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Prosper Israel, a dismissed personnel of the Department of State Services, DSS, alongside nine other suspected robbers, were, yesterday, paraded by the Abia State Police Command, for robbery. The suspects were part of the alleged 14-man robbery gang that ambushed a bullion van near Ntigha Junction of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway, on July 26, 2022. During the robbery, the cash officer of a new generation bank was killed on the spot, while the suspects carted away an unspecified amount of cash being conveyed by the bullion van. Three police personnel…

Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, was yesterday sentenced to 21 years imprisonment, by a Lagos Special Offences Court, Ikeja, for kidnapping a businessman, Slyvanus Ahamonou and collecting $420,000 ransom from his family. The trial Judge, Oluwatoyin Taiwo, sentenced Evans along with his accomplice, Victor Aduba, an ex-soldier after finding them guilty for kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms. The court found them guilty of a four-count charge, bordering on kidnapping and unlawful possession of firearms. The prosecution witnesses, Ahamonou and his wife, Chimebere had on December 17, 2021, testified…

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on Monday uncovered a major warehouse where 1.8tons of illicit drugs worth over $278, 250,000, an equivalent of about N194, 775,000,000 in street value were seized in a secluded estate in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. The NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Monday, said at least four drug barons including a Jamaican and the warehouse manager were arrested in the well coordinated and intelligence led operation that lasted two days across different locations in…

A J5 vehicle coming from Onitsha enroute Kaduna-Zaria was intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency on patrol along Okene-Abuja expressway, on Saturday, September 17, with 18 pieces of pump action rifles and 1,300 cartridges. While the two suspects conveying the arms and ammunition, Chukwudi Aronu, 51, and Shuaibu Gambo, 23, were arrested, another suspect, Anthony Agada, 37, conveying 1,000 cartridges, was also nabbed in a bus coming from Onitsha to Abuja on the same day. The anti-narcotic agency spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, revealed in a statement on…

A church in the Shikal community, Langtang South Local Government Area of Plateau State was yesterday invaded by masquerades, disrupting service, as they flogged bewildered worshippers, destroying the church property. It was gathered that the masquerades arrived at the church premises while service was ongoing and started flogging worshippers as they scampered for safety. The invaders later turned to the church’s musical instruments and other property and destroyed them. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident but gave no details. He said: “The DPO of the…