Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the release of a businessman, Mr Akpan Essien, abducted at his business premises at Etebi Street, Eket, on Oct . 19. The Command’s Public Relations Officer (PRO) SP Odiko MacDon confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Eket...
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Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that Sheikh Ibrahim, the Director-General, Social Democratic Party (SDP) Campaign Council, is alive. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lokoja on Tuesday. Sheikh Ibrahim’s Anyigba residence was...
Lagos State Police Command has confirmed two persons dead at Ojota area of Lagos on Tuesday as two cult groups engaged themselves in a supremacy battle. Unconfirmed sources, however, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that three suspected cultists were killed in the clash. Police spokesman in...
Police in Ondo State have arrested four robbery suspects over the alleged murder of their gang member following a dispute on sharing of their loot. SP Funmilayo Odunlami- Omisanya, the Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, made this known when the suspects and 14 others were parade before newsmen on...
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun, has warned that the police will not tolerate electoral violence in Bayelsa as off-cycle governorship election holds in the state on Saturday, IGP Egbetokun stated this during a courtesy visit to Gov. Douye Diri on Monday in Yenagoa. He stressed that...
HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – At least nine persons have been killed by suspected bandits at Rugar Kusa village in Musawa Local Government Area of Katsina State. 16 other persons sustained varying degree of injuries when the assailants attacked Muslim faithful celebrating the Maulud in the community on...
The police command in Kogi on Monday said it plans to deploy over 40,000 policemen across the state to ensure peaceful conduct of the Nov. 11 governorship election. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Bethrand Onuoha, stated in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has it would distribute 220 operational vehicles to Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi preparatory to off-cycle governorship elections holding in the states on Nov. 11. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated on Sunday in Abuja that the Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr...
Lightning strike has killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra on Saturday, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered on Sunday. An eye witness told NAN that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers...
Police in Cross River State on Sunday arrested a fleeing suspect in Saturday’s abduction of a former INEC employee. The suspect was hiding in the ceiling of his girlfriend’s house in Calabar when he was arrested.poli He has confessed that the victim’s tenant initiated the abduction. Police spokesperson,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The police in Nasarawa State has detained an official of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) for allegedly chaining and locking up his son for twenty four hours without food nor water. Before his arrest, the FRSC official, identified as Mr Asoko...
Rivers State Police Command has intercepted 300 parcels of cannabis sativa, popularly known as India hemp, in Port Harcourt. The Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Mr Nwonyi Emeka, disclosed this to newsmen at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said police operatives attached to the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – Security operatives comprising of the Nigerian Army and the police have rescued two National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members, kidnapped by bandits in Yargoje community, Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. The Army spokesman , Brig.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, disclosed this in a...
Police rescue 3 kidnap victims in Kaduna The Police Command in Kaduna State has said security operatives have rescued three labourers kidnapped by suspected gunmen on Thursday in Kaduna. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer(PPRO), ASP Mansir Hassan,said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
The Nigeria Police Command in Rivers, has denied claims that its personnel deliberately attacked Gov. Siminalayi Fubara of Rivers during his visit to the state House of Assembly complex in Port Harcourt. Fubara alleged that some policemen shot, tear-gassed and used water cannons on him and his...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has commenced investigation into the gruesome murder of Dr Funmilola Adefolalu, a lecturer at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna by suspected assailant. The command`s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed this in a statement issued on Monday...
The Police command in Ogun says it has arrested two minors for allegedly setting their school on fire in the Isheri-Olofin area of Ifo Local Government. Superintendent of Police, Omolola Odutola, the State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday....
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the killing of 3 persons at Tse Gamber, Sengev Council Ward in Gwer-West Local Government Area (LGA) by suspected herders. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Sewuese Anene, told newsmen in Makurdi that the victims were her cousins. Anene...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – Enugu State Police Command has busted a child-stealing syndicate and arrested a suspect at Igogoro village in Enugu-Ezike community of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of the state. The Command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday...
Police authority in Benue State has said a medical doctor has been arrested in Rivers over the disappearance of three children from Benue. The medical doctor, whose name was not given, was arrested by the police in Rivers following an alert on the missing children. The police spokesperson,...