The Nigeria Police Force has again invited the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero. Also invited along with Ajaero is the Secretary General of the union, Emmanuel Ugboaja. The invitation letter is dated August 28, 2024, a day before Ajaero honoured the earlier invitation at the...
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The Police Command in Kaduna State, has said that its operatives have detained three suspects involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) swap in Kaduna. The police also recovered 54 ATM cards with a Point of Sale machine (POS). The Command’s Spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – The Katsina State Police Command has arrested three suspected gunrunners in tbe state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, disclosed this to newsmen at a press briefing on Friday in Katsina. ASP Aliyu said the large caches of ammunition were recovered from...
Maxwell Opara, a lawyer to the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, says the Police have retracted their earlier reasons for summoning the labour leader. Opara disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, shortly after the labour leader in company with his lawyers returned from honouring the...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The President of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC), Joe Ajaero, has returned to the Labour House after honouring the invitation of the police at the Force Headquarters in Abuja on Thursday morning. It was gathered that Mr. Ajaero was accompanied by human rights lawyer Femi...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed all its members nationwide to embark on a peaceful prayer procession on Aug. 29. General Secretary of NLC, Mr Emmanuel Ugboaja, said this in a letter addressed to all affiliates and state councils on Wednesday in Abuja. The letter is titled, “Mobilisation...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has approved the request of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to detain an Assistant Superintendent of Police and 19 others for 30 days over their alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping and terrorism. Justice Peter Lifu granted the request of the defence agency...
The police in Enugu State have detained a 30-yearold man for the alleged murder of his neighbour’s four-year-old daughter while she was sleeping. This is contained in a statement issued by the Enugu State Police Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukw. ”On Aug.18, police operatives serving in the command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical...
The Police in Jigawa have detained a tea vendor for allegedly beating a a 20-year-old man to death for stealing bread, milk and noodles in Dutse. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the detention of the suspect in a statement in Dutse,...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police detectives in Bauchi State have arrested a 37-year old man for allegedly abducting two almajiri boys and for severally raping one of them. The suspect, an indigene of Hausari Dandal, Borno State, was said to have lured and abducted one of the victims,...
The Police Command in Bauchi State has detained a 37-year old man for alleged abduction and sodomising of two teenage boys. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the detention to newsmen in Bauchi on Monday, said he would be prosecuted upon concluding the investigation. Wakil said the...
The Nigeria Police Force said it has detained 97 members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), known as the Shi’ite group, for prosecution, following the clash with the group in Abuja on Sunday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the clash resulted in the death...
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have foiled two bandits’ attacks and rescued five kidnapped victims in Malumfashi local government area of the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Spokesman, ASP Abubakar Sadiq,on Monday in Katsina. He said that the police also neutralised...
The Police Command in Kaduna State, says its operatives have detained two cattle rustlers, two notorious gunrunners and three kidnappers suspects. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said the operatives also foiled a kidnapping attempt and recovered...
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed the death of two of its personnel following an attack by members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday...
Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a woman in possession of anti-aircraft ammunition in Keffi Local Government Area of the state. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, made this known to newsmen on Saturday in Lafia. According to the PPRO, police personnel attached to...
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted applications filed by the police to remand 124 arrested #EndBadGovernance protesters for 60 days pending the conclusion of investigation. Justice Emeka Nwite, in separate rulings on ex-parte motions moved by Ibrahim Mohammed, counsel for the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police, granted the...
Benue State Police Command has confirmed the release of 20 students of the University of Maiduguri and University of Jos kidnapped by gunmen in the north-central State on August 15. Its Public Relations Officer, Mrs Sewuese Anene, confirmed their rescue to the News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) at 11.15 p.m....
A 40-year old woman,(name withheld) set herself on fire after her husband divorced her in Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa. DSP Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the incident in a statement in Dutse, on Friday. Shiisu said the woman, who resides...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested two persons for employment scam, as it has also commenced manhunt for the principal suspect scamming people for same purpose. Those arrested were Emmanuel Michael, 42yrs, a private security guard in Abuja, and Jerry Aruwa 47yrs of Kabusa...