Tag: police
Kogi: Police foil attempt to bomb Audu’s house
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the race to the Lugard House, Kogi State Government House, heats up, the political environment in the…
Police arrest fake Buhari adviser
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Monday said it had arrested a 70-year old fake Presidential Adviser on…
3 bank robbery suspects shot dead in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three suspected bank robbers were last Friday shot dead in Warri by operatives of Delta State Police Command.…
Police arrest 72, recover 818 cattle in Kano
The Police have arrested 72 suspected cattle rustlers in the notorious Falgore forest in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of…
Indian girls aged 2 and 5 ‘gang-raped’ – Police
Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight, with at…
Man, 53, stabs 75-year-old mom to death
A 53-year-old man, Bravok Indi, on Thursday at Jenta Mangoro in Jos North, stabbed and killed his 75-year-old mother, Wallong…
Chad police arrest 62 women for wearing full veils
Chad police arrested 62 women for wearing full veils in public as the country steps up security against extremism following…
Justice Okocha cries out over threats to judges’ lives
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dispensation of Justice in Rivers state has become a highly perilous business and judges have become so…
4 days after: No word from kinapped corps member, 3 teachers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command is yet to establish contact with four persons including, a corps member, teachers…
Police foil bank robbery in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A crack team of Special anti-robbery squad from the Rivers State Police Command at about 5:00 p.m…
3 kidnap victims rescued by hunters, police in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three inter-state passengers who were abducted on Monday by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos express way have been…
Fuel scarcity looms in Rivers as NUPENG begins strike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The little respite being enjoyed by consumers of petroleum products in Rivers State since the Department of…
Court orders remand of 17 suspected killers of Lekki Free Trade Zone boss
An Ebute-Metta Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday granted the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) leave to remand in custody, 17 suspects…
Police arrest two suspects over Nyanya, Kuje bombings
The Nigeria Police on Tuesday said it had arrested two suspects in connection with the October 2 bombings in Nyanya…
5 men docked for impregnating 13-year-old girl
Five men on Tuesday appeared before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina, northwest Nigeria, for allegedly impregnating a 13-year-old minor.…
Police reject bribe from suspected kidnapper
YUSUF MUHAMMED The Police at Iju Ishaga, Divisional headquarters, Lagos state, southwest Nigeria, have rejected a N1.5m bribe offered to…
No explosion in Karu – NEMA, police
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Sunday said there was no bomb explosion on Saturday night in Karu, a…
Five dead in latest attack on Borno – Police
The Borno Police Command on Wednesday confirmed the killing of five persons after a botched attack by four suspected suicide…
Kidnappers free 75-year-old woman
Hajiya Fatima Mohammed, the 75-year-old woman kidnapped a week ago at Kebbe, in Kebbe Local Government Area of Sokoto State,…
Ministerial nomination: Police warn against pro, anti-Amaechi protests
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The nomination of former Governor, Chibuike Amaechi, of Rivers State as minister is heating up political tension…
Police intensify effort against herdsmen, other crimes
Tambari Yabo Muhammad, an Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG), says police have intensified community partnerships in efforts to track…
Rape: Lawyers task police on proper investigation
Some lawyers in Lagos have advised the police to support investigations in rape and defilement cases with adequate medical reports…
Abducted AAU lecturer murdered by his abductors – Police
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin on Friday disclosed that Dr. Paul Erie, an Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics of…
Robbers force victims to serve them food during attack
Cyriacus Izuekwe Robbers early Thursday morning invaded streets in Ejigbo community in Lagos State, western Nigeria. During the three-hour attack,…
Nigeria at 55: Dogara, others congratulate Nigerians
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Mr Yakubu Dogara, has felicitated with Nigerians on the 55th independence anniversary of the country.…
Falae’s kidnap: ARG blasts police, other security agencies
Eromosele Ebhomele The Afenifere Renewal Group on Wednesday expressed lack of confidence in the Nigerian Police Force for not being…
Woman sent to prison a week to her wedding
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 33-year-old woman Olawunmi Oyebode has been arrested and remanded in prison custody at Kirikiri for assault. This…
Boko Haram attacks Borno village, kills 9, injures 10
The Borno Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of nine persons after a suspected Boko Haram insurgents’ attack in…
Police beef up security at Millennium Park, Abuja
The Nigerian Police have tightened security at the Millennium Park, Abuja to safe guard the lives and properties of fun…