Crime

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu, and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced chin-chin to school students and at social parties in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.   NDLEA recalled that its officers on …

President Bola Tinubu has the condemnned the killing of some Military personnel and officers during a rescue mission in Okuama Community in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.   In a statement he personally signed on Sunday, March 17, the president described the incident as worrisome and needless.  …

Motorists and passengers plying the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway have lamented the increase in the operations of ‘one-chance’ robbers in the Mowe/Ibafo-Berger area of the road. Some passengers who spoke to GISTFOX NEWS at the weekend said the road is no longer safe for them to use due to the activities of …

The First Lady who spoke in Umuahia the State capital on Sunday expressed sadness that while the world was preparing to celebrate the 2024 edition of the International Women’s Day Celebration, some nefarious persons were busy exploiting innocent girls for selfish reasons. She said, “I am deeply saddened by the …

The House of Representatives has condemned the recent abduction of citizens, particularly the school abductions of pupils in Sokoto and Kaduna states. The Gistfox News reported that gunmen abducted scores of schoolchildren in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Wednesday. Two days later, bandits reportedly kidnapped no fewer than 15 …

The Nigeria Police, Abia Command, said it rescued 16 pregnant women and eight children at a baby factory in Aba, Abia State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Maureen Chinaka, made this known in a statement made available to journalists in the state on Friday. Chinaka, who did not …

The Department of State Services on Friday urged citizens to be vigilant against public dangers, especially Improvised Explosive Devices. IEDs are like locally made bombs used by bandits and terrorists to terrorize security agents or civilians alike in Northeast and Northwest regions of the country. According to data presented at …

First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has described kidnappers as cowards. She also noted that anyone convicted of abduction deserves capital punishment. She said this while reacting to the news of 200 women who were kidnapped in Borno State, and over 280 pupils and teachers kidnapped in Kaduna State. Remi Tinubu said, …

In continuation of measures to address the food inflation and cost of living crisis, the Federal Government Tuesday said it had so far intercepted 141 trucks attempting to smuggle grains and other staples to Niger Republic, Chad, Cameroon, and the Central African Republic. The Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, …

The President assured the Qatari investors that reforms are ongoing to remove all the past encumbrances around the Nigerian business environment.   President Bola Tinubu has urged Qatari investors not to offer a bribe to any Nigerian government officials, as he restated his administration’s determination to fight corruption to the …