The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Kayode Egbetokun, has said the Nigeria Police Force will soon establish a full drone system to tackle the nation’s security challenges adequately. Egbetokun said this while delivering the first distinguished Personality Lecture, organised by the TETFUND Centre of Excellence in Multidisciplinary Studies (TCEMS),...
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A High Court in Birnin Kebbi on Monday sentenced a woman, Farida Abubakar to death by hanging for killing her former husband, Chief Magistrate, Attahiru Muhammad-Ibrahim. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports Abubbakat was arraigned before the court for murder on Aug. 25, 2022 while the main...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano- Kano State Police Command has foiled an attempt by suspected thugs to invade the residence of the state’s All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Prince Abdullahi Abbas. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Kano. Kiyawa...
The Police Command in Enugu State has recovered a gun and ammunition from fleeing armed robbery suspects in the metropolis. A statement issued on Saturday in Enugu by the command’s spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said men from the Awkunanaw Police Division recovered the gun on May 29. Ndukwe...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested an international car theft suspect and recovered an anti-tracker jammer from the suspect in the state. A GPS jammer is a typically small, self-contained, transmitter device used to conceal one’s location by sending radio signals with the same...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday revoked the bail it granted Abubakar Ismail, 34, who claimed to be a medical doctor at the Life Plus Medical Centre in Bassa village in Abuja Chief Magistrate Musa Abdulrazaq, revoked the defendant’s bail following his absence from court. Abdulrazaq said that...
The Kano State Police Command has urged residents to ignore false information circulating on social media that Alhaji Aminu Bayero, the 15th Emir would lead the Friday prayers at the Central Mosque. The Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, admitted Mrs Chioma Okoli to N5 million bail with two sureties in like sum over allegations bordering on her online commentary on Erisco Foods Limited’s tomato paste. Justice Peter Lifu, in a ruling, agreed with the arguments of the defendant’s lawyer,...
The office of the Inspector-General (I-G) of Police has dragged a lawyer, Everestus Ugwuowo and three others to court over allegation of defrauding a woman of N29 million and forging documents to sell a house in Abuja. In the amended charge number: FHC/ABJ/CR/121/2018 presently before Justice Obiora Egwuatu...
Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 49-year old father accused of attempting to sell his 5-year old daughter for N1.5 million. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Auwal Muhammad, disclosed this on Thursday in Bauchi at a news conference. Muhammad said the suspect, who claimed to...
The Police Command in Benue have confirmed the kidnap of two female students of the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi on the night of Saturday, May 25. The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) SP Sewuese Anene on Wednesday confirmed the incident to the News Agency of...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – No fewer than 3 kidnappers have been killed and one suspects arrested by officers of the Operation Zenda from Benue State Police Command, who raided their hideout in Sankera area of the state. The police also rescued two kidnapped victims unhurt. They...
Two young men were mistakenly killed by a bullet from a policeman’s gun in Ekiti State. Witnesses report that the incident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday in the Omisanjana Area of Ado Ekiti. According to reports, there was an accident in the area, and some irate youths attempted...
The police spokesperson in Lagos State, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, said a blogger identified as Stanley, will be prosecuted for allegedly defaming a businessman, Mr Emeka Okonkwo, AKA E-Money, in his online video. Hundeyin disclosed this on Monday, while parading the suspect before newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja....
Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University (ACU), Prof. Timothy Adebayo, has said adequate measures have been taken to forestall a re-occurrence of the recent killing of a student of the institution. Adebayo, who stated this while addressing a news conference on Monday in Oyo, said that the university had...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Four members of the Benue State House of Assembly on the late hours of Wednesday escaped death after their convoy was attacked by blood thirsty gunmen suspected to be herdsmen. The legislators were Samuel Jiji of Logo state constituency, Cephas Dyako of...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Police in Nasarawa State have arrested four armed robbery suspects in Nasarawa Local Government Area of the State. A statement by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel, said the suspects were arrested by operatives of the Nasarawa Division led...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – No fewer than 11 persons have been killed by bandits that invaded three villages in Bakori Local Government Area, Katsina State. The spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Sunday. The police spokesman...
The Police Command in Kano has alerted the public to possible plans by some groups to incite violence in the state over the lingering Emirship tussle Its Commissioner, Usaini Gumel, while briefing newsmen on Sunday in Kano, said that credible intelligence suggests that some individuals plan to stage...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly hiding hard drugs in a loaf of bread. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The three suspects were arrested for attempted...