Tag Archives: Hoodlums

Hoodlums have attacked and razed the Neni Divisional Police station in Anaocha Local Government Area of Anambra State.    Reports suggest that the attackers, numbering about thirty, invaded the facility in the early hours of Thursday, March 28, and threw explosive devices that burnt parts of the building.    The …

Hoodlums have attacked and looted trailers conveying cartons of spaghetti at the Dogarawa axis of the Zaria-Kano expressway.   The trailer was heading for Abuja from Kaduna when the thugs blocked the road and made burnfires on the highway.    An eyewitness told Daily Trust that the incident occurred around …

Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested four suspected criminals who attacked two victims and carted away their phones in the Ilasan area of the state.    According to a statement released, the phones stolen have been recovered and the suspects will be arraigned in court as soon …

The Inspector General of Police, Ag. IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Thursday September 28, 2023, visited the National Trauma Centre, National Hospital, to personally assess the condition of a Police Inspector, Omeje Matthew, who was brutally attacked and macheted by armed hoodlums at his residence in Kabusa, Abuja.     …

A pub owner popularly called Iya Bisola, operating in Ikirun, Osun State, has been strangulated by hoodlums.    Punch reported that corpse of the deceased was found in her house located around Oke Glo Area in Ikirun, with marks of violence around her neck.   A neighbour, Jide told the …

The police in Ondo state has arrested two hoodlums identified as  Sodeeq Adegoke, 24 and Abubakar Ajibola, 24, for robbing a student, Yusuf Joseph, of the sum of N150,000.   While being paraded at the state police command on Monday, April 17, one of the suspects, Adegoke, confessed to waylaying …

The local government office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Takai local government area of Kano state, was almost set ablaze by hoodlums.    Daily Trust reported that this happened during a clash between political supporters at the headquarters of Takai town on Sunday morning, February 26.   …

Hoodlums numbering over 50 have invaded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre at Ile-Iwe, Orilowo Ejigbo area of Lagos State.   Vanguard reported that sounds of sporadic gunshots rented the air as INEC officials and party agents fled in different directions.   The report said they came in …

Three police officers have been confirmed dead after hoodlums attacked the Anambra State Police Command in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area, in the early hours of Saturday, February 18.   According to residents of the area, the hoodlums, who came in large numbers, stormed the police station, began shooting …

15 persons were injured on Friday, February 10, by hoodlums who attacked supporters of lawmaker representing Obokun/Oriade Federal Constituency of Osun state in the House of Representatives, Mr. Wole Oke.    Oke said in a statement, that the attack took place shortly after some northerners living within his constituency, visited …