The police command in Niger State on Friday said it arrested a man who allegedly impregnated a 15-year old in an uncompleted building in Tayi Village near Minna. The command’s spokesman, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed this to journalists in Minna. He said that the teenager (name withheld) was...
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Armed robbers have attacked two commercial banks in Anyigba, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing one security officer and one civilian during the operation. A video trending on social media indicated that the hoodlums launched a heavy attack on the two financial institutions around 5...
The Police on Thursday arraigned 41 persons at a Federal High Court in Ibadan over alleged illegal mining. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the defendants were arraigned before Justice U.N. Agomoh on a two-count charge bordering on conspiracy and illegal mining. The Prosecution Counsel, Mr...
Operatives of the Police Command in Edo have arrested 22 suspected cultists in the state. The suspects were reportedly arrested in a hotel in Benin where they were holding a meeting, ahead of an attack on some members of a rival group. Spokesperson of the command, SP Chidi...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 35-year old hospital worker, Mustapha Tahiti, for allegedly planning to kill his cousin and wife with an insecticide. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, stated this in a statement made available to journalists in the...
By HARUNA AHMED, Duste- Suspected robbers have killed three persons in Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State. The spokesman of the Jigawa State Police Command, DSP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday in Dutse. “Yesterday (Tuesday); at about 8:00 p.m., information...
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 11 suspects over alleged involvement in `one chance” robbery in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this at a news conference on Wednesday in Abuja. Adejobi said a POS Machine and one Mazda...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – Barely one week after the Benue State Police Command said it had arrested gun manufacturers in Kwande Local Government Area of the state, another set of gun manufacturers have been apprehended by the state police command. Briefing journalists, Wednesday in his office...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has banned the use of PoS machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and other facilities nationwide. The ban follows the recent public outcry over alleged illicit financial transaction involving PoS...
Justice Lewis Allagoa of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Monday, struck out the charge against 19 Bureau De Change (BDC) Operators, following the withdrawal of the case. The suspects are Ibrahim Jubril, Abdullahi Abubakar, Ibrahim Hassan, Adamu Isiaka, Ibrahim Abdulrahman, Jubril Hassan, Mohammed Isoaka, Mohammed Aminu...
A 12-year old Junior Secondary School (JSS-2) student, (name with held), who was allegedly used to buy two bags of rice by suspected kidnappers has been found. His father, Pastor Joshua Ogbonna told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos that suspected kidnappers allegedly took...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said it has arrested 15 suspects in connection with the vandalism of a warehouse belonging to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA) in Abuja. The Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, SP Josephine...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – Katsina State Police Command has promised a N50 million reward to anyone with useful information that could lead to the arrest of two notorious bandits – Modi Modi and Jan Kare. The Police, in a statement by the Public Relations Officer, Mr Abubakar Aliyu,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Police in Kaduna State have arrested one Bulus Danladi, a suspected human trafficker. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said “On March 1, at about 0900hrs a complain was lodged by...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has paraded Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, an Anambra-based lawyer, who was recently apprehended for allegedly assaulting her 10-year-old househelp. Okafor, presented herself at the Police station after she had been declared wanted and a N2 million bounty placed on her for allegedly using red-hot...
Operatives of the Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, Lagos, have arrested a couple, an ex-military personnel and a printer, who allegedly specialise in producing fake currencies. The police paraded the couple, aged 50 and 46; the ex-soldier, aged 62; and the printer aged 35, at the command’s Headquaters...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi -. Armed to the teeth police personnel have taken over the Benue State secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Makurdi. The Benue State chapter of the APC had scheduled a meeting at the secretariat for Friday, 1st March by 10...
A suspected money ritual killer on Thursday in Abeokuta narrated how he and other accomplices lured seven women to their deaths through a dating application. The 32-year-old, who was paraded by the police command in Ogun, confessed to being a member of a ritualist gang which specialised in...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command on Friday said it has arrested a fake female member of Nigeria Youths Service Corps (NYSC). The command’s spokesman, DSP Ramhan Nansel, stated this in a statement to newsmen on Thursday in Lafia. Nansel explained that the fake...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 29-year old suspected car snatcher, Ahmed Mohammed, a resident of Polo High-Court, Borno State. A white Toyota Highlander Jeep with registration number ABC-65PK, suspected to have been stolen by the suspect was also recovered from him....