Crime

Photos: Lagos Police arrests man for tying employee’s hands and legs and transporting him to Abuja on a Hilux

Ihesiulo Grace 3 February 2017 0

Officers of the Lagos state Police Rapid Response Squad RRS, arrested a man for dehumanizing an employee of his by tying his hands and legs to the back and transporting him to Abuja on Hilux.‎ What a heartless man. Read the full story after the cut… The employer, Engineer Wole Odunuga,

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Police arrests publisher of Biafran Times in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 31 January 2017 0

Operatives of the Lagos Police Command have arrested the publisher of the Biafran Times magazine at the Somolu area of the state. The prime suspect and publisher, Peter Eke, 30, who is a graduate of Public Relations from the Oko Polytechnic, Anambra state, was arrested alongside Azeez Ayoola, 30; Rafiu Qudus, 25; Adewunmi Tope, 22; Kunle […]

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Turkish students abduction: Police arrest kidnap suspect, recover money

Ihesiulo Grace 26 January 2017 0

One of the suspected kidnappers who participated in the abduction of three students and officials of the Nigerian Turkish International Colleges (NTIC), Ogun has been arrested while fleeing the creek. It was learnt that the suspect was picked in Lagos as soon as he fled the creek where the victims were held, with some crispy […]

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Police arrest man for killing wife in Ogun

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2017 0

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested a man, Mathew Oguntade, for allegedly killing his wife. The accused, who resides at Anglican Church, Owode-Ijako in Ado-Odo local government area of Ogun state, was said to have been married to the wife for about 20 years. In a statement signed by the […]

Education

FUOYE VC Clarifies why Police Took Over the University

Ihesiulo Grace 13 January 2017 0

….Says protesting workers have been paid The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, has disclosed that unruly behaviour of some protesting workers , who destabilised the campus for two days commencing from Monday, where they inflicted bodily injuries on some academic staff for not joining the strike in solidarity forced […]

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Police nabs 14-year-old Plateau runaway boy in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 11 January 2017 0

A 14-year-old boy, Israel Solomon, who fled his parent’s home in Jos was yesterday evening intercepted and rescued by operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos Police Command at Ojota, Lagos. Solomon, a Birom by tribe, was seen wandering Ojota Bus Stop, when the operatives decided to call him for questioning.He said that his […]

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Again, Wike challenges police over rerun polls

Ihesiulo Grace 6 January 2017 0

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike has called on the Nigerian Police to inform the world how and where the Deputy Superintendent of Police  (DSP) was murdered during the December 10 rerun legislative elections in the state.   The governor wondered why the police  refused to  make public the communication that an All Progressive Congress, APC […]

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Police plotting with opponents to dethrone me, says Igwe Nwankwo

Ihesiulo Grace 4 January 2017 0

The traditional ruler of Nawfia Community in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, Igwe Chijioke Nwankwo, has accused the Anambra State Police Command of plotting with his enemies in the community to dethrone him through the Abagana Divisional Police Officer (DPO), Mr Daniel Nnamoko Uke, a Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP). Speaking to newsmen in […]

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DSS, Police can’t scare me, Wike warns

Ihesiulo Grace 23 December 2016 0

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike says no level of intimidation or blackmail from federal security agencies will scare him into selling out the state to external predators.   The governor urged Rivers people not to panic because nobody can take the state by force despite the sustained blackmail by the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS.   […]

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Yuletide: Police assures adequate security in Kano

Ihesiulo Grace 22 December 2016 0

The Kano State Police command has reiterated its readiness to protect lives and properties during Christmas and the New Year festivities. This was contained in a press statement released by the state’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) DSP Majia and made available to news men on Wednesday evening. According to Majia, adequate security arrangements have been […]

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Families of four extra-judicially killed for their crimes by DPO beseech Police commissioner for justice

Ihesiulo Grace 21 December 2016 0

Families of village head and three other youths allegedly killed by a Divisional Police Office in Shelleng local government area of Adamawa state, have called for the prosecution of the DPO by police authorities in the state. The families of the deceased village head of Hampeto, Mr. Jauro Musa Hampeto, and three other youths Buba […]

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Police bust fake embassy in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2016 0

The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, has discovered fake embassy operating  in Lagos where many innocent members of the public had been swindled. The policemen attached to the squad swooped on them and two Chinese and two Nigerians were apprehended during the raid on their office situated inside a hotel,  Golden […]

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Police: we redeployed Wike’s CSO, says IGP

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

The Nigeria Police has explained the reason behind the redeployment of DSP Promise Nwosu, the Chief Security Officer to Rivers state governor, Nyesom Wike, saying it was due to his gross professional misconduct. Force headquarters said it observed the innuendos, distortion of facts and wild allegations peddled in the mass media following the redeployment of […]

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INEC, police read riot act to parties, supporters in Rivers

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2016 0

Ahead of Saturday’s Rivers state rerun elections, the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and the state police command have jointly warned that both agencies would not spare electoral offenders. The two bodies rose from some stockholders meeting in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, with a vow to prosecute those who would deliberately flout the electoral laws during the

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Police arrest kidnappers of Dangote employee.

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2016 0

Three suspects allegedly responsible for the murder of one Istifanus Gurama, a key business strategist at the Dangote Group and the kidnap of five other expartriates from same organisation have been arrested. The suspects, Abubakar Gide 24, Abdullahi Salihu 22, and Babuga Adamu 25 were arrested by men of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT)  […]

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Landlady alleges rape, asks police to investigate tenant

Ihesiulo Grace 6 December 2016 0

A Lagos landlady has approached a Lagos Magistrate court sitting in Ogba for justice after she alleged to be raped by her tenant and his gang. The complainant, (names withheld) alleged that the 54- year-old defendant, Segun Awogbemi, who was docked before Magistrate Mrs. Omolade Awope did have canal knowledge of her without her consent. […]

Politics

Rivers Rerun: Police attach special squad to APC candidates – Wike

Ihesiulo Grace 2 December 2016 0

With just one week to the re-run elections in Rivers State, the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has claimed that the Police Command, acting through the State Commander of Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), Mr. Akin Fakorede, has distributed SARS personnel to APC candidates and chieftains for the December 10 elections.    The governor said that […]

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Police kill 3 suspected kidnappers dressed in pastor’s outfit

Ihesiulo Grace 27 November 2016 0

The Police, at the weekend at the Agbogidi Motor Park, close to the Onitsha head bridge, along the Benin-Asaba-Onitsha expressway, killed three suspected kidnappers who dressed in pastor’s outfit. This occurred during a gun duel between a police patrol team and suspected kidnappers. Passengers and drivers at the motor park at the time of the […]

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Police task public on logistics to aid response time to crime

Ihesiulo Grace 21 November 2016 0

The Nigeria Police has solicited the collaboration of the public to assist the force with logistics aimed at facilitating quick response time to crime.This was stated by the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Peter Ogunyanwo, at the weekend in Jos, when state police command played host to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 4, […]

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Police Arrested 2 notorious thieves in Ikorodu.

Ihesiulo Grace 20 October 2016 0

Men of the Lagos state police command have arrested two robbers who have been terrorizing the residents of Okeletu area in Ijede Ikorodu. Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Two thieves nabbed by men of the Lagos state police command. They were arrested after a failed operation in the area on Thursday, October 13. READ […]