The Acting Chairman, Guma Local Government Area of Benue, Mr Japhet Hungwa, says villagers at Ortese Village had blocked the Makurdi-Lafia highway over continuous killing of their people. Mr Hungwa, who is the Director-General, Services and Administration (DGSA) of the LGA, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
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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...
There is heavy presence of security personnel at the Osun-Osogbo groove in Osogbo, as the annual festival begins to come to a close at the River Osun bank on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) observed that armed policemen and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has rescued 9 teenagers during an alleged forceful cult initiation in the Mushin area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest on his verified Twitter handle on Thursday. Hundeyin,...
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,...
The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Akintomiwa Oluwasegun, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of 24 ATM cards. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of possession of ATM cards. The police prosecutor, Insp Olubu Apata, told the court...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 44-year-old woman, who allegedly used her 10-year-old niece as a drug courier. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure on Tuesday while parading the suspect before newsmen at the police command’s headquarters in Ikeja. Hundeyin said that...
A 43-year-old cleric is in police net in Lagos for charming his U.S.-based friend to collect N105 million from the latter by false pretence. Parading the suspect before newsmen on Monday, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone-2, Mr Ali Mohammed, said the cleric also charmed his friend’s wife and...
At least 200 people fell sick due to food poisoning in east Afghanistan’s Khost province, an official said on Monday. The incident occurred in Satkai village of Zazai Maidan district on Sunday evening when the villagers attended a charity meal. All the victims have been taken to...
By OLA MODUPE, Osogbo – Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Operation Amotekun on Monday said that an ex-offender had been detained while reportedly trying to kidnap an 8-year-old girl in Osun State. The state Commander of Amotekun Corps, Retired Brig.-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi, in a statement,...
The Police Command in Anambra says it has commenced 24-hour surveillance on the Second Niger Bridge to protect it from vandalism. The Commissioner of Police in Anambra, CP Aderemi Adeoye, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Sunday that the surveillance was in collaboration with...
A team of policemen from Kano state Police Command has smashed a drug cartel at Kwanar Dangora, in Kiru Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, in Kano on Sunday. “Recall that on the 18th...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Two suspected kidnappers have been killed in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State, the Bauchi State Police Command has said. The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Auwal Muhammad, stated this while addressing journalists at a press conference at the Command’s headquarters. ...
The installer of a faulty elevator that claimed the life of a medical doctor, Vwaere Diaso, at the General Hospital, Odan, Lagos-Island, last Tuesday, has been handed over to the police for interrogation, the Lagos State Government has said. In a statement on Friday, the Permanent Secretary of...
The police command in Zamfara said its operatives repelled bandits who attacked the Divisional Police Station in Zurmi Local Government Area of the state. The command said it also arrested a 35-year-old suspected female informant. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Yazid Abubakar disclosed this on Friday at a media...
The police command in Lagos State has arrested a 29-year-old ‘bolt’ driver, Jeremiah Adeniran, who allegedly robbed some of his passengers. Adeniran, during an interview with journalists on Friday in Ikeja, confessed that the hike in fuel price led him to robbery. “Before, I can do 15...
The Lagos State Government has called for more mandated reporting in the case of alleged defilement of a 12-year-old girl in the Ikorodu area of the state by one Ife Adekoya. Mrs Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, Executive Secretary, Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), who made this known in...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Air Peace airline on Wednesday said a passenger on one of its flights allegedly stole the sum of N1 million from another passenger’s suitcase before been arrested. The incident occurred on July 27 on board Abuja-PHC aircraft P47192, according to a...
Lagos State Police Command has deployed operatives to guard legitimate protesters at designated venues and routes, as the organised labour begins nationwide protest against alleged anti-labour policies. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos...
Following the impending nationwide strike on Wednesday, Babatunde Ishola, Assistant Inspector-General of Police, in charge of Zone 8, has appealed to Kogi workers to be peaceful in their protest. The AIG made the appeal during a meeting with Labour Leaders in Lokoja on Tuesday. Ishola explained that...