•Okuama residents living in the forest Before the March 14, 2024 killing of 17 soldiers and an unspecified number of villagers at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, residents lived under the bondage of a militant gang that stalked, terrorized and put their victims six feet under without trial. Interconnected with [&h...
•Yahaya Bello The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello, and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, r...
•South African policemen No fewer than eight South African-based Nigerians have been arrested for allegedly attacking police officers during a drug raid. The South African Police, in a statement today shared on its X handle, said the suspects were arrested in the Northern Cape province. According to the statement, the suspects also damaged veh...
For the second time in one month, anti-riot Police operatives have taken over Comrade Austin Agade-led All Progressive Congress (APC) Secretariat in Makurdi, Benue State capital . There are two APC secretariats in Makurdi. One is controlled by Agada while Benjamin Omakolo takes charge of the other, reports The Nation. The Agada-led APC State W...
•Mrs. Dupe Onitiri-Abiola The police yesterday launched a manhunt for Mrs. Dupe Onitiri-Abiola, a suspected sponsor of the invasion of the Oyo State Government Secretariat in Ibadan by some Yoruba Nation agitators. The manhunt for Mrs. Onitiri-Abiola, a widow of the business mogul and prominent politician, the late Chief Moshood Abiola, follow...
•Yoruba nation Police in Oyo State are on the trail of sponsors of Yoruba nation agitators who invaded government secretariat in Ibadan on Saturday. The agitators invaded the Oyo State House of Assembly complex located inside the secretariat and hoisted their flag there in an attempt to take over the assembly, reports NAN. Commissioner of [&he...
•Police recruitment The Nigerian Police Force, Zone 13 Headquarters, Ukpo-Dinukofia, has notified candidates from Anambra and Enugu states that the police recruitment medical screening exercise for both general duty and specialist constables will take place at the Police Hospital, Central Police Station, Awka, Anambra State. This was contained...
•Police The decisions of the remaining 20 state governors on the proposed establishment of state police are expected to be submitted within the next four weeks. This is according to the Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum, Asishana Okauru, who spoke in an exclusive interview with our correspondent on Friday, reports Sunday PUNCH. ...
There is pandemonium in the Kaduna State capital as police operatives are trying to disperse members of the proscribed Islamic Movement of Nigeria popularly known as Shiites, who are holding a procession in the city centre. The IMN members had gathered along the Katsina roundabout by Ahmadu Bello Way before the police arrived and tried [&helli...
One of the escorts attached to an Abuja-bound train lost his life during a trip, today. A passenger, who witnessed the incident, said when the train left Kaduna, there was no sign that the deceased was unwell, reports Daily Trust. The witness said the late officer later complained of chest pain and sought help before […]