Tag: police
Man kills his own killer in the dream world
A Nigerian has been arrested in Abakaliki, capital of the eastern state of Ebonyi over the murder of a 25…
Police Kill Boston Bomb Suspect, Hunt For Second
Police killed one of the Boston marathon bombing suspects in a shootout early Friday and pursued a chaotic street-to-street manhunt…
Prophet Charged With Receiving N30m Stolen Jewellery
The police at the Ikoyi Division, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have arrested and arraigned a suspected fake prophet, Eze Okorie, 50,…
Right Groups Condemn Detention Of Nigeria Journalists
Media rights groups on Tuesday condemned the detention by police of Nigerian journalists who refused to disclose their source for…
Trampling On Journalists’ Rights
In yet another of the many missteps that have become the hallmark of the Goodluck Jonathan administration, the police, acting…
Robbers Kill RRS Cop In Bank Raid
A Rapid Response Squad, RRS, officer attached to Pen Cinema Police Station under Area ‘G’ Ogba Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,…
Abuja Blast Caused By Gas Cylinder Explosion —Police
The police said the blasts which rocked a very busy and popular area of Karu, one of the satellite towns…
Police Intercept Arms, Ammunition In Kano
The police in Kano State on Tuesday intercepted a Golf 3 car with arms and ammunition at Inusawa village in…
Woman Arrested With Stolen Child
A 28-year old woman, Mrs Kelechi Amadi who allegedly stole a baby, has been arrested by the police in Lagos…
Fear Of Boko Haram: Mass Deportation Of Illegal Aliens
The Nigerian Immigration Service has commenced the mass deportation of illegal aliens arrested in different parts of Lagos State, southwest…
Police Arrest 15 In FCT Raid
Fifteen persons were arrested during a raid by the police in an uncompleted building opposite the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)…
Policeman, Boy Electrocuted In Ogun
A police officer serving at the Ogun State Government House in Oke Mosan, Abeokuta, southwest Nigeria, Sunday Joseph, has been…
Landlord’s Son Docked For Raping Tenant
The police in Lagos have docked 30-year old Ayo Adejare on a three-count charge of having carnal knowledge of a…
In The Net
Police nab suspected attackers of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero’s convoy The Police recently made some headway in…
Murder Of White Cap Chief: Where Were The Police?
The murder of a Lagos White Cap Chief, Chief Kayode Adeshina, the Onimole of Lagos, by some unidentified gunmen last…
Nigerian Police Arraign Fake Pastor Over N.8m Fraud
The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned a 46-year old pastor, Obinna Obi, over an alleged fraud of N820,000. Obi,…
NITEL Manager Nabbed For Stealing
The police in Lagos Nigeria have arrested a NITEL manager and 16 others for allegedly stealing NITEL cables worth N50…
Oyerinde: Oshiomhole Seeks DIG’s Dismissal
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Nigeria’s Edo State has called for the immediate dismissal of the Deputy Inspector General of Police…
UNIBEN Lecturer Arrested Over Extortion
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The security department of Nigeria’s University of Benin, UNIBEN, has foiled a syndicate of lecturers which specializes in…
Delta donates 30 patrol cars to police
Nigeria’s Delta State with the notoriety of being the nest of kidnappers is determined turn a new chapter, as a…
Kidnapping In Nigeria: The Police Connection
As the spate of kidnapping continues to rise in the country, EROMOSELE EBHOMELE takes a look at the involvement of…
Nigerian Police Goes After Importers, Sellers Of Bangers
The Nigerian police in Lagos State have vowed to clampdown on sellers and users of fireworks across the state following…
Road Safety During Yuletide
It is time for Christmas and New Year festivities. It is a period when individuals withdraw the money they have…
Man Stabs Landlady’s Son To Death Over N50
The police in Lagos, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have arrested an okada rider identified as Igali for stabbing a landlady’s…
Nigeria nabs 28 terror suspects
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano Security forces in Kano, northwest Nigeria have renewed raid on hideouts of terrorists recording 28 arrests within the…
Police avert attack on PDP office
The Nigerian police on Saturday in Yola,capital of Adamawa state foiled an attempt to attack the PDP Secretariat. The irate…
Another robbery gang arrested in Sagamu
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Less than 24hours after the police command in Sagamu in Sagamu local government area of Ogun state,…
Robbers Kill Inspector, Corporal, Snatch AK47 Rifles
A police inspector was killed by armed robbers yesterday at Ajao Estate Lagos State southwest Nigeria. The incident occurred around…
100 Biafran Zionists Arrested
The police in Enugu on Monday arrested at least 100 people parading themselves as members of the Biafra Zionist Movement.…
Another beer joint bombed in Jalingo
Ben Adaji/Jalingo Another bomb explosion at a drinking joint in Jalingo, capital of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Taraba, has…