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Suspected robbers in the early hours of Tuesday raided 10 houses in Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina, a source has said.  The source who did not want his name in print said the robbers stormed the area and shot sporadically. The source also said the operation lasted for about two hours, noting that the robbers arrived at about 1:30am and left 3:15am The spokesperon, Katsina State Police Command, DSP Gambo Isah told our StraightNews reporter about the incident, saying it got a distress call at about 1:35 a.m and mobilised men of the Anti-Robbery Squad, who swung into action. The Police Public Relations Officer, however,…

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have intercepted a commercial bus at Isiokpo area of Rivers State and whisked away more than 20 occupants of the vehicle.  The bus branded ‘’Rivers Mass Transit Company’’ was said to be travelling from Port Harcourt to Owerri, Imo State, before it was stopped by the bandits at Isiokpo, Ikwerre Local Government Area.  “The 18-seater bus had loaded at Agip and Whimpy on Ikwerre Road”, a driver, who went through the same spot and narrowly escaped the incident stated. It was learnt that 18 passengers, a driver and conductor of the bus were all taken…

A professor at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), has warned that the Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) has been found in the throat of people engaging in oral sex.  Professor Adegboyega Fawole, who is of the Department of Gynaecology, UITH, told NAN in Ilorin on Tuesday that HPV was mostly sexually transmitted.  Fawole said the virus caused almost all cases of cervical cancer and could cause genital warts and anal cancer.  “Oral sex has been linked with an increased risk of acquiring HPV infection in the mouth and with an increased risk of developing oral cancers that are caused…

Eleven suspected armed robbers and cult members have been arrested in different locations in Ondo State by police detectives.  Five of the armed robbery suspects were caught wearing military camouflage to rob their victims.  Also, four of the suspected cult members are members of the dreaded Eiye Fraternity that participated in the killing of other members of different cult gangs in the state in recent time.  They include lsiaka Kareem, Olabode Ayobami, Ebenezer Akinkuolu and Joseph Esie. It was gathered that the five suspected armed robbery suspects arrested include Adeniyi seun, Oluwatosin Olarenwaju, Adebowale Adeye, llo Vicent and Tunde Olayode. …

Police have arrested two suspected kidnappers along the Adani/Nimbo axis in Uzo Uwani Local Government Area of Enugu State where hoodlums have continued to abduct travellers and rape women almost on a daily basis. Last week, three relations including one Mehodus Okwo and another trader who was simply identified as Assorted, were kidnapped at Abi, Ugbene, near Adani when they went to sell ogogoro (locally brewed gin) in the market.  Initially, three persons including Methodus, Assorted and his brother were kidnapped but the third person was allowed to go home and inform his parents about the development.  However, the police…

Police operatives attached to Iwo Division, Osun State, have arrested two men, who were in possession of two human wrists in the state.  The police in the state have also arrested a 38 year-old man, identified as Ajibade Rasheed, with a fresh decapitated head of an old woman, including her private part, liver and intestine.  Other parts of the body found on the man include two palms, lungs and blood kept in a bottle. Parading the man with the strange discoveries, at the police headquarters, the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye, said policemen on surveillance arrested the suspect at…

Policemen in South Africa have allegedly tortured Clement Ofoma, a Nigerian based in the country, to death.  The Nigerian community in South Africa confirmed the killing Wednesday, saying it occurred at Springs town, near Johannesburg.  Ofoma, 35, a native of Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra, was a businessman based in the town. According to NAN, Toewry Ofoma, a South African citizen who is the wife of the deceased, said about 10 policemen arrested her husband from his shop on Tuesday. She said the police alleged that he was a drug dealer, but her husband denied the allegations.  “They searched…

At least one person has been feared dead in Rumuji Community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State, yesterday, during a protest by youths of the area against Greenville Multinational Oil Company operating in the community.  Rumuji youths had mobilized and laid siege to the company’s premises over alleged abandonment and neglect of the host community before the soldier dispersed them with gunfire.  Soldiers attached to the company had opened fire on the youths who were on peaceful demonstration to Greenville.  It was gathered that no fewer than three persons were hit by stray bullets from the security operatives.  Chizam…

A robbery suspect, Azeez Folarin, has narrated how his house furnished with the proceeds of crime was burgled in Ibadan and the items carted away by thieves who apparently had no respect for one of their own.  The 25-year-old suspect, popularly known as IPad, said he had been operating in the underworld for over two years and belonged to a robbery gang operating in Lagos, Ogun, and Oyo states. According to Folarin, he rented an apartment in Ibadan and furnished it. Asked how he felt after his property was carted away, the Ogun State College of Education drop-out, said he…

 A POLICE Sergeant was, Monday night, shot dead and his service rifle taken away by some persons suspected to be crude oil thieves at Kolo II in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.  Injured in the attack was a police corporal and a civilian. The incident occurred about 8.30 p.m at a checkpoint. ‎According to an undisclosed source, the attack on the policemen some distance from the densely populated settlement triggered confusion in the community as the natives and policemen attached to the Kolo Divisional headquarters scampered for safety. Trouble, it was learnt, started when the policemen, who stopped…