Police operatives from the Gender Section of the Lagos State Command have arrested four 17-year old boys, who allegedly conspired and gang raped a 16-year old girl, recorded their various sex actions and uploaded same on the social media. The boys, Taofik Jimoh, Oduyebo Samson, Adegoke Oluwatimileh and Adesanya...
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By AISHA NANA, Bauchi – A 21-years old housewife, Maimunatu Sulaiman has been arrested for arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her husband to death at Kofar Dumi, a suburb of Bauchi metropolis. The Police Public Relations Office in the state, ASP Aminu Ahmed, confirmed the...
The Police Command in Lagos State has approved the dismissal of Insp. Samuel Ukpabio, over alleged baby theft. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, announced the dismissal on Thursday on his verified Twitter handle. He said the recommendation of Ukpabio ’s dismissal was approved on Thursday. “The recommendation for...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Olukayode Egbetokun, has disbanded the police team responsible for running over a citizen in handcuffs in Ekpoma area of Edo. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja....
The Police in Osun and Ekiti Commands on Thursday, warned those planning to celebrate ‘Cultists Day’ on July 7, to desist or be arrested and prosecuted. The warning is contained in separate statements issued by the police commands ahead of the ‘cultists day’ on Friday. In Osun, the police...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A man, identified as Naziru Mohammed, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly robbing stranded passengers with a cutlass. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest in a Tweet on Thursday, said the incident occured at...
The Police Command in Lagos State, has confirmed the killing of three suspected cultists on Wednesday night at Bariga area by another suspected group. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the Command Police Public Relations Officer, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday, Hundeyin said that the command...
A joint military and police team has recovered arms and ammunition following a raid on a criminals’ hideout in Effurun, Delta. A statement on Tuesday in Warri by the Spokesman of the Police Command in Delta, DSP Bright Edafe said that the raid was carried out on Monday by...
The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said the commission has received 216 case files from the Nigeria Police on the 2023 general elections. Yakubu stated this on Tuesday in Abuja l during the commission meeting with Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs), which commenced the commission post-election...
By BASSEY EFFIONG, Calabar – No fewer than 26 suspects have been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command for burning a woman to death over alleged witchcraft. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that the victim, Madam Martina Okey Itagbor of Old Netim in Akamkpa LGA of the state was...
The Police Command in Zamfara has confirmed the killing of six persons in an attack by local vigilantes, Yan Sakai, in Kadamutsawa community of Bungudu Local Government Area. A statement on Tuesday issued in Gusau by the command spokesman, ASP Yazid Abubakar said the attack, which took place on June...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting at Ovom in Yenagoa, on Tuesday, remanded a 30-year-old man, Kingsley Solomon, for allegedly stealing a two-month old baby. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs Sarah B.I. Avoh, ordered that the defendant should be kept at a correctional facility at Azikoro in Yenagoa Local Government Area....
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – Two suspects, who allegedly specialise in hacking into bank customers’ accounts have been arrested by the Zone 2 Command of The Nigeria Police Force NPF. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu, confirmed the arrest in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. Idris-Adamu...
An early morning fire has gutted the popular Soprom Hotel in the commercial city of Onitsha, Anambra, and property worth millions of naira were lost to the inferno. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
The Edo Police Command has arrested two students of the University of Benin over the death of their friend, Francis Anuide, who was drowned in Ekosodin river, Benin, where the trio had gone t The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the arrested students are Samson Kennedy, a...
Dare devil gunmen have stormed a Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) parish in Abule-Ori, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun, killing the pastor and abducting seven members of the church.gu Mr Soji Ganzallo, the Commander, Ogun State So-Safe Corps , confirmed the incident to newsmen in Abeokuta...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – Cross River State Governor, Bassey Otu, has directed the Commissioner of Police in the state to mobilise all tactical and investigative assets and ensure that the alleged killers of a woman burnt to death are brought to justice. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that a viral...
Police Command in Cross River has launched a manhunt for alleged killers of a woman accused of witchcraft in Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Gyogon Grimah, has directed that the perpetrators be arrested and prosecuted according to the law. This...
Three suspects alleged to have killed Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun of the Nigerian Navy in Idoani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have been arrested by the police. Parading the suspects before journalsts on Thursday in Akure, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said...