.
The police fired teargas to disperse the protesters, said an official.
The police also arrested suspected gunrunners, armed robbers, and kidnappers, the official said.
Mr Edafe said that the suspects were arrested at different locations between Monday and Friday by the police operatives deployed ...
The suspects led the police to the arrest of two persons who bought stolen items from them.
The police say they have launched a manhunt for the fleeing suspects.
The students have been freed, the police said.
The police commissioner has directed that the case be transferred to the state CID.
The assailants were disguised as EFCC operatives, the police said.
The suspect has been arraigned, the police said.
“They abandoned the victim, thinking he was dead.”
There have been reports in the past of the police profiling and arresting young Nigerians who have dreadlocks.
The Commissioner of Police in Delta State, Wale Abass, assured residents of the state that the sustenance of peace remains ...
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