The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested a “notorious kidnapper”, Saidu Abdulkadir. FCT police commissioner, CP Benneth Igwe, confirmed the arrest of Dahiru to newsmen at the command headquarters, today. He said following a raid on kidnappers’camps bordering Nasarawa and Abuja via Kuje area council, at about midnight yesterday...
•FCCPC officials The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, today, sealed Sahad Store, a popular supermarket in the Garki area of Abuja. The FCCPC said the store was sealed for lack of transparency in the way it is fixing prices for products, reports The PUNCH. This is coming twenty-four hours after President Bola Tinubu unvei...
•Lagos CP Fayoade visits school girl shot with teargas canister The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Adegoke Fayoade, has ordered a detailed investigation into the incident of a 12-year-old Aminat Alege allegedly hit by a teargas canister fired by officers of Dopemu Division. The officers allegedly fired the teargas while responding to p...
•Gunmen Three worshippers have been killed and several others abducted after some suspected bandits in their numbers invaded a mosque in Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State. Although security agencies and government officials in the state are yet to confirm the incident, residents, told our correspondent that the bandits raided the ...
•Policemen in training A former Governor of Kano State, Ibrahim Shekarau, has lamented that Nigeria with a population of over 200 million people doesn’t have up to a million policemen, suggesting the recruiting of about 50,000 policemen every year. Shekarau, who was a guest on Channels Television last night, spoke on the heels of the […...
Police authorities in Ogun State have arrested seven suspects including a prophet and herbalist over the killing of a lady for ritual purposes. The Ogun Police Command said this in a statement late yesterday. “The Commissioner of Police Ogun State Police Command, CP Abiodun Mustapha ALAMUTU today being 15th of February 2024, at the Headquarter...
A middle-aged man, Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, has been arraigned for allegedly defrauding an American, Nicole Kierulff Sayers the sum of $373,000 on the pretext to marry her. Kingsley was arrested by the crack detectives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) sometimes in May 2022 at a secluded location in Abuja following an int...
•Reps and IGP Egbetokun House of Representatives, today, urged the Inspector General of Police, IGP (Dr) Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun to fully implement community policing as outlined in section 15 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion under “Matter of Urgent Public Importance by Rep. Asama Ago (LP-Plateau...
•Armed Fulani herdsmen Several people have been feared dead and many others injured after suspected Fulani herdsmen attacked the Adijah community in Ugbokpo, Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. The incident which reportedly happened today afternoon, has caused residents to flee to neighbouring villages, reports The Nation. The attackers ...
•The suspects Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, arrested 14 individuals suspected of internet fraud at a “Yahoo Academy” in Makurdi. According to a statement on the agency’s X account, acting on intelligence, operatives from the Makurdi Zonal Command raided a three-bedroom apartment along Achusa Road, Be...
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