The owner of Tawakalitu Restaurant, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Ms. Miriam Bakare Anike, has alleged threats and blackmail from Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), over demand for CCTV footage of his alleged attack. Sowore was said to be pressuring the restaurant owner to release the footage …
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The Sokoto State House of Assembly has unanimously adopted the Sixth Alteration Bill seeking to provide a constitutional framework for the establishment of state police services in Nigeria. Newsextra24 reports that the adoption followed a motion moved by the Deputy Majority Leader of the House, Mustapha Abdullahi (APC-Sokoto South II), …
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The Nigeria Police Force has released former Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha on bail after interrogating him over allegations of criminal conspiracy, forgery and impersonation. Okorocha, who represented Imo West Senatorial District in the Senate, was arrested on Monday night at the REIZ Continental Hotel in Abuja and released after …
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The Nigeria Police Force has reported a series of operational successes across 10 states, including the neutralisation of a suspected bandit, the rescue of seven victims and the arrest of suspected terrorists, kidnappers and murder suspects. The Force disclosed this in its state-by-state executive summary of operational successes released on …
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The Police Command in Rivers says it has detained some officers over the alleged shooting and killing of a commercial driver in Port Harcourt. The command’s spokesperson, ASP Blessing Agabe, disclosed this while briefing journalists in Port Harcourt on Friday. Agabe said the incident occurred on Thursday after an altercation …
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The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects, including two nephrologists, over an alleged organ-harvesting syndicate in Nasarawa State. According to the police briefing reported by Channels Television, the suspects allegedly targeted vulnerable young men, luring them into kidney donations and paying them far less than the alleged value of …
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The attention of the Nigeria Police Force has been drawn to comments made by Mr. Martins Vincent Otse, popularly known as “VeryDarkMan (VDM),” at the recent Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Conference in Port Harcourt, in which he alleged that police officers manning checkpoints along major highways relay information to kidnappers …
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The Nigeria Police Force has invited social media critic Martins Vincent Otse, widely known as VeryDarkMan, to substantiate a claim he made during a speech at the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, conference in Port Harcourt. Newsextra24 reports that VeryDarkMan on Tuesday served as a panelist at the 66th Annual General …
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The Kogi Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Kankarofi, has urged youths to reject political violence, digital thuggery, misinformation and criminality. Kankarofi made the call on Saturday while delivering his welcome address at the command’s commemoration of International Youth Day 2026. The event was held under the theme, ‘Different Contexts, Common …
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The Nigeria Police Force has announced the dismantling of a deadly kidnapping syndicate responsible for a series of attacks along the Federal Capital Territory (FCT)-Nasarawa border, saying the operation followed weeks of intelligence gathering and coordinated tactical raids. The Force disclosed the breakthrough in a video shared on its official …
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