By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – A domestic staff, Blessing Effiong and her spouse, Bassey Effiong have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing $51,000 dollars (N76,174, 620) from her employer’s residence in the Lekki area of Lagos. The spokeswoman of Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan, SP. Tunni...
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By HARUNA AHMED, Duste- The Jigawa State Police Command has launched investigation into the murder of a popularly Dutse restaurant owner, Esther Adekamla, popularly known as Hadiza Nakowa. The command’s spokesman, DSP Lawan Shiisu, who confirmed this in a statement on Friday in Dutse, said the deceased was...
Women from Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State have placed a N1 million bounty on an Anambra woman, Mrs Adachukwu Okafor, who reportedly brutalised her 11-year-old househelp. Operating under the auspices of Umuada Awgu Global Association (UAGA), the group also issued a 48-hour ultimatum to...
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun has urged Nigerians to support the Police to enable it to protect lives and property in the country. He made the call at the inauguration of the Nigerian Mobile Police (MOPOL) 10 Squadron office complex, on Wednesday in Bauchi. The News Agency of...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Rivers State Police Command has dismissed one Insp. Michael Odey, accused of kidnapping and extortion of 3,000 US dollars from two persons at gunpoint in Rivers. The files of two other officers, ASP Doubara Edonyabo and ASP Talent Mungo, who were allegedly involved...
The Police in Lagos State said they have arrested two suspected armed robbers, whose victim identified them at a bar while watching the AFCON final match in Lekki area of the state. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
By OlA MODUPE, Lagos – Lagos State Police Command has arrested about 400 suspected persons in various black spots in the last one month. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the arrest to newsmen on Wednesday, said 25 different police divisions were involved in the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has arrived Bauchi State for a two-day working visit. The IGP, on board an aircraft marked: 5N-KAL, landed at the Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa International Airport, Bauchi at 11.30am. He was received at the Airport...
The Senate on Tuesday went into a close door session to take briefs from Service Chiefs and some Ministers on the general state of security in the country. The closed-door session followed a motion moved by Senate Leader, Sen. Opeyemi Bamidele (APC-Ekiti). Those at the meeting include National...
The Nigeria Police, Gombe State Command, on Tuesday said two men were arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl on a farm in Bajoga, Funakaye Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, said this while parading the suspects before newsmen...
The Imo Police Command has deployed a Special Tactical Squad to hunt down hoodlums responsible for the attack on Correctional Service Farm Settlement at Umualomoke in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, ASP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Owerri....
The Police command in Lagos State says it has arrested a middle aged woman, Cynthia Aigbondon, for allegedly stabbing her neighbour to death. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday. Hundeyin said...
Police in Imo State have confirmed an attack on a Correctional Service Farm Settlements, in Umualomoke community in the Okigwe LGA of the state leading to the release of seven inmates, the abduction of the officer in charge of the farm settlement, and the death of a...
Police Command in Anambra has announced the arrest of two suspected cultists operating around Ihiala area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of Anambra Command, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, identified the suspects as one Chitana Oha, male, 25 years, alias “Kill and Bury”, and Emmanuel Ifeanyi...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The FCT Police Command said its operatives have successfully raided a marked black spot – Gidan Dambe in Dei-Dei -Zuba axis of Abuja and arrested three hundred and seven (307) suspects. The Commissioner of Police FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh on Sunday at...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – Police operatives from the Intelligence Response Team (IRT), raided kidnappers camp and neutralised many in Mpape area of Abuja. Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said in a statement on Saturday in Abuja, that he camp was raided at about 2:40am on Feb....
Man machetes wife death suicide Akure A socialite and petrol station owner in Akure, Mr Sesan Adelabu, popularly known as Emirate, has reportedly macheted his wife to death and committed suicide by drinking sniper, an insect-killing substance. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday in the Alagbaka...
At least two persons have been reported dead and two others hospitalised after drinking excess self-made herb in Kogi State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the sad incident occurred in Isanlu, Yagba East Local Government Area of the state. The victims, including a 62-year-old man,...
All the 14 passengers of God Is Good (GIG) Motors and ABC Transport on Thursday finally regained freedom from their abductors in Kogi State. SP Williams Ovye-Aya, Kogi Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, who confirmed their release to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via telephone in Lokoja,...
Niger State Gov. Umaru Bago on Thursday ordered the release of 22 male and three female protesters who protested against nationwide economic hardship on Monday in Minna, but were arrested by the police. Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Hajiya Binta Mamman, told a news conference in Minna that...