The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has called on the Federal Government to dedicate more funds to the Police and increase its annual personnel recruitment quota from 10,000 to 20,000. Egbetokun made the call on Wednesday at the ongoing Defence Week for the Senior Executive Course...
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Police in Lagos State arraigned a 31-year-old, Eghiewe Aigotsua before a Badagry Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday for alleged obtaining N6.04 million from a complainant under false pretence. Police prosecutor, ASP Clement Okuoimose, told the court that Aigotsua fraudulently obtained N6.04 million from one Adewale Adebiyi claiming that he...
Police in Delta State have revealed how its operatives arrested 67 persons suspected to be homosexuals in Ekpan Community in Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Wale Abass, said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday at the Ekpan Police Station....
The Ebonyi State Police Command has rescued an Inspector of Police attached to the Police Detective College, Enugu and the village chairman of Ngwogwo, Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi from kidnappers. Police spokesperson in Ebonyi, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, stated in Abakaliki on Tuesday that the duo...
A 24-year-old student of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has been arrested by the police in Edo State for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death. Commissioner of Police in Edo, Mr Muhammed Dankwara told newsmen on Tuesday in Benin that the suspect’s landlord reported the case...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives have arrested six suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo boys in Bwari and Dutse axes of Abuja. The EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. ...
The Joint Task Force Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), on Tuesday arrested an oil vessel MV Ofuoma and 10 crew members conveying alleged illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers. The Component Commander OPDS, Commodore John Siyanbade, who represented the OPDS Commander, Rear Adm. Olusegun Ferreira said MV Ofuoma was...
In the unrelenting effort by troops to clear remnants of Boko Haram terrorists (BHT) enclaves in Borno and contiguous states, troops of 144 Battalion have successfully rescued 25 hostages held captive by the terrorists. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Onyema...
No fewer than 91 officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) are undergoing training in effective protection of schools across the country by security experts. The 2-day training kicked off on Monday at the NSCDC Headquarters, Abuja. NSCDC Commandant-General (CG) Ahmed Audi, said that...
A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court on Monday ordered that a 20-year-old student, Austin Ife be remanded in a correction centre for alleged murder and belonging to a cult group. Ife who lives at No 22 Solomon Akaahan Street in Gboko Local Government Area of Benue was charged with criminal conspiracy,...
The Nigerian Navy (NN) says the Merchant Vessel (MV) CECELIA arrested on Aug. 15 at Meco Jetty in Port Harcourt, was carrying illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO). The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. ...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says the air component of Operation Delta Safe (OPDS) and Operation Hadin Kai carried out successful air interdiction missions on some illegal refining sites and terrorists hideouts in Niger Delta and North East regions. This is contained in a statement issued by the...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have intercepted at least 514,420 pills of suspected hard drugs in Gombe, Adamawa, Ogun and other parts of the federation between Aug. 21 and Aug. 23. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that NDLEA officers recovered...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Ogun State Police Command has detained a native doctor identified as Babatunde Kolawole, for been in possession of a fresh male human corpse, was arrested and handed over to its personnel at Ado/Odo-Ota area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola,...
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Malam Nuhu Ribadu, says the country is still losing 400,000 barrels of crude oil daily to local and international thieves despite efforts to end the menace. Ribadu confirmed this when he led a presidential delegation to inspect oil and gas facilities at Owaza...
A former military spokesman, Major-General Bernard Onyeuko (rtd), has passed on. A credible source told PRNigeria that he died on Saturday morning after complaining of cold and was rushed to a private hospital where he died. General Onyeuko who retired from the Nigerian Army after...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Government has placed a reward of N5 million for anyone with information that can lead to the arrest of the kidnappers of Prof. Ekanem Ephraim, a Neurologist with the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH), who was abducted from her...
The Police Command in Kano on Saturday said it confiscated 820 cartons of suspected fake and expired drugs at Malam Kato Market in Fage Local Government Area of the state. In a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano, the drugs were recovered from...
The Police Command in Bauchi State, has arrested 15-year old Adamu Ibrahim for chopping off the hand of a farmer in Jital village, Bauchi local government area (LGA) of the State. This is contained in a statement issued by the Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, and...
The Defence Headquarters says the troops of the armed forces have within nine weeks, neutralised 23 terrorists, arrested 109 criminals, and five kidnappers. It also said that one informant and 22 suspected oil thieves were arrested within the period across the country. The Director, Defence Media...