The Delta State Police Command has recorded significant operational successes in its fight against crime, arresting 627 suspects and recovering 144 firearms between January 2025 and date. Commissioner of Police, CP Abaniwonda S. Olufemi, disclosed this on Monday in Asaba during a press briefing where he presented the Command’s achievements for the year. He said […]
The Police Command in Katsina State has succeeded in arresting a 35-year-old Sahabi Rabi’u, a suspect in connection with the brutal murder of a 30-year-old nursing mother and her 10-month-old baby in Sheme, Faskari Local Government Area. This is contained in a statement issued by its Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abubakar Aliyu, on Thursday […]
Idibia Gabriel, Kaduna Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed kidnapped of a woman and four children by Bandits in Sabon Tasha and oil village in same axis in kaduna State. Police also confirmed that the incident occurred on Saturday 11th December 5am when the Bandits, numbering about 30 invaded the areas located in Chikun local […]
The police command in Imo has confirmed the death of a senior Pastor in Owerri, Thompson Onyekwuru, while trying to separate a fight between a couple in the state. The police confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Mike Abattam. Abattam said that the incident occurred at Umukoto Nekede […]
The Police Command in Enugu says operatives attached to `Operation Restore Peace’ have arrested 10 criminal suspects for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearm and fighting in the state. The operatives recovered two firearms, four live ammunition of .9mm calibre, one expended cartridge, two vehicles, one tricycle, one machete and other incriminating items. […]
The Police Command in Ekiti has launched an investigation into alleged attack by five police personnel on the principal and teachers of Mary Immaculate Girls’ Grammar School in Ado-Ekiti. The police officer, Sgt. Agenoise Elijah, allegedly stormed the school with his colleagues on Friday to protest the audacity of the authorities for reprimanding and discipling […]
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) says it has no record of arrest or rescue of 115 young mothers from a “human milk factory’’ in the territory. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the FCT, ASP Mariam Yusuf, made the clarification in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. Yusuf said the […]
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested six suspected cultists in Odogbolu area of the state. Daily Times gathered that Lagos-based suspected cultists Oluwadamilare Aboyeji, Matthew Adebiyi, Jacob Solomon and Iliasu Jubril, and Odogbolu-based suspected cultists Segun Olubanjo and Samuel Olaniyan were arrested after concluding on a deal to purchase a locally-made pistol for an operation. READ ALSO:Nasarawa state […]
Rising from its monthly meeting, the National Economic Council has directed the immediate establishment of State-based Judicial Panels of Inquiry across the country to receive and investigate complaints of Police brutality or related extra-judicial killings with a view to delivering justice for all victims of the dissolved SARS and other police units. The Council specifically […]
The Yobe state Police Command has disclosed that an armed robbery suspect, Gambo Dahiru of Bara Kakura Village has been arrested by detectives. This was contained in a press release issued to journalists by the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Dungus Abdulkarim on Thursday. The police spokesman said the suspect was arrested while […]
The Police Command in Anambra has arrested a 32- year -old man for allegedly defiling a seven- year- old girl at Okpoko near Onitsha. The state’s Police Spokesman, Mr Haruna Mohammed, who disclosed this in Awka on Thursday in a statement, gave the identity of the suspect as Chigbo Akpoluobi, a resident of Obodoukwu Road, Nkitaku, Okpoko, […]
The Akwa Ibom state Police Command has arrested three suspects for different cases of defiling minors, including a 55- year -old man for raping his stepdaughter. In a press release by the Police Public Relations Officer, Nudam Fredrick made available to newsmen in Uyo on Wednesday, the police said, one Udo Ekong Esau (55) forcefully […]
The Enugu state Police Command has arrested 22 suspects involved in offences ranging from conspiracy, armed robbery, unlawful possession of firearms, stealing and cultism. The command also recovered one Berretta pistol, eight locally-made firearms, nine rounds of live ammunition, one live cartridge, one motorcycle, 12 handsets, two axes, one dagger, three knives, one laptop, N6,000 […]
The Police command in Edo on Monday announced that it has arrested not fewer than 51 suspects for various crimes in the state. Commissioner for Police in the state, Johnson Kokumo, disclosed this in Benin during a briefing on the Command’s achievements since his assumption of duty on June 2. Court vacates forfeiture order on […]
The Yobe state Police Command said it has on Wednesday arrested, one, Ado Alhaji Kanwa who hails from Kazaure of Jigawa state for allegedly molesting and raping an 18-month-old baby. A press statement issued to journalists on Thursday by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Dungus Abdulkarim said the man was apprehended by officers and men […]
The Police Command in Osun state is to embark on special operation to arrest, prosecute and impound vehicles of violators of road traffic laws in the state, in line with the directive of the inspector-general of police. The command’ssSpokesman, Yemisi Opalola, made this known in a statement on Wednesday in Osogbo. Opalola explained that the […]
The Ogun state Police Command said it had arrested a 45-year-old man, Kolese Womiloju and his 25-year-old son, Taiwo Womiloju of Gbagba Elewure Village in Odeda Local Government Area of the state for conspiracy and murder of 32- year- old herdsman, Abubakar Usman. A statement issued in Abeokuta on Sunday by the state Police Public […]
The Kebbi state Police Command has warned youths against preparing and consuming poisonous leaf as delicacy during marriages and other sundry ceremonies in the state. Commissioner of Police in the state, Agunbiade Oluyemi- Lasore, gave the warning in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Nafi’u Abubakar, in Birnin Kebbi on Monday. The […]
The Anambra state Police Command says it has arrested four suspects, who allegedly posed as health officials to sell fake sanitisers and unhygienic face masks to members of the public in Onitsha. Police Public Relations Officer of the command, Haruna Mohammed, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. Mohammed identified the suspects as Anthony Oyatubo […]
The Ekiti State Police Command, on Sunday, said it would start immediate enforcement of the order by the state government banning all public gatherings exceeding 20 people until further notice, over the deadly Coronavirus. This was contained in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ado Ekiti by the command’s […]