By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple and six others for allegedly killing and dismembering a 26-year-old mother of two, Oyindamola Adeyemi for money rituals. The police spokesman in the state , SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, said this in a statement issued in...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command has arrested 61 suspected political thugs, which is part of its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mamman Dauda, made the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Kano State Police Command, says a couple has been found dead on its matrimonial bed in Dawakin Tofa LGA of the state, believed to have died of suffocation from charcoal fumes. The commands spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident in a...
The Police in Ondo State has urged residents to be security conscious and report suspicious movements in their environments to security operatives. SP Olufunmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, the command spokesperson, gave the advice on Wednesday in Akure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Odunlami-Omisanya was reacting to...
More than 20 persons were feared dead as a boat carrying about 100 farmers capsized in Koko/Besse Local Government Area of Kebbi on Tuesday. Police spokesman in Kebbi, DSP Nafiu Abubakar, confirmed the accident and promised to release details later. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
A Superintendent of Police, Muhammed Abubakar, is alleged to have threatened to deal with Mr. Abdullahi Haruna Haruspice, the publisher of an Abuja-based magazine, World Entourage Magazine. The lawyer to the journalist, one Anayo Okelue Esq, revealed this in a petition against SP Abubakar, which he wrote to the...
Sporadic gunshots rented the air at Ikare-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State for the second consecutive day on Wednesday sending residents scampering to safety. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the firing of gunshots began on Tuesday when youths from a part...
The corpse of Oreoluwa Fatinoye, son of the couple who were allegedly killed by assassins in Abeokuta on new year’s day, has been recovered from Ogun river. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased was reportedly thrown into a river on Adigbe- Obada road in Abeokuta...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Police command in Ogun State have arrested three suspects over an alleged attempt to kill a police officer, Akinpelu Sunday, while carrying out his duties at Orile Imo in Obafemi- Owode LGA of the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command have killed a suspected terrorist while repelling their attack on Magamar-Jibia, Jibia Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesman in the state, SP Gambo Isah, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Katsina....
The police command in Ogun has begun investigation into the death of a couple, Mr Kehinde and Mrs Bukola Fatinoye, at Ibara GRA in Abẹokuta, on the New Year’s Day. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the state Police Public Relations Officer, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency...
A couple – Kehinde Fatinoye and Bukola – has been killed in a mysterious fire incident shortly after returning from a New Year/Crossover service in Abeokuta, Ogun State. According to the police, a suspect has been arrested in connection with the death of the duo who reside in the...
The Police in Ebonyi said hoodlums have shot and killed the wife of the Commander of Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Afikpo-South local government area of the state. The command spokesperson, SP Chris Anyanwu told reporters in Abakaliki that the hoodlums also set the commander’s house ablaze. “A report filed...
The Police Command in Katsina State said it had successfully neutralised no fewer than 54 suspected terrorists and lost five officers in gun battles from Jan. 2022 to date. The Commissioner of Politics in the, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing on...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two brothers for allegedly kidnapping a woman and her nine-year-old son for ritual purposes. The suspects were arrested following information received by policemen at Oja Odan Divisional Headquarters that the two brothers were allegedly in negotiations over the phone to sell a...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The Police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in Lagos State have arrested a 26-year-old man, Emmanuel Okorafor, for defrauding Point of Sale (POS) operators in Lagos State. The police disclosed this in a statement posted on Friday on its official Twitter handle It stated that...
Police in Delta State have neutralised a member of a suspected kidnap gang and rescued a victim from the gang’s captivity. Police spokesman, DSP Bright Edafe told newsmen in Warri, Delta on Friday that the suspect was neutralised on Wednesday, same day as the victim was rescued. “Police operatives...
The Nigerian Bar Association, Lagos Branch, on Thursday said it would monitor prosecution of the police officer who allegedly shot dead, a female lawyer, Mrs Omobolanle Raheem. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Raheem was reportedly shot dead in Lagos on Dec. 25, while on Christmas outing...
The All Progressives Congress (APC), Oyo State chapter has called on the police to investigate the killing of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member in Oyo town. The call came, even as PDP in the state accused APC of sponsoring a ‘killer squad’ to assassinate its member....
The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested nine suspects in collection with the alleged murder of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grassroots mobiliser in Oyo Town. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Mudashiru was allegedly macheted to death in his father’s house...