Tag: police
Police arrests 23 over killing of seven ‘witches’
Tanzanian police have charged 23 people with murder after seven villagers were burned alive on suspicion of witchcraft. Though the…
Crises Rocks Police as CPs, Area Commanders, DPO banned From Investigation
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Nigeria police has been thrown into crises after Commissioners of Police, Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers…
Borno donates 40 vehicles to police
The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Suleiman Abba, said on Wednesday that the Borno Government had donated 40 operation vehicles to…
Anambra police parade 40 armed robbers, kidnappers
The Nigeria Police operating under the code name “Operation Kpochapu” have arrested suspected fake number plates manufacturers specialised in car…
Search for kidnapped Bayelsa monarch’ s brother intensifies
Unidentified gunmen who kidnapped 64-year-old Mozilla Agara, younger brother of King Mozi Agara, the Paramount Ruler of Kolokuma Kingdom in…
Ekiti police arrest 19 suspects over Aderiye’s murder
Ekiti state Police Command says it has arrested 19 suspects, including a woman, following the assassination of Omolafe Aderiye, former…
Police arrest suspected rapist in Bauchi
The Bauchi Police Command has arrested a suspected rapist in Bauchi for allegedly attacking a 13-year-old girl. The Command’s Public…
Police arrest security man for failing to catch armed robbers
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ejigbo division, Lagos state, western, Nigeria have arrested a night security guard and charged him…
Customs, Immigration and Police to launch joint border patrol
Wale Adeniyi, Spokesman of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Wednesday, said the Service would launch a joint border patrol…
Police arraign 5 brothers over N91.5m fraud
The police on Wednesday arraigned five brothers in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, charged with N91.5 million land fraud.…
7 Notorious Robbers Paraded In Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The suspected leader of a robbery gang, Chief Jude Dike, has been arrested by the police and paraded…
Sokoto police arrest 5 suspected killers of finance director
Sokoto State Police Command on Monday paraded five persons suspected to have murdered late Alhaji Yahaya Sa’idu, a Director of…
Police Zone 5 Rescues 19 Kidnap Victims
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A total of 19 kidnap victims were rescued by the Zone 5 Command of the Nigeria Police between…
Roadblocks remain banned, says Police IG
The Inspector-General of Police, Acting IGP Suleiman Abba,said the ban on roadblocks introduced by his predecessor, Muhammed Abubakar in March…
Lesotho police, military in early morning shootout
Police and military exchanged gunfire in Lesotho’s capital Maseru in the early hours of Friday, the latest spasm of violence…
Man arrested for selling wife for human sacrifice – police
A Nigerian man has been arrested for selling his wife to black magic practitioners who wanted to sacrifice a virgin,…
No life lost in Offa Poly Students’ protest – Police
The Kwara Police Command on Friday denied that there were casualties during a protest by students of the Federal Polytechnic…
Woman slices stepdaughter’s buttock with hot knife
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 29-year old woman, Lucy Samuel has been arrested by the police for allegedly maltreating her stepdaughter, Joan…
Pregnant woman arrested for pouring urine in neighbour’s water
Cyriacus Izuekwe A pregnant housewife, Bola Shakiru has been arrested by the police for attempting to poison her neighbour and…
20 policemen still missing after Boko Haram attack – IG
Twenty Nigerian police officers are still missing three weeks after Boko Haram fighters attacked a training academy outside the remote…
Ogun police arrest four for duping couple N14.5mn
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Four suspected fraudsters; Shehu Salam, Mrs Risikat Oriyomi, Mrs Sola Babalola and a physically challenged man, Wasiu Ajani…
Delta poly student, 4 others arrested for gang-raping student
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Five persons have been arrested and detained by the Delta State Police Command for allegedly gang-raping one Favour…
Woman, three children found shot dead in Australia
Australian police said Tuesday a woman and three children aged under 10 have been found dead, apparently from gunshot wounds,…
Lagos police arrrests 2, recovers arms, cannabis
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday announced the arrest of two suspected armed robbers in Oke-Ira, Ogba area of…
Police nab 5 robbery suspects in Enugu
The Police Command in Enugu said on Monday that it had arrested five suspected armed robbers while attempting to rob…
Lagos, 20 others get new commissioner of police
The acting Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba has appointed Kayode Aderanti as the new Commissioner of Police for Lagos…
Jerusalem Palestinians riot after teen shot by police dies
A Palestinian teenager died on Sunday from injuries sustained when he was shot last week by Israeli border police in…
No fight between police and civil defence – Police PRO
The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), Emmanuel Ojukwu, on Sunday said there was no rift between the Police and the…
Flush Out Cult Gangs, Fashola Orders Police
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola has ordered the Lagos State Police Command to flush out members of various…
Taiwan police smash Chinese multi-million dollar prostitution ring
Taiwanese authorities said Wednesday they busted a prostitution ring exploiting young Chinese women that was estimated to have earned at…