A spain-bound drug trafficker, Mr Okonkwo Henry arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja on Easter day, Sunday, April 4, 2021, has excreted a total of 113 wraps of cocaine with a street value of 423 million naira. Mr Okonkwo was arrested and taken into custody by the International Drug Law and Enforcement Agency […]
Gunmen suspected to be terrorising waterways in the Ese-Odo Local Government area of Ondo State, have allegedly razed 14 houses in a midnight attack on the Asere riverine community. According to a report, the gunmen attacked the community for tipping off Security Agencies about their activities and movement. Women in the community protested the attack, […]
Four suspected leaders of bandits have surrendered themselves to the Police along with several arms and ammunition, as well as rustled cows in Katsina State. Parading the repentant bandits at the Police Headquarters in the State, Police Commissioner, Mr Sanusi Buba identified the four to include Sale and Mani Turwa, Ado Sarki and Sani Mai-daji. […]
The Senate Public Accounts Committee has commenced investigation into the alleged sale of two Prado jeeps worth ₦31m at ₦1.5m by officials of the Lake Chad Research Institute, in Maiduguri, Borno State. The Committee discovered the ridiculous transaction while scrutinising the 2015-2018 Auditor General’s report currently being treated by both chambers of the National Assembly. […]
No fewer than 85 fleeing inmates have returned to the Owerri Correctional Centre which was attacked on the early hours of Monday by unknown gunmen. It would be recalled that 1,884 inmates were freed when the gunmen struck the Correctional Centre and the Imo State Police Command Headquarters in Owerri. The attackers who razed no […]
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu has deployed additional Mobile Policemen in the correctional centres in the State. This was disclosed after he received the new Controller of Correctional Services, Lagos, Mr Francis Adebisi, and his entourage, at the Police Command headquarter in Ikeja. A brief detail of the meeting was shared on […]
The outgoing Inspector-General of Police, Mr Adamu Muhammed, has said there will be no hiding place for members of Indigenous People of Biafra. The IGP who spoke when he visited the Imo State Police Command to inspect the extent of damage, insisted that IPOB members were responsible for the Imo jailbreak and the razing of […]
The Oyo State Chapter of Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria, JUSUN, has paralysed judiciary activities in the State as the Union embarked on nationwide strike. BCOS News visited various Courts including the Federal High Court division, National Industrial Court, Court of Appeal, Oyo State High Court Iyaganku and High Court, Ring road, all in Ibadan. […]
More than 130 choice assets have been bought with looted funds in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), by some Nigerian ex-Governors, Ministers and Senators. These assets are among the over 800 traceable to Nigerians in the UAE, including top Security and Military Officers, even as bribery and corruption, proceeds from commercial tax evasions, illicit activities engaged […]
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has denied masterminding Monday’s attacks on the Owerri Correctional Centre and the Imo State Police Command Headquarters. IPOB’s Spokesperson, Mr Emma Powerful in a statement issued on Monday, April 5, 2021, said it was fallacious to link IPOB and the Operatives of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to the […]