A police escort attached to the Abuja-Kaduna train route reportedly died aboard the train while conveying passengers from Kaduna to Abuja on Thursday. A source said the officer complained of chest pain before succumbing to the cold hands of…
By Jeleel Olawale The police in Osun on Thursday, arraigned a 21-year-old man, Adejimi Adepoju, before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for fake transfer. The Prosecutor, Insp Sunday Osanyintuyi, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on April 3,…
Nine persons have been apprehended by the police in the ongoing investigations into the tragic killings of six of its officers in Ughelli, Delta state. The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, disclosed this while giving an update on the…
By Bassey Williams, Yenagoa The Commissioner of Police Bayelsa State Command, CP Alonyenu Farancis Idu, has ordered a discreet investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of a 14-year-old girl in a hotel in Yenagoa. According to a statement…
The Borno State Police Command has arrested four suspects over alleged illegal mining in the state. The command’s spokesman, Nahun Daso, said this in a statement on Thursday in Maiduguri. He said the suspects were arrested for being in…
Operatives of the Ezinze Division of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued victims allegedly kidnapped by suspected gunmen along Eke-Ebe Road in Udi Local Government Area. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Enugu Police spokesperson,…
A Joint Security Task Force in Riga community of Gwarzo Local Government area of Kano State has thwarted a mob action on two suspected kidnappers by hundreds of irate youths carrying dangerous weapons. The youths in their numbers tried…
The FCT Police Command, on Monday, stormed suspected kidnappers’ hideouts and routes in the hills and bushes surrounding Apo Resettlement in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, on Wednesday. “The operatives…
Rauf Oyewole, Bauchi The Bauchi State Police Command has said that its operatives attached to Operation Restore Peace (ORP) arrested one Sanusi Umar, 23 years old on 28th March for raping and having anal sex with a 10-year-old boy. According…
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested an armed robbery suspect while two others are still at large. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Kaduna.…
