The Gombe State Police Command says it has arrested a gang of eight armed robbers, who had been terrorising the residents of Gombe, the state capital. The Gombe Police spokesman, DSP Fwaje Atajiri, while parading a suspected rapist and four homosexuals stated that the armed robbers had been
The nanny who masterminded the recent kidnap of the three children of the Orekoya family has been apprehended by the police. The Lagos State Police Commissioner of Police, Mr Kayode Aderanti, on Thursday confirmed the arrest of the lady behind the kidnap of three children of the Orekoyas who are aged 6, 4 and […]
ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports the strange story of a man who murdered the mother of his son in Ajegunle, presented himself to the police and said ‘it was the work of the devil.’ A lawful suspect may be the right word to describe Michael David, a 31 year old indigene of Delta state who murdered […]
A banker accused of killing her husband alarmed neighbours at the Oworonsoki area of Lagos last Sunday. ANYIM JOY NDUDI reports that the mother of two is police net. Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation department may have a hard nut to crack as one Mrs. Busayo Olafare, a banker is alleged by her in-laws […]
Detectives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Lagos State Police Command, have arrested six suspected armed robbers, including a Lebanese national, for impersonating operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to rob bureau de change operators, especially, in Lagos and Abuja. The suspects, who were paraded by the Commissioner of Police,
An elderly Belgian has been sentenced to 20 years’ jail for raping two girls, aged 11 and 13, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the lawyer of one of the victims said on Tuesday. Septuagenarian Jacques Francis Bellize, whose trial began in March, was sentenced on Monday “to a total of 20 years’ imprisonment” and […]
The Enugu State House of Assembly made good their threat by ordering for the arrest of the State Accountant General, Mr. Basil Okolie, for refusing to appear before it. Subsequently, the House has empowered the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State, to produce him on Tuesday, April 21, 2015. Moving a motion for the arrest of […]
The Police Command in Oyo State has paraded 15 suspected electoral offenders for last Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly elections held in the state. Addressing journalists at the command’s headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, the state capital, on Monday, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ade Ajisebutu, who represented Commissioner of Police, Mr.
The tension in Port Harcourt has turned bloody as opposition party thugs have allegedly murdered about nine top members of the APC in cold blood. FAITH FAITHFUL reports from Port Harcourt. Evil visited many families last week as the nation prepares for the governorship and house of assembly elections tomorrow. With less than 24 […]
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, on Thursday, redeployed some Assistant Inspectors- General of Police to supervise the April 11 gubernatorial and states Houses of Assembly elections. The redeployment was an addition to an earlier postings of six Deputy Inspectors- General of Police to coordinate police activities in the six geo-political zones of the […]
Two people suspected to be involved in an attack on the Fenerbahce team’s bus over the weekend have been detained by the Turkish Police. Gunmen fired at the team bus conveying the players of the second placed Fenerbahce injuring the bus driver, who was taken to hospital after being wounded in the incident. The unfortunate […]
Mr. Akeem OlatundeAfolabi, a Senior Advocate, is an indigene of Offa town in Kwara state. He read law at the Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto and graduated in February 1994. Akeem, who had his Masters Degree (LL.M) at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State was called to the Bar in March 1995. In this interview […]
Osun State Police Command has asked people who were molested or maltreated to report at the nearest police station in the state to lodge their complaints. State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Sam Okaula, gave the advice in Osogbo as the state prepared for the State House of Assembly election on Saturday. According to him, “So […]
The Nigeria Police on Thursday announced the death of a former Inspector-General of Police, Mr Muhammadu Dikko Yusuf. In a statement issued in Abuja by the force spokesman, Mr Emmanuel Ojukwu, Yusuf, aged 84, died on April 1. NAN reports that late Yusuf was the third indigenous Inspector-General of Police and served between 1975 and […]
The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Wilson Inalegwu on Friday said security personnel would be deployed to the 1,886 polling units in the FCT during Saturday’s election. Mr Inalegwu disclosd this when security forces involved in the election gathered for final rehearsal for deployment. Inalegwu is the chairman of the […]
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said that the Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) and ex-militants are putting on fake police and army uniforms to unleash mayhem on the opposition and disrupt voting, especially in the South-west, without hindrance. In a statement issued in Lagos on Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the […]
Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Abdul Jelili Adesiyan, was on Wednesday, attacked by suspected political thugs in Gbongan, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun State. The minister, who is also from the area, was attacked when his house to house campaign train arrived the town. In the attack, about 10 members of the Peoples Democratic […]
The Inspector of Police, (IGP), Suleiman Abba, has ordered the restriction on vehicular movement on election days. A statement issued by the spokesman of the Police Force, Emmanuel Ojukwu, Acting CP, stated that on “Saturday, March 28, 2015, there would be no veÂhicular movement from 8.00am to 5.00pm only. Same restriction would be applied […]
A mother’s attempt to show her son the dangers of stealing ended with her being arrested and losing custody of her children. According to The Huffington Post, Tyeesha Mobley called the police on her son Keyshawn, whom she hoped to teach a lesson about stealing, after she caught him trying to take $10 from her […]
The Benue Police Command on Tuesday denied arresting innocent citizens ahead of the forth-coming general elections. The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Austin Ezeani, made the denial in an interview with newsmen in Makurdi. The spokesman, who was responding to complaints by residents over alleged arbitrary arrest by the police, said the raid was targeted […]
