Police in Niger State say they have foiled a robbery on Morocco road in Suleja Local Government Area of the state. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Spokesperson announced this in Minna on Saturday. Abiodun said on Saturday, suspected armed robbers of about five in numbers attacked a GSM store along...
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By OLA MODUPE, Akure – Ondo State Police Command has confirmed a midnight attack by suspected gunmen on the Okuta Elerinla Police Division in Akure, the state capital. The police spokesperson, Funmi Odunlami, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Akure. Ms. Odunlamin noted that...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has restricted vehicular movement during Eid-el-Kabir celebration in the state, except vehicles on essential services. The Command also imposed vehicular movement restriction in Maiduguri Metropolis and Jere Local Government Area during the Sallah celebration from 7:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m....
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the report of a young mentally-ill lady who stripped herself and barked like a dog in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The state police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement on Friday. He said the command was aware of the...
The Kogi Police Command has urged the public to ignore a trending video alleging blockade of Abuja – Lokoja highway and the kidnapping of passengers by herdsmen. The Commissioner of Police, Edward Egbuka, gave the advice on Friday in Lokoja in a statement issued by the command’s image maker,...
By OJOMA PETER, Lokoja – No fewer than three police officers have been killed by unknown gunmen, who launched an attack on Adavi Police Divisional headquarters in the early hours of Saturday. Commissioner of Police, Mr Edward Egbuka, confirmed the attack in a statement issued in Lokoja by police...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command on Sunday said it had arrested a 27-year-old man, Ibrahim Sikiru, for allegedly killing his father with a machete at Onipanu area of the state. The Police Spokesman in Ogun, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this in a statement issued...
The 22-year-old lady, Oluwabamise Ayanwole, who got missing in transit on Feb. 26 while on a BRT bus in Lagos has been found dead. Police spokesman in Lagos State, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, said in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday that Oluwabamise’s corpse was found on Carter Bridge...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – The newly elected Executive Council of Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) led by its Chairman, Ambassador Ogar Osim has on Tuesday visited the Cross River State Commissioner of Police, CP Aminu Alhassan at the CRS Police Command in Calabar. Addressing the police boss, Ambassador Osim...
The Borno State Police command has denied reports that some policemen were abducted by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) at the Mobile Police Training School in limankara, Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) of the state . Mr Audu Umar, the state Commissioner of Police disclosed this...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna- The Katsina State Police Command on Thursday said its operatives have killed no fewer than 38 bandits and arrested 999 suspected criminals in connection with 608 reported crimes in the state. The state police spokesman, SP Gambo Isah disclosed this while giving a report for...
Security has been beefed up in Maiduguri and environs as President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to visit the town. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the President would inaugurate viable projects executed by Gov. Babagana Zulum’s administration during the visit to the state. These include the Custom...
The Kogi State Police Command have confirmed Tuesday’s robbery attacks on three commercial banks in Egbe and Odo-Ere in Yagba-West Local government Area (LGA) of the state, killing four persons and injuring several others. The State Commissioner of Police, Idris Dauda Babban, who confirmed the incident to newsmen in...
IBRAHIM OBANSA, Lokoja – Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday invaded Odo Ere and Egbe communities in Yagba West Local Government, Kogi State, before attacking two second generation banks and allegedly killing three persons and injured several other people According to eyewitnesses, those killed included two security men and a...
A pastor, Peter Taiwo and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo have been arrested for allegedly conniving to defile a 16 years old choir member of the church in Alaja Oke, Saje area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. The Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun State, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said it had arrested 13 suspected thugs for allegedly vandalising office of Sen. Barau Jibrin, representing Kano North. The command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, made the announcement in a statement in Kano. “A report was...
By OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – The police authority in Ogun State have arrested a 78-year-old man, Moshood Habibu, for killing his visually impaired elder brother over a land dispute in Mowe in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the state. The state’ police spokesman, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who revealed...