Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Baba has expressed disappointment at reports of brutality and extortion of members of the public by some police operatives. Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated in Abuja on Monday that Baba consequently directed all supervising Commissioners of Police and Tactical/Strategic Commanders to...
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Military troops of the Operation Hadin Kai Air Task Force ATF, have killed a top Boko Haram commander alongside 27 other terrorists in Borno State. The terrorists were killed during a military airstrike around Mandara mountains in Gwoza Local Government Area of the State. A military sources, who confirmed...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has warned cultists planning to celebrate “Aug. 8 Cultism Day’’ that would face the wrath of the law if they did not shelve the plan. Police spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola, gave the warning in a statement issued to newsmen...
Maj.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has assumed duty as the 39th General Officer Commanding (GOC), 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Kaduna on Monday. Lagbaja succeeds Maj.-Gen. Kabir Mukhtar at the Division. Shortly after taking over from Mukhtar, the new GOC charged officers and men of the Division to brace up for the...
Suspected terrorists have raided and killed three residents of Bali town, the headquarters of Bali Local Government Area of Taraba State. The attack also led to the abduction of an unspecified number of people through a nearby bush path by the suspected terrorists. Sources within the town disclosed that...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command on Sunday said its operatives have successfully rescued six kidnapped victims at Unguwan Dako, Tandama village, Danja LGA of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Gambo Isah disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 90-year-old retired soldier, Usman Adamu, in Mailalle, Sabon Birni, in Sokoto for supplying bandits illicit drugs. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a trans-border drug dealer, Pastor Anietie Effiong with three drums of crystal methamphetamine, locally called Mkpuru Mmiri, believed to have been imported from India. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi disclosed this...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar- The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday said its operatives have intercepted and taken into custody three men suspected to be arms peddlers at Mfum, the border community along the Nigeria-Cameroon border. Mfum is a commercial border town in Ikom LGA of Cross River State,...
All the abducted passengers in an Abuja-Kaduna train attacked early this year by terrorists would have regained their freedom if their abductors had not reneged on an agreement they had with the Federal Government, PRNigeria has exclusively gathered. The gruesome train attack, it would be recalled, took place on...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Commissioner, Mr Olawale Olokode, has ordered the immediate disbandment of his Surveillance Squad because of unprofessional conduct by its members. CP Olokode gave the directives in a statement issued on Sunday by The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Yemisi...
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped a four-year-old boy, Oluwadarasimi Omojola, as his father, Boluwaji Omojola, managed to escape on Itaji/Ijelu-Ekiti Road in Oye Local Government area of Ekiti. The traditional ruler of the community, Owajumu of Omu-Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ogundeyi, confirmed the incident through a telephone conversation with newsmen on...
Kogi State Government on Saturday said it is working vigorously to rescue three children kidnapped at a housing estate in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of the state on Friday. The abductors have made a demand of N100 million ransom for their release. Commissioner for Information and Communication, Mr Kingsley...
By PETER OJOMA, Lokoja – The Kogi State Government has called on the Federal Government to resuscitate the Ajaokuta Steel Company Ltd. The Commissioner for Information in the state, Mr Kingsley Fanwo, observed that the company’s site was fast becoming a den of criminals, Mr. Fanwo made the call...
The Kogi State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of five persons following an attack by gunmen at the West Africa Ceramics Company in Ajaokuta The police in a statement said the attack took place at about 8pm on Friday. One Indian expatriate, two police inspectors and two...
At least four police officers have been killed in Imo state by suspected bandits in the early hours of Saturday, the police have confirmed. The officers were attached to the divisional police headquarters in Agwa community, Oguta local government area. Police spokesperson, Mike Abattam, said although details of the...
Residents have uncovered a kidnappers’ den opposite The Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in the Central Business District, Abuja. The den is located inside thick bush off the expressway Security agents were said to have invaded the hideout and arrested one of the suspected kidnappers. A video taken at the...
The Police Command in Edo has arrested a constable, Victor Osabuohign, caught allegedly engaging in an extortion conversation with a road user in a circulated video on the social media. ASP Jennifer Iwegbu, the command`s Deputy Public Relations Officer, announced this in a statement in Benin on Friday. Osabuohign...