Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 38-year-old cleric for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. The command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, said this in a statement in Abeokuta on Sunday. The suspect was said to be serving in a branch of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church in Ijebu Igbo....
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By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has successfully rescued a young woman from the clutches of a suspected armed robber and ritualist, launching an immediate manhunt for the fleeing suspect. Police Public Relations Officer, FCT Command, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a...
Normalcy has returned to Kuje Area Council of the FCT after a violent clash on Friday that claimed one life through suspected accidental discharge by police personnel. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who visited the area on Saturday reports that residents were seen going about...
Bauchi State Police Command has foiled an alleged robbery attempt and arrested three suspects in Bauchi metropolis. Spokesperson of the command, CSP Ahmed Wakil, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Bauchi. He said operatives of the State Intelligence Department (SID), have apprehended the suspects that allegedly specialised in...
Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed another tanker explosion which occurred at a filling station in Dutse metropolis on Thursday. The Police Spokesperson, SP Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday, saying that no life was lost. He said that the incident occurred at Shakkato filling...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, admitted Omoyele Sowore, the 2023 Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) to bail in the sum of N10 million with one surety in the like sum. Justice Musa Liman, in a ruling on Sowore’s bail application moved by his...
A Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday struck out the criminal defamation suit against human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi. Justice Babs Kuewunmi struck out the case following an application for the withdrawal of the charge by the prosecution. The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, had arraigned Farotimi...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned ruling on a bail application filed by Omoyele Sowore in the alleged cybercrime offences until Thursday. Justice Musa Liman adjourned the matter on Wednesday after Sowore’s counsel, Marshall Abubakar, and the prosecution lawyer, Uddy Jonathan, argued their case for and against...
The Nigeria Police Force has filed a notice of discontinuance in the alleged defamation suit filed by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, against Lagos-based legal practitioner and author, Dele Farotimi. Channels Television sighted the notice of discontinuance dated January 29th which was filed pursuant to Section...
The corpse of one of the five abducted residents of Chikakore community in Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory has been found. The dead body of Mrs Esther Adesiyan was reportedly recovered in a bush near Itagbajii community in Niger state on Monday night. The deceased, her husband,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Police Force has called for support from Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs) to remove Nigeria from the list of countries designated as high-risk jurisdictions for money laundering and terrorism financing. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi made the call in...
Enugu State Government has detained for prosecution, Mr Sunday Echegi, who allegedly chopped off wife’s left hand, Mrs Chinonso Echegi, in Nsukka Area of the state. The State Commissioner for Children, Gender Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Ngozi Enih, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu. Enih’s...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has revealed how suspected bandits abducted three members of a family disguised as vigilantes. The spokesperson of the FCT Police Command Josephine Adeh said the gunmen stormed the community around 10:00 am on Monday. “On 27th January...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has been requested to restrain President Bola Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and other officials from using the Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to impede the activities of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), particularly its Chairman, Justice Danladi Yakubu...
Kano State Police Command said it has recovered explosives and dangerous weapons allegedly planned to be used during the just-concluded National Tijjaniyya Maulud in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Salman Dogo-Garba,told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kano on Monday that the explosives were reportedly recovered at...
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday, adjourned the N300 million fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by the Singer, Darlington Achakpo, popularly known as Speed Darlington, against the police, until March 19 for adoption of processes. Justice Musa Liman fixed the date after counsel for the Inspector-General (I-G)...
A Nasarawa State High Court on Monday remanded a man, Timilehin Ajayi, at a correctional facility over alleged killing of his 24-year old girlfriend, Salome Adaidu Ajayi whose address was not given, is being charged with culpable homicide. The state Counsel, Stanley Ifeanyi, told the court that Ajayi killed...
Rights activist Omoyele Sowore was on Monday grilled at the Force Intelligence Bureau in Abuja over his recent viral extortion video involving some police officers. In the video, Sowore alleged that the officers were engaged in some illegalities on the Murtala Muhammed Airport Road in Lagos State. In the...
The Police Command in Rivers has arrested a suspect accused of vandalising and stealing equipment from an Airtel Telecommunication Company facility in Port Harcourt. The command’s Spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, told journalists on Monday that the police operatives arrested the suspected vandal during a stop-and-search operation. “The male suspect...
The Police operatives at Abagana Divisional Police Headquarters, Anambra, has arrested four suspects from Ifitedunu area of the state for allegedly burning a 74-year old woman to death. The four suspects included a 21 year old lady, Chinyere Ekwenugo who allegedly conspired with others to kill the woman in...