Police
Lagbaja: IGP orders police personnel to wear black bands for seven days to mourn COAS
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has ordered officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force to wear black bands for seven days to mourn the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja. It was reported that the presidency on Wednesday confirmed Lagbaja dead after battling an undisclosed ailment. President Bola […]
16-year-old boy kills stepmother in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old boy, Nuhu Haruna, from Dutsinma Local Government Area for allegedly killing his stepmother, along with other suspects involved in kidnapping and homicide cases across the state.The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects at the Command headquarters on Wednesday, revealed that Haruna […]
Police officer regains freedom after 11 years in detention
After more than a decade of incarceration, Sergeant Emmanuel Uyanweke, a police officer attached to the Ojo Police Division, Lagos State, has been discharged by Justice Ibironke Harrison of the Lagos State High Court, Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), who struck out his manslaughter case for lack of diligent prosecution. Hon. Justice Harrison gave the ruling […]
Police IG Orders Investigation Into Osun Policemen, Civil Defence Personnel Clash
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun has directed the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 11, Osogbo to investigate the cause of the recent confrontation between officers of the Nigeria Police Force and personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun State. The IG in a statement issued […]
Police inspector kills popular Enugu musician
The Enugu State Police Command has announced the arrest and detention of a Police Inspector serving in the Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad of the Command for alleged murder of a male traditional Ogene musician, Okezie Mba, popularly known as Igbo-Jah. The Command’s spokesperson DSP Daniel Ndukwe in a statement made available to our Correspondent on Saturday […]
Tanker Drivers Threaten Strike Over Trucks Seized By Police
National secretariat of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers branch of the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (PTD- NUPENG) has threatened to withdraw its members’ trucks from depots. The union’s chairman, Comrade Augustine Egbon, made the threat yesterday in Abuja. In a statement, he said the union’s action was prompted by the inspector general […]
Alleged sex trafficking: Police detain mum of 15-year-old Delta schoolgirl
As police investigations into the alleged sex trafficking of 15-year-old schoolgirl Emmanuel Monday progress, her mother, Mrs Eunice Asulie, has reportedly been detained by authorities and is currently being held at Ovwian Police Station. Security sources have also indicated that the Delta State Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, “has ordered the consolidation of cases […]
Six foreigners caught with explosives in Cross River
The Cross River State police command on Saturday said it has arrested six suspected Ambazonian rebels after invading Akamkpa Local Government Area of the state. The command’s Spokesperson, Ewa Igri, said the suspected separatists were arrested following intelligence information, describing the feat as a breakthrough for the law enforcement agency. He said that the suspects, […]
Police bust motorcycle-snatching syndicate in Ogun
Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested three members of a motorcycle-snatching syndicate terrorising the Owode-Egba area of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a telephone conversation with PUNCH Online on Tuesday. She stressed that the suspects were apprehended following a reported […]
Police re-arrest convict who fled prison during Maiduguri flood
Mr Kur, 28, also known as Henry, escaped from the custodial centre after part of the perimeter fence collapsed in September due to a major flood incident. The convict was serving a sentence for criminal conspiracy and theft. The police public relations officer, ASP Nahum Daso, stated that Mr Kur was apprehended on October 10 […]