The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday in Abeokuta said it has apprehended one Akeem Owonikoko, a suspected armed robber, along the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin Highway. SP Omolola Odutola, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in a statement said Owonikoko was arrested after an operation led by ACP Omosanyi...
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The Police Command in Ogun says it has arrested one Sunday Dosunmu, a prison returnee, while trying to use fabricated keys to unlock cars at Leme area of Abeokuta on Saturday. SP Omolola Odutola, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Defence Headquarters has debunked social media reports alleging that the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) received request to effect change of leadership in the country. The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General, Tukur Gusau, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday,...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) says it has simultaneously decimated several criminal elements in the last few days through airstrikes in various theatres of operation. This is contained in a statement by the Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Edward Gabkwet, on Sunday in Abuja....
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has arrested 12 suspect over a communal land dispute that left four people dead in two communities in Ezeagu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this...
The Acting Inspector General of Police (IG-P), Kayode Egbetokun, has announced plans to establish a Special Intervention Squad (SIS) to deal with security threats in the country. Egbetokun disclosed this when he led the police force management team on courtesy call to Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State on Saturday...
Kano State Commissioner of Police, Mr Hussaini Gumel, has dismissed reports about protests by residents of the state over the planned deployment of military personnel by ECOWAS to restore constitutional order in Niger Republic. Gumel told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the...
Police in Oyo State have arrested a grandfather for seizing his daughter’s day-old-baby in Oyo town and selling same to a baby factory in Abia for N700,000. Five accomplices of the grandfather were arrested at the baby factory. Commissioner of Police in Oyo state, Mr Adebola Hamzat,...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the call for the military to interfere in the nation’s democracy is highly unpatriotic and wicked. Oh A statement by the Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau on Friday in Abuja, said it was an attempt by unpatriotic elements to distract the military...
The Defence Headquarters says Nigerian have, in the last one week, neutralised 38 terrorists, apprehended 242 others and rescued 89 kidnapped hostages in different operations across the country. The Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, made this known in a statement on Friday in Abuja. ...
The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Adm. Emmanuel Ogalla, says the Nigerian Navy will leverage on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies to enhance its operational activities. Ogalla said this during the presentation of a paper by navy participants of National Defence College (NDC) Course 31, entitled...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – No fewer than 3 gunmen have been killed by the police while others escaped with severe bullet wounds after a gun battle with hoodlums in Imufu community within Igbo-Eze North LGA of Enugu State. The police spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, confirmed...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives have arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys in Makurdi, Benue. EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Friday. Mr. Uwujaren identified the suspects...
Gunmen have killed 20 persons at Baton and Rayogot of Heipang District, Barkin Ladi Local Government of Plateau State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Alfred Alabo,, confirmed the incident in a statement on Thursday in Jos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A suspected child trafficker, identified as Obinna Ibe, has been arrested by the police in Anambra State for kidnapping three young girls and transporting them to Ghana. The Abia State Police spokesperson, Maureen Chinaka, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Aba. The suspect,...
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents have fatally shot a man in Utah, who was under investigation for threats against U.S. President Joe Biden. The man who was not identified further, was killed on Wednesday morning by the secret agent during a raid FBI...
Ecuadorian President Guillermo Lasso confirmed on Wednesday the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, and announced that a meeting of the country’s security cabinet would be held within minutes. “I am outraged and shocked by the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio. In his memory and the...
The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Mohammed Barde, says a manhunt for the arsonists who burnt down the residences of Mr Jerry Alagboso and Chief Ezekiel Nwokedi has begun. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Alagboso is a former House of Representatives while Nwokedi is...
Police in Bauchi State have arrested three suspects over the lynching of a police constable in Konkiyel village of Darazo Local Government Area of the state on July 25. Police spokesman in the state, SP Ahmed Wakil stated in Bauchi on Wednesday that six of the suspects’ accomplices...
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has solicited for more collaborative measures from sister security agencies and border communities to ensure compliance on the closure of all routes linking Niger Republic. The NIS Acting Comptroller General, Mrs Caroline Adepoju, made the call while addressing personnel at the Illela border...