Police

Police confirm killing of security officers in Delta

The Nigeria Police, Delta Command, has confirmed the alleged killing of a soldier and a policeman by gunmen at Oton community in Sapele. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, gave the confirmation by telephone on…

Sokoto gets new Commissioner of Police

…Visits burnt Sokoto Central Market Gbolahan Salman, Sokoto The Nigerian Police Force, Skoto State Command has welcomed a new Commissioner of Police, CP Ali Aji Janga, who replaced the immediate past CP Ibrahim Sani Kaoje, at the Command headquarters in…

Osun: Security operatives rescue kidnapped person

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo The joint operatives of Nigeria Police Force, Amotekun corps officials, hunters and vigilante men in Osun State have rescued the remaining person in the captive of kidnappers. Recall that gunmen had on Sunday night abducted travellers along…

Man, 55, arrested in Ogun for beating relative to death

Bankole Taiwo, Abeokuta The Ogun police command has arrested a 55-year-old man Ishau Falana for allegedly beating his relative Badmus Rafiu to death over bush burning. DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi,  the State Police Public Relations Officer, stated this in a statement…

Police arraign 2 over alleged breach of peace in Ogun

Tobi Adetunji Two men, Sulaimon Bankole,27, and Ayomide Adisa, 22, were on Monday brought before an Ota Magistrates’Court in Ogun over alleged breach of peace. The defendants-,whose address were not provided at the time of filling this report are facing…

Osun: Security operatives rescue man from kidnappers

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo The combined force of security agencies in Osun on Monday have rescued a yet-to-be-identified man who was kidnapped on Sunday night in Osun State. It should be recalled that gunmen on Sunday night abducted travellers along Omo/Erin-Ijesha…

Police confirm killing of 8 persons in Zamfara

The police in Zamfara have confirmed the killing of eight persons in Janbako village of Maradun Local Government Area (LGA), of the state by armed bandits on Sunday. The Police Command`s Public Relations Officer, SP Shehu Muhammad, confirmed the killings…

Police parade three suspected armed robbers in Osun

Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo Osun State Police Command on Saturday paraded three suspected armed robbers specializing in robbing motorists plying the Osu/Ile- Ife expressway. The suspected armed robbers were identified as Moses Keffi, 38, Odeyemi Oluwafemi, 42, and Isah Lawal,28. The…