No fewer than 17 policemen have been detained by the Rivers State Police Command for indecent dressing and allegedly kidnapping a Port Harcourt hotel worker. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Disu Olatunji, in his maiden press briefing in…
Two men are in police custody in Nasarawa State for allegedly locking up their 35-year-old cousin and starving him to death over allegations of witchcraft. Acting Commissioner of Police in Nasarawa State, Mr Shettima Muhammad, confirmed the arrest of the…
Kano State Police have apprehended Tasiu Al’amin-Roba, a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Cabinet office, and his accomplice, Abdulkadir Muhammad, for their involvement in diverting the state’s palliatives. The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, confirmed the arrests during a…
The Police in Kogi has confirmed reported attack on the residence of INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Dr Gabriel Longpet. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bethrand Onuoha, who confirmed the attack to the News Agency of…
Nigerian singer, Dapo Oyebanjo popularly known as D’banj, has been cleared of rape and fraud allegations by the Nigeria Police Force and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), respectively. The police and the anti-graft agency gave…
The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested eight suspects over alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in the state. The spokesman of the Command, ASP Mansur Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said operatives of the…
The Rivers State Police Command has urged the prime suspect in the gruesome murder of the Divisional Police Officer of Ahoada East Local Government Area of the State, SP Bako Angbashin, to submit himself for investigation. The Police said Gift…
The Delta State Police Command’s Joint Security Outfit, Operation Delta Hawk, has arrested eight suspected armed robbers in connection with the alleged murder of a policeman, DSP Sunday Okoebor. The deceased, until his death, was attached to the Command’s X-Squad.…
Forty-three criminal suspects, ranging from culpable homicide, kidnapping, armed robbery, stealing, ‘one chance,’ illegal possession of firearms, and cultism, to carjacking, have been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. They were on Tuesday paraded by the police, 11…
The Federal Capital Territory FCT Police Command says its operatives have arrested one Abraham Aliyu for allegedly killing his employer, Mrs. Dzuma Jidayi. The Commissioner of Police, CP. HARUNA G. GARBA, while parading about 43 suspects at the command headquarters…
