The police command in Lagos State says it has arrested a 53-year-old woman, who was allegedly found with laminated electoral materials. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday. Hundeyin said that the suspect was arrested on Thursday at about...
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The Police in Sokoto State had ordered the restriction of movement from 12:00 am on Friday to 6:00 pm on Saturday during the Governorship and Houses of Assembly elections in the state. A statement issued on Friday by the command spokesman, DSP Sanusi Abubakar also said it had also...
The Nigeria Police have warned trouble makers threatening to disrupt Saturday’s Governorship and House of Assembly polls in Abia to be ready to face the full wrath of the law. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in Charge of the South-East, Mr John Amadi, issued the warning on Thursday in...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – he Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested 7 suspects in connection with the murder of Mr Igboke Ewa, a Traditional Ruler of Omege Village, Umuezeokaoha, in Ezza North LGA of the state. The Command’s spokesman, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the arrest in the statement...
The police in Gombe have arrested a 38-year-old teacher for allegedly defiling four pupils. The pupils who are aged eight, nine, 12 and 14 years respectively are sisters from the same father. ASP Mahid Abubakar, the Command’s Public Relations Officer said this in a press statement issued in Gombe....
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has directed police commands and formations to intensify the mop-up of illicit arms and ammunition across the country ahead of the March 18 election. Baba gave the order in a statement by the Force Public Relations...
A Makurdi Upper Area Court on Tuesday sentenced a man, Ochoechi Adakole, to six months imprisonment for stealing money and wedding gifts. Magistrate Dooshima Ikpambese, delivering her judgment, held that the convict showed remorse over his action and pleaded for mercy. Ikpambese sentenced him with an option of N10,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Yakubu Abdullahi Shehu, the Member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, has been declared wanted by the Nigeria Police Force for criminal conspiracy, causing grievous hurt, disturbance of public peace and culpable homicide. This is contained in the Special Police Gazette...
The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives have neutralised a bandit and recoverd one AK-47 rifle with two rounds of live 7.62x39mm ammunition. The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the development in a statement on Monday in Kaduna. Jalige said on March 13, operatives...
The Police Command in Cross River has confirmed the recovery of the body of a Professor of Political Science with the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Prof. Felix Akpan. The Command’s Spokesperson, SP Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident, said the body was discovered on Sunday with multiple stab wounds...
The police in Ogun rescued a journalist, Oluseun Oduneye, from his kidnappers after a gun battle which lasted for 45 minutes. Oduneye, who’s the publisher of Issues Magazine, was kidnapped at Mobalufon area of Ijebu Ode on Thursday. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi,...
Police in Ebonyi on Sunday in Abakaliki confirmed Saturday’s killing of a councillor, Mr Ogbonnaya Ugwu. Spokesman of the police, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that investigation had started to track the killers so as to bring them to book. A resident told NAN...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested five suspected members of a ritual gang, which specialises in exhuming corpses from graves and removing body parts for rituals. The Police Public Relations Officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday,...
The police command in Lagos State has confirmed the arrest of a 24-year old security guard, Barnabas Job, over alleged murder of a 26-year old housemaid, Miss Tereza Ekibi. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday. Hundeyin said...
The Police in Kaduna State, have confirmed the occurrence of a fresh attack on Zango Kataf Local Government Area, on Saturday night. SP Muhammad Jalije, the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday, that the attack occurred at 20:40hrs in Ungwan Wakili....
By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau – The police operatives in Zamfara State have dislodged a bandits’ camp and rescue 14 kidnapped victims, who had spent 68 days in captivity. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Muhammad Shehu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday in Gusau....
The Zamfara chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on security agencies to investigate report of illegal printing of party agents tags by a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state. This is contained in a statement issued in Gusau on Saturday by the...
Amotekun Corps, the security network of states in the Southwest geo-political zone arrested a 24-year-old suspected rapist in Iwo, Osun on Friday. He was alleged to have been keeping a 16-year-old girl in his room for three days while having carnal knowledge of her. Commander of the corps in...
A disgruntled former Jehovah’s Witness member shot dead six people of the Christian group’s congregation in the German city of Hamburg, before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Friday. Eight other people were wounded, including four seriously, in Thursday evening’s attack, said Hamburg interior minister Andy Grote, calling...
A High Court 1 in Abakaliki, has restrained the Nigerian Police Force from arresting Prof Benard Odoh, Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) over the murder of Umuezeokoha Traditional Ruler, Igboke Ewa. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the deceased, from Omege Village, Umuezeokaoha...