…the arrests were made amid heightened tension in the FCT as the popular Jabi Lake Mall shut down on Thursday Following a joint operation launched by the Department of State Services, DSS, the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, the police and other security agencies, a terror cell has been dismantled and five Islamic State West Africa
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…the SSG is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday A former Secretary to State Government, SSG, in Enugu State, Dr. Dan Shere has been abducted along Nsukka road. It was learnt the SSG is among several other commuters kidnapped along the Enugu-Ugwuogo Nike-Nsukka Road on Thursday. Shere, a medical
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…he has been having sex with me since 14th of October 2022 – stepdaughter A 40-year-old man, Taofeek Sulaiman, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old stepdaughter, blaming the devil for the incident. Sulaimon was arrested on Monday following a complaint lodged at Owode Yewa divisional police headquarters
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…the BRT vehicle suffered brake failure Tragedy struck in Lagos on Wednesday when a Bus Rapid Transit, BRT vehicle rammed into a market fence at Alapere in the Ketu area of Lagos State. The DAILY VENDOR learnt that three persons were confirmed dead on the spot, and several others injured. It was gathered that the
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…the Agency confiscated the large sum deemed to be proceeds of an unlawful act Twenty billion Naira (N20billion) lodged in 103 bank accounts belonging to a Lagos socialite and businessman, Mallinson Ukatu, has been confiscated by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA. The DAILY VENDOR reports that Ukatu is being held in Ikoyi Custodial
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…the operation was carried out by the DSS and some foreign security operatives – residents claim Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS on Monday stormed the Trademore Estate in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, and arrested two terror suspects in sting operation. The DAILY VENDOR learnt that the security
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…the convicts were arraigned on three counts of kidnapping, conspiracy and possession of illegal firearms following the abduction of the octogenarian in 2015 Three men have been convicted and sentenced to 14 years imprisonment without an option of fine by a High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, for kidnapping an 83-year-old woman identified as
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…the suspects attacked and snatched a Bajaj motorcycle at gun point Operatives of the Ogun state Police Command have arrested four suspected armed robbers who allegedly specialise in snatching motorcycles from owners at gun point. The suspects, Muhammad Adamu, 20, Okacha Alidu, 22, Yusuf Mohammed, 28, and Muniru Sunmaila, 20, were arrested following a distress
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…77 rail line bolts and nuts, iron pipes recovered Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested two people suspected of vandalising rail lines in Enugu State. This was disclosed by the NSCDC Commandant in the state, Mr Aloysius Obiorah in a statement issued on Wednesday in Enugu by Mr Denny
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…after raping the victim, the teenagers sent video of the sexual act to another friend Two teenagers have been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl and recording the act on their phones. The two friends, after raping the victim, were said to have sent the video of the
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…Smoke was seen oozing at the top of the high-rise WAEC building as the fire rages There was palpable tension in the early hours of Wednesday as fire gutted the West Africa Examinations Council, WAEC building in the Yaba area of Lagos State. Many people are feared trapped in the building as the fire rages.
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…witness says the suspect had succeeded in raping another passenger in 2021 A prosecution witness, Goddy Ihende, has narrated to a Lagos State High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square how a driver of the Lagos Bus Rapid Transit, Andrew Ominikoron, who allegedly raped and murdered his passenger, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, always raped his victims
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…the abductors first contacted the transport company and demanded the ransom Gunmen have demanded a total of N550million as ransom for kidnapped 11 passengers who were abducted on Friday. THE DAILY VENDOR reported that the passengers were abducted along the Nasarawa-Benue borders. The kidnappers are reportedly demanding N50m ransom for each of the victims. The
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…Sources say the gunmen were six in number and they had masks on. There was palpable panic at the Computer Village area of Ikeja, in Lagos State, on Tuesday, when masked gunmen reportedly abducted a yet-to-be-identified man. THE DAILY VENDOR learnt that the incident happened on Medical Road in the area. According to eyewitnesses who
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…the gunmen had attacked a team of Nnewi Anglican Diocesan officials Anglican Diocese of Nnewi, Anambra State has dismissed as fallacious reports making rounds that Bishop of the Diocese, Rt. Rev. Ndubuisi Obi was among those attacked by unknown gunmen on Sunday October 23, 2022. The church said the actual people involved in the attack
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