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...
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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...
A Chinese National, Mr Frank Geng-Quangrong, 47, on Thursday, again told a Kano High Court that he never intended to kill his Nigerian girlfriend, Ummukulsum Sani, 22. The defendant, who lives at Railway Quarters Kano is charged with culpable homicide. Frank, led in evidence by defence counsel, Mr Muhammad...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 31- year-old man, Stephen Alabi, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly cutting his neighbour’s two- year old daughter with a cutlass. The Magistrate, Mrs H. B Mogaji refused to listen to the suspect’s plea. She ordered him to be remanded in...
The Ebonyi Governorship candidate of All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Prof Benard Odoh said on Monday that he has secured a court order to stop his arrest by the police. The police had declared Odoh wanted in connection with the alleged killing of Mr Igboke Ewa, a traditional ruler...
Gunmen have killed Rev. Musa Hyok, and his two sons at Ganawuri community of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau. DSP Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) confirmed the incident to newsmen on Monday in Jos. Alabo, who said that the slain cleric was a priest of...
By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki – The Ebonyi State Police Command has declared 10 persons wanted in connection with the murder of Chief Igboke Ewa of Umu-Ezekoha Community, Ezza North Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, disclosed this in a statement...