The Police Command in Kano State, on Friday, arrested 57 suspects over alleged looting of property in the state. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, in Kano. Haruna-Kiyawa quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, as saying that...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Police Command has paraded no fewer than 110 suspects arrested for various criminal cases across the state from January till May, 2023. Briefing journalists at the police Headquarters Maiduguri, The Commissioner of Police, CP Abdu Umar said the command in carrying out...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Command has commenced investigation into the murder of 15 persons at Tarkalafia and Kwaja villages in Karu Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a total of twenty four (24) suspected criminals who have been terrorising people in the state. The suspects were paraded at the Command’s headquarters in Lafia on Thursday, with the assurance of ridding the state of criminals. Police...
The immediate past Commissioner of Police, Railway command, CP Yetunde Longe, has said that 213 suspects were arrested in one year while she was in charged of the command. Longe disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) while assessing her operations at the Railway command headquarters, Ebute-Metta,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – A Kuje Prison escapee by name Salisu Buhari ,24 years and Zubairu Ali 27 years, have been arrested for alleged theft in Nasarawa State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, Police Public Relations officer, Nasarawa State Command, disclosed this in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Kidnappers of Prof Onjey Gewado, a former Deputy Governor of Nasarawa State, have demanded the sum of seventy million naira (N70,000,000) ransom. This was disclosed to our correspondent by a family source who is monitoring the developments. Recall that Professor Onje Gye-Wado, was kidnapped Thursday...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Nasarawa State Police Commissioner, CP Maiyaki Baba, has presented cheques worth thirty six million, nine hundred and twenty three thousand, nine hundred and eighty four naira, forty eight kobo (N36, 923, 984. 48) to eight deceased police officers families in Nasarawa State. CP...
Gunmen have kidnapped two members of the family of the village head of Nasarawa in Tsanyawa Local Government in Kano State. Those kidnapped are his wife, Halima Kabiru, 38, and Dahiru Kabiru, who is 20 years old. Mr Mamman Dauda, Commissioner of Police in the state, confirmed the abduction...
Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor (VC), University of Calabar, has solicited for a robust external security presence to avert all threats of insecurity on campus. Obi made the call when the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Aminu Alhassan, paid her a courtesy call in her office on Monday in...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, said on Friday that illicit fire arms and cultism were the major threats to security and peace in Lagos. Owohunwa disclosed this during an inaugural conference convened for all strategic commanders in the Police Command in Lagos State. He...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – The Police in Nasarawa State, have arrested and paraded an alleged notorious criminal by name Gabriel Okpe, 32 years for breaking into a house in Karshi, the headquarters of Karshi Development Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of Police, DSP Ramhan...
The Kogi Police Command on Tuesday says it has rescued 13 kidnapped victims and recovered ammunition in the State. Those rescued include eleven (11) male victims and two (2) females who were reportedly kidnapped at a Hotel in Eleite Area along Ajaokuta road on March 25. A statement issued...
By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has debunked rumours emanating from video reports that the residence of Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), was attacked by hoodlums in the state. The Spokesman of the Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, dismissed the...
The Police Command in Taraba has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by soldiers on Monday in Jalingo. The command spokesman, Abdullahi Usman, told newsmen that two others were injured and currently receiving treatment. Usman said investigation would be conducted to ascertain the real cause of the...
The police command in Kano State has arrested 161 persons including a member state House of Assembly for alleged electoral offences during Saturday’s Governorship and States Houses of Assembly elections. Mr Mohammed Usaini-Gumel, the state Commissioner of Police said this when he addressed newsmen at the command’s headquarters in...
Police in Kogi have launched a search for six INEC officials attacked on Sunday at Obajana while conveying election results. Police rescued 96 victims comprising INEC officials, ad-hoc staff, bus drivers and others from the scene and took them to INEC headquarters in Lokoja Three injured victims were evacuated...
The Police Command in Kano state has confirmed the arrest of three persons suspected of disrupting elections in Masaka polling unit, Kofar Mazugal/Gwammaja, Dala local government area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, CP Mohammed Usaini Gumel, confirmed the arrest while addressing newsmen during his on-the-spot assessment of...
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, said that some weapons, ballot boxes and sensitive materials snatched by some suspected thugs were recovered during the gubernatorial election in Lagos state. Owohunwa disclosed this on Saturday to newsmen after he rounded off his monitoring activities for the...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The immediate past Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has said that the Nigeria Police broke the law by declaring the Member of the House of Representatives from Bauchi State, Yakubu Shehu, wanted. NATIONAL ACCORD had reported that the Police had declared...