By BARBARA KALU, Awka – No fewer than three police officers have been killed by unknown gunmen on Friday in Ihiala, Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident in a statement issued on Saturday. DSP Ikenga stated...
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The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has charged an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Niger State Command, Anthony Damisa, to court over alleged forgery and making of false statements. The ICPC spokesperson, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, in a statement on Thursday, said...
By BARBARA KALU, Enugu – The Enugu State Police Command has arrested the woman in a trending video allegedly extorting money before issuing voter cards to their owners. This is contained in a statement by the command Public Relations Officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. “Police detectives...
The Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), said it intercepted 68 pieces of military camouflage, 1,235 wraps of hemp weighing 1,163kg and others in January. The Acting Controller of the unit, Hussein Ejibunu, said this at a media conference on Wednesday, adding that...
Police in South Africa have launched an investigation and appealed for witnesses following the theft of a corpse from a grave in the northern province of Limpopo. A relative made the discovery on Sunday when she went to the cemetery to clean the area in preparation of the upcoming...
The people of Muchila ward in Mubi North Local Government Area of Adamawa have appealed to Police and Department of Security Service (DSS) to investigate the attack on wife of the state Governor, Hajiya Lami Fintiri’s convoy in the area. Mr Sunday Mathew, Spokesperson for the community, made the...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Osun State Police Command has arre a fake DSS officer, seven suspected kidnappers and three others for armed robbery. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Osogbo, said the suspects were arrested...
London police officer, David Carrick will serve at least 30 years behind bars as a British judge said on Tuesday that Carrick used his job to take “monstrous advantage of women”. The disgraced 48-year-old PC, who was described as a “monster” and “evil” by some of his dozen victims,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigerian Navy (NN) has arrested two suspected human traffickers and rescued 18 victims in Rijiyar Lemu area of Kano. The Director Naval Information, Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, in a statement said the rescue operation took place at about 10.00 pm on Saturday. Commodore Ayo-Vaughan,...
Police in Sokoto State say they are prosecuting at least 10 persons suspected to be political thugs. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Sanusi Abubakar stated in Sokoto on Monday that the arrest and prosecution of the suspects were in line with the directives of the Commissioner of Police,...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an Operations Manager of a leading Commercial bank in Abuja Central Area for refusing to load the Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) of the bank despite having N29 million of the new naira notes in the...
Suspected hoodlums on Monday attacked and destroyed Property of some PDP chieftains at Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River. A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent, who visited some of the affected houses reported that no live was lost. It was, however, observed that the houses suffered considerable...
The Police in Ogun, on Sunday, arrested a man, Michael Ogundele, for allegedly shooting his younger sister’s boyfriend and injured him at Idiroko area of the state. The Police Spokesperson in the State,SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, made this known in a statement issued to newsmen in Ota,Ogun. Oyeyemi explained that...
NDLEA seized more than two tons of drugs in its latest raids in Bauchi, Delta, Gombe, Ogun, Kano, Ondo, Niger and Kogi. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi stated on Sunday in Abuja that a suspect, Clement Ekweozor was nabbed at Rafin Zurfi area of the Bauchi State capital with...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 75.75kgs of cannabis indica, which came from Montreal, Canada, hidden in a container of four used vehicles with number MSCU 5336680. This is contained in a statement by the Director, Media and Advocacy NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – Police operatives attached to Gawu-Babangida Division in Niger State have arrested one Ibrahim Ali aka Bajala for being an informant and food supplier to suspected kidnappers. The state police spokesman, DSP WA Abiodun, said who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, said the...
The Taraba State Government has confirmed the killing of the two wives and five children of the Chief of Mutum Biyu, HRH Sani Mohammed of the Gassol Local Government Area. The victims were abducted on January 19 by gunmen in their residence in Jalingo, the state capital. A press...
The Cross River State Governorship candidate of the Peoples Redemption Party (PRP), Usani Usani, narrowly escaped being killed by suspected kidnappers along the Calabar-Ikom highway. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that two unidentified persons were, however, not lucky as they were killed by the gunmen who shot...
The Police Command in Enugu State has nabbed two male suspects possessing, transacting and selling counterfeited redesigned N1,000 notes within a council area in Enugu State. The suspects were in possession of counterfeited 180 pieces of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) newly- redesigned N1,000 notes, with face value...
By HARUNA AHMED, Katsina – No fewer than 41 members of local vigilance groups, popularly known as “Yansakai”, have been killed in an ambush by terrorists in Yargoje forest in Katsina State. The Katsina State Police Command confirm the incident in a statement issued by its spokesperson, SP Gambo...