Voting was disrupted on Saturday in the Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West Federal Constituency by-election at Unit 5, Ward 13 in Oyinmo, Ikare-Akoko, when suspected political thugs snatched the ballot box. Eyewitnesses told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the attack by the hoodlums caused panic with...
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A witness for one of the five accused persons in the April 5, 2018, armed robbery attack in Offa, Kwara, Ms Omolara Ogundiran, was on Friday arrested within the court premises by the Police. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Omolara is a graduate of Ire...
There is heavy presence of security operatives and men of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the Saki West State Constituency where INEC is conducting a rerun election. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the rerun election is holding at polling unit 007 Odo...
The Police Command in Rivers has denied reports that it released three officers accused of kidnapping and extorting 3,000 dollars from two victims in Rivers. The Spokesperson for the command, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, clarified the issue in a statement released in Port Harcourt on Saturday. “The attention of...
No fewer than 55 persons have been kidnapped by bandits while escorting a bride along Damari town in Sabuwa Local Government Area of Katsina State. Although security agencies are yet to confirm the incident officially, a resident however, told Channels Television on Friday in a telephone call that the...
The Police on Friday arraigned one Olayiwola Aliu at an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly being in possession of police uniforms and toy guns. The 30-year old, whose residential address was not provided, has been charged with illegal possession of police uniforms and toy guns. The...
Gunmen have attacked Police personnel on patrol along Ngbo-Effium road in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The acting police spokesman of Ebonyi State Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, told journalists in Abakaliki on Friday, that the attackers operated using an Ash-coloured Toyota Sienna without registration number. Ukandu said...
The Police Command in Kwara on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler in the state, Oba Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area. CSP Ejire Adeyemi-Tohun, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) for the state Police Command, confirmed this in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has ordered restriction of movements in 26 states, ahead of Saturday’s re-run and by-election. The IGP who gave the directive in a statement by the Force spokesman, ACP Olumuywa Adejobi on Thursday in Abuja, said the restriction...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested eight persons suspected to be highway robbers on the Kaduna-Abuja expressway. The command’s spokesman, Mr Mansir Hassan, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said that operatives from Tollgate Divisional Headquarters, while on patrol along Kaduna-Abuja expressway...
Police in Gombe State have arrested 12 suspected members of a fake dollar syndicate in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mahid Abubakar, who disclosed this on Thursday, said that the suspects allegedly specialised in printing and disposing of the currency suspected to be counterfeit....
The Taraba State Police Command has arrested thirteen suspected bandits and kidnappers on their watchlist for terrorizing residents of Jalingo, Yorro, Lau, and Zing local government areas of the state. This was disclosed by the state commissioner of Police Joseph Eribo while parading the suspects and their...
The Police command in Imo on Wednesday, confirmed the death of five vandals in an explosion that rocked Obitti community in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The State’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident in a telephone interview with...
The Ebonyi Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the death of three men as a result of a cult clash in Oriuzor community, Ezza North Local Government of the state. The Acting Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), Ebonyi Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
Police in Lagos State have arrested two men who allegedly drugged a school’s security guard and robbed the school of property estimated at millions of Naira. SP Benjamin Hundeyin, police spokesman in Lagos State told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Ikeja that on Dec....
The Police Command in Taraba has announced the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Aliyu Muhammed, in possession of N8.55 million and seven mobile phones. Mr Joseph Eribo, the Commissioner of Police in the state, who made this known on Wednesday in Jalingo, said that the suspect was arrested...
By OLA MUDOPE, Akure – Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old man, Bakare Ayobami, for allegedly buying a car with fake bank alert. The command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Akure. Odunlami-Omisanya said that on Oct. 26, 2023, a...
Anambra government has arrested a 38-year-old woman for attempting to sell her nine-year-old and seven-year-old sons for N1 million each. Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, told newsmen on Wednesday in Awka that the woman’s eldest daughter, a 17-year-old, was also arrested for being...
Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of five suspected kidnappers, 24 hours after the killing of two traditional rulers in the state. However, the Police Public Relations Office stated that it could not confirm whether the kidnappers were connected to the killing of the traditional rulers...
The Chairman of Lagos Branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Mr Olabisi Makanjuola, has called on lawyers to report any demands for money for bail at police stations. Makanjuola told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Lagos that bail remained free by the provisions...