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LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Mathew Abo, who was reportedly abducted at his residence in Zaki-Biam. Area of the State. READ ALSO: Gunmen Abduct Recently Sworn-In Information Commissioner In Benue Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the State Command, SP Sewuese Anene, confirmed the development earlier today, stating that Mr Abo was released in the early hours of today and has reunited with his family, after spending 10 days in captivity. Recall that Voiceofnaija.ng earlier reported that gunmen on four motorcycles at about 8:00 p.m,…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Lagos State Police Command, neighbours have stopped a man from killing himself in Igbologun, Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of the State. It was gathered that the 34-year-old man (name withheld), was drinking a substance suspected to be an insecticide on Wednesday, when a labourer in the next compound saw him and raised the alarm. The labourer who identified himself simply as Jamiu told Punch Metro that his alarm attracted the attention of people who quickly contacted the Police. READ ALSO: Varsity Graduate Attempts Suicide Over Withheld Results “That Tuesday morning around 10.30 a.m. while…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Operatives of the Nigerian Navy attached to NNS BEECROFT have intercepted a large consignment of cannabis sativa on Lagos waters. The drug was being ferried into Nigeria through the nation’s backwaters by suspected smugglers, DailyTrust reports. The navy estimated the street value of the seized drug at over N200 million, adding that the contraband stacked in about 65 sacks was recovered from two locations in Lagos. It said its officers were able to track the illicit consignment with the aid of Falcon Eye, a state-of-the-art maritime awareness domain facility technology. READ ALSO: NDLEA Intercepts 6,600…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting has sentenced two brothers, a pastor and a motorcyclist, to death by hanging for killing a farmer over a parcel of land. The convicts, identified as Uduak Udo Umoren, 48-year-old pastor and his 34-year-old brother, Emmanuel Udo Umoren, popularly called ‘okada’. The duo were found guilty for the murder of one Iboro Akpan Joe, a 45-year-old farmer and trader from Ikot Otu in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the State. READ ALSO: 13-Yr-Old Boy Admits Causing Death Of Grandmother Hit By Own Car In Sheffield It was…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Police have paraded four suspects in connection with the murder of a retired President of the Benue State Customary Court, Justice Margaret Igbetar. Recall that 72-year-old Igbetar, was reportedly murdered in her residence on Wantor Kwange Street in Makurdi metropolis on 24 August. Briefing journalists at the Command headquarters in Makurdi earlier today, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Bartholomew Nnamdi Onyeka, stated that one of the suspects, the deceased’s nephew, Aondohemba Joseph confessed to have connived with three other suspects to kill his aunt. “You will recall that on 24 August, 2023, a case of…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The authorities of the Benue State Police Command has dismissed a constable identified as Belasa Iyange for raping a 16-year-old girl who was in detention. Tse Agbaragba, the constable who disguised to be assisting the girl, in detention at the time, went into the female cell, took her into an office and had sexual intercourse with her against her consent. The underage girl was said to have reported the case to the Divisional Police Officer. This led to the arrest of the constable and the case was brought to the State Criminal Investigation Department, Makurdi.…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A State Senator from North Dakota, U.S.A, his wife and their two children have reportedly died when a small plane they were traveling in crashed soon after a refuelling stop in Utah. Doug Larsen’s death was confirmed in an email that Republican Senate Majority Leader, David Hogue sent to fellow senators, according to Associated Press (AP) reports. READ ALSO: Remains Of Tuskegee Pilot Missing Since World War II Identified The plane is said to have crashed on 1 October evening, shortly after taking off from Canyonlands Airfield about 15 miles (24 kilometres) north of the…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- The Nigeria Police Force has called on citizens to report Police officers who check people’s mobile phones to the authorities for disciplinary action. Public Relations Officer of the Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made the call on Monday while reacting to a video of Police officers searching through the phone of a passenger and commenting that he had been in service for 14 years but could not use the same phone. Adejobi, in his statement, stressed that searching through people’s phones is unprofessional. A user of X (formerly Twitter), @tadeosun074, had posted the video where a…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Four persons have been confirmed dead after a scuffle for the steering of a bus between a traffic Police officer and a driver in Lagos. According to eyewitnesses, the incident occurred earlier today during ‘rush hour’ at the Ago Palace Way area of Lagos Mainland. “The traffic offender and the police were struggling for the steering wheel. They both lost control of the car which then ran into school children aged four and six who were being picked up from their home to school by a tricycle (Keke) rider,” an eyewitness told journalists. Another eyewitness,…

LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- A 13-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to causing the death of a grandmother fatally hit by a car in Sheffield, Uk. The boy (name withheld) appeared at Sheffield Crown Court, UK, earlier today, and pleaded guilty admitted to causing the death 60-year-old Marcia Grant by running her over with her own car in Greenhill on 5 April, 2022. During his first appearance in court in April, prosecutor Gary Crothers told Sheffield Youth Court that Police at the scene noted that the boy said“Is she dead?”, “Looks like I got my first kill?,” and “It was…