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Bode January 15, 2022

By NANA AISHA, Bauchi – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a man for allegedly raping his three-year-old daughter in Kirfi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ahmed Wakili, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...

Nigerian News

Boko Haram terrorists didn’t abduct mobile policemen in Borno – Police

Bode January 14, 2022

The Borno State Police command has denied reports that some policemen were abducted by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) at the Mobile Police Training School in limankara, Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) of the state . Mr Audu Umar, the state Commissioner of Police disclosed this...

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Ex-Ekiti Gov, Segun Oni condemns attack on PDP secretariat

Bode January 14, 2022

By OLA MUDOPE, Ado-Ekiti – Former Ekiti State Governor and leading aspirant in the June 18, 2022, gubernatorial election, Engr. Segun Oni, has condemned the attack on the state party secretariat, describing it as “condemnable and barbaric”. Chief Oni, condemned the attacked in a statement he personally signed and...

Man arrested for kidnapping, murder of 13-yr-old girl in Kano

Bode January 12, 2022

By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Operatives from The Kano State Police Command have arrested one Auwalu Abdulrashid, 21, alias Lauje, for allegedly kidnapping and murder of a 13-year-old girl, Zuwaira. The command’s spokesman, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Kano. DSP...

Nigerian News

Man in police net for stabbing elder brother to death in Jigawa

Bode January 10, 2022

The Jigawa State Police Command says it is hunting for a 22-year-old man, who allegedly stabbed his elder brother to death in Sabuwar Takur area of Dutse. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Dutse on...

Nigerian News

Attack on Ondo community: Akeredolu visits scene, vows to hunt perpetrators

Bode January 10, 2022

Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has visited Omolege Junction, near Ute in Ose LGA where gunmen on Thursday night killed three people and razed down buildings in the community. The governor’s visit is contained in a statement made available on Sunday in Akure by Mr Richard Olatunde his Chief...

Nigerian News

Gunmen kill ESN operative, set body ablaze in Ebonyi

Bode January 10, 2022

By BARBARA KALU, Abakaliki- Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed of a member of Ebubeagu Security Network (ESN) in Ebonyi State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday night in Igweledeoha, Amagu, in Ikwo Local Government Area of the state. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the state command’s...

Nigerian News

Wike declares 19 persons wanted for operating illegal refineries in Rivers

Bode January 10, 2022

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has declared 19 individuals wanted for operating illegal crude oil refining sites which are responsible for the black soot menace in Rivers State. The governor in a statewide broadcast also directed the Rivers State Head of Service to query one Mr. Temple Amakiri, a...

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Man in police net for stealing 200 phones, others in Yobe

Bode January 8, 2022

By HARUNA AHMED, Damaturu – The Yobe State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old man, Usman Ali, for allegedly stealing over 200 cell phones and other valuables in Damaturu. A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, on Saturday in Damaturu, said the suspect, a resident of...

METRO

Sylvester Oromoni’s death not caused by poison, torture – Police

Bode January 8, 2022

Police authorities in Lagos State on Friday said the 12-year-old student of Dowen College in Lekki, Sylvester Oromoni, died a natural death. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hakeem Odumosu, disclosed this while briefing reporters at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja on the investigations conducted into the death...

Police investigate missing of 80-year-old woman corpse in Ebonyi

Bode January 6, 2022

The Ebonyi State Police Command have arrested two suspects in connection with the disappearance of the remains of one Mrs Grace Orjiokoro, an 80-year-old-woman from a mortuary in Afikpo South Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. DSP Loveth Odah, the command Public Relations Officer said this when she...

Foreign News

12 killed, including 8 children, in Philadelphia row house fire

Bode January 6, 2022

A catastrophic fire tore through a row house in Philadelphia’s Fairmount neighbourhood before sunrise on Wednesday. The fire which had killed 12 people, including eight children, in one of the nation’s deadliest residential fires in decades. The victims were yet to be identified by the authorities, but relatives and...

METRO

Sylvester Oromoni: Lagos Govt clears 5 Dowen College students, staff

Bode January 5, 2022

The Lagos State Government has cleared five students and five employees of Dowen College accused of complicity in the death of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni. The state cleared them as well as the school following the Legal Advice of the Director of Public Prosecution, DPP, Ms. Adetutu Oshinusi. The copy...

One killed as bandits invade police officer’s residence in Kaduna

Bode January 5, 2022

Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly attacked and killed one person in the residence of a police officer attached to the Inspector General of Police’s Special Intelligence Response Team, ASP Aliyu Umar, in Zaria, Kaduna State. The attack which occurred on Monday night, also left a neighbour to...

Foreign News

Murder of 7 civilians: Kenyan police arrest 5 suspects

Bode January 4, 2022

Kenyan police said, on Tuesday, they arrested five suspects in connection with the killing of seven civilians in the coastal region on Monday. National Police Service Spokesperson, Bruno Shioso, said the suspects were nabbed on Tuesday over the attack at Widhu Majembeni and Bobo-Sunkia – both in Lamu. Shioso...

Notorious bandit leader releases over 50 kidnapped victims in Zamfara

Bode January 4, 2022

By HARUNA AHMED, Gusau- A notorious bandit leader, Bello Turji, has reportedly released over 50 kidnapped victims in his custody in Zamfara State. Confirming the release on Tuesday, The Co-Chairman of the state Committee on Finding Lasting Solutions to Banditry, Dr. Abdullahi Shinkafi, said the victims are about 70,...

Police

Man in police net for raping 3-year-old daughter in Bauchi

Police Perm Sec. loses son to domestic accident

Bomb found at Delhi flower market

Boko Haram terrorists didn’t abduct mobile policemen in Borno – Police

Ex-Ekiti Gov, Segun Oni condemns attack on PDP secretariat

Court sentences man to death by hanging in Kogi

Man arrested for kidnapping, murder of 13-yr-old girl in Kano

Man in police net for stabbing elder brother to death in Jigawa

Attack on Ondo community: Akeredolu visits scene, vows to hunt perpetrators

Gunmen kill ESN operative, set body ablaze in Ebonyi

Wike declares 19 persons wanted for operating illegal refineries in Rivers

Man in police net for stealing 200 phones, others in Yobe

Sylvester Oromoni’s death not caused by poison, torture – Police

Police investigate missing of 80-year-old woman corpse in Ebonyi

12 killed, including 8 children, in Philadelphia row house fire

Sylvester Oromoni: Lagos Govt clears 5 Dowen College students, staff

One killed as bandits invade police officer’s residence in Kaduna

Murder of 7 civilians: Kenyan police arrest 5 suspects

Notorious bandit leader releases over 50 kidnapped victims in Zamfara

Bus accident leaves 5 dead, 21 injured in South of Moscow