•Police The Police in Lagos have confirmed the arrest of three suspected kidnappers in the Ijanikin area of the state. The Zonal Public Relations Officer (ZPRO), SP Umma Ayuba, confirmed the arrest in a statement today in Lagos. She gave the names of the suspects as Samuel Kwasi, 64; Monday Unachukwu, 24; and Freeman Ekpebo, […]
The Borno State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of eight suspects in connection to the alleged murder of a Lecturer at the Department of Physical Health Education at the University of Maiduguri, Dr Kamar Abdulkadir. Abdulkadir was murdered in his office on campus on Sunday. The victim was found on Monday with several injuries […...
Senior Advocates of Nigeria, SANs, and retired judges, yesterday said the Nigerian Police Force, NPF, ought to handle investigations into the recent murder of 17 soldiers, and an unconfirmed number of villagers at Okuama in Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State. The legal luminaries, who faulted the handing over of the traditional...
•PPRO Muyiwa Adejobi Police authorities are still searching for six officers who went missing in Delta State, according to Force spokesman Muyiwa Adejobi. Six police officers were gruesomely murdered in Ohoro Forest, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State and the same number declared missing after they were ambushed during a rescue...
•Late DCP Gbolahan Oyedemi A Deputy Commissioner of Police serving with the Force Criminal and Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos State, Gbolahan Oyedemi, yesterday, reportedly committed suicide in his private house in his hometown, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Oyedemi was the Aide de Camp to the late former Governor of the state, Adebayo Alao-A...
The Ondo State Police Command said it had arrested a man, Oluwafemi Idris, who claimed to be an Islamic cleric popularly known as Alfa, and two others for allegedly being in possession of human parts. The other two suspects, Oluawo and Babatunde Kayode, allegedly received three human heads from Idris, reports Sunday PUNCH. According to [&helli...
Policemen attached to the Lagos Rapid Response Squad, today, foiled an attempt to hijack their patrol bike in Ikeja. A 19-year-old suspect, Akinjobi Wahab, was arrested as four accomplices escaped. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this in a statement today. Hundeyin stated that the officers were on a patrol ...
•CP Tunji Disu The Police hierarchy in Rivers State has directed all Area Commanders, Tactical Commanders, and Divisional Police officers to deploy personnel to churches, parks, event centers, as well as entry and exit routes in the state to ensure a hitch free Easter celebrations. The directive from the state Commissioner of Police, CP Olatun...
The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG Olatoye A. Durosinmi, says he has directed the Commissioners of Police in charge of Lagos and Ogun states to beef up security around worship centres, shopping malls and key public installations during and after the Easter celebration. The AIG said criminals might [&hell...
•Clement Ikolo Wanted King of Ewu, Clement Ikolo, who turned himself in has been handed over to the military by the police. The development has been confirmed by the Public Relations Officer, Delta State Police Command, Bright Edafe. King Ikolo who was one of the eight persons declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters in connection […...