A policeman attached to the Imo State Police Command, Cosmas Ugwu, has been shot dead by his girlfriend. Ugwu was shot dead on Tuesday by his 23-year-old lover, who was identified as Amanda Uchechi Ugo, a native of Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of the state. According to reports, the incident occurred around 6:30 pm […]
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says it has recovered the corpse of a policeman killed by a ‘hit and run’ driver along Lekki-Epe Expressway, Lagos. Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, Director-General, LASEMA, made this known in a statement in Lagos on Monday.Oke-Osanyintolu said the Response Team of the agency recovered the remains of the victim […]
The Bayelsa state Police Command has arrested a policeman, Inspector Tuddy Warebayigha, who allegedly shot his wife, Charity, over a marital misunderstanding. Police spokesman in the state, Asinim Butswat, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Yenagoa, said the suspect has been arrested and detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID). […]
The front section of the six-storey building gutted by fire on Tuesday in Lagos Island has collapsed, killing a policeman at the scene, reports the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). NAN reports that part of the six-storey building located at 43 Martins Street, Lagos Island, collapsed around 8:30p.m. on Tuesday as firemen continued spirited efforts […]
The Police have arrested a former Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mr. Joko Pelumi, and 49 others over alleged attack and killing of a police officer attached to the anti-cultism unit. Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Imohimi Edgal, told newsmen in Ikeja that the former speaker, along with others, attacked […]
Unknown gunmen have killed three persons, including one soldier from the 16 Brigade in Port Harcourt, a Mobile Policeman and a civilian driver in a failed attempt to kidnap two expatriate workers of an oil company in Rivers state. The incident happened at about 12:45hrs last Friday in Ogbemakoku Town in Abua/Odual Local Government Area […]
…Infect victims with HIV A dismissed policeman from Cross Rivers State yesterday committed suicide after allegedly defiling and infecting a nine-year old girl and five others with Human Immune Virus (HIV) in Kolokuma/Opokuma Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to investigation by some members of the International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA), the 40 […]
Barely four days after an armed robber mistakenly shot dead a gang member in Bayelsa, a Policeman attached to Bayelsa Police Command in Yenagoa, has mistakenly shot and killed a colleague in a gun duel between the police and suspected cultists. Daily Times learnt that the incident took place on Monday at Obele area of […]
There was mild drama at a commercial bank in Gusau, Sokoto, as a bloody clash was averted after a soldier slapped policeman attached to the bank. The scenario also led to gun shots forcing customers on queue and passers bye to scamper for safety. The Nation Newspaper reports that an eyewitness said the incident occurred […]
A police sergeant attached to the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has been killed on Tuesday after some gunmen broke into the house of the anti-graft boss in Karshi area, Abuja. Confirming the attack in a statement made available in Abuja on Wednesday, the EFCC’s Head, Media & […]
Policemen attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad Lagos State Police Command have arrested three men who allegedly specialise in using charms and other ornaments to extort money and other valuables from unsuspecting residents of the state. The suspects identified as Ojo Ifakorede 30, Ifadayo Ojo 25,Akinola Ifaleke 30 were paraded by the acting Commissioner […]
Policeman injured in clashes with unidentified gunmen in northern Macedonia died of his wounds Sunday, a hospital source said, raising the number of officers killed in the violence to six. “(A) policeman has died while another one is in critical condition,” a source at a Skopje hospital told the press on condition of anonymity as […]