The Commissioner of Police in Zamfara, Mr Ayuba Elkanah has retired after 32 years in police service. Elkanah said at a dinner organised in his honour on Thursday in Gusau that he has no regret joining the police force. He appreciated the Inspector General of Police, Usman-Baba Alkali, the state …
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Two robbery suspects have been killed by the police for allegedly terrorising residents of Apapa, Ajegunle, and their environs in Lagos State. It was gathered that the hoodlums on August 4 invaded a community and dispossessed some residents. The Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a closed circuit television clip of …
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Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested four suspected kidnappers opposite the Nigeria Police Force Headquarters in the Central Business District, Abuja. Some residents had raised the alarm over a kidnappers’ den located inside a thick bush off the expressway, prompting security operatives to invade the area. The …
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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced commencement of applications for admission into its academy’s ninth regular course cadet degree programme. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, force public relations officer, who announced this in a statement on Thursday, called on interested and qualified citizens to apply for the programme. The online registration process, …
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25-year-old mother, Bolatito Adeniyi, has accused her erstwhile lover, Mayowa Oke, of tricking her and disappearing with their twin children, Taiwo and Kehinde. Speaking with PUNCH, Bolatito said her former boyfriend called off their relationship two months after she became pregnant. She said, “Mayowa (Oke) never rendered any financial support …
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On Wednesday, three suspects were remanded following their convictions on three counts of conspiracy, theft, and attempted trafficking of Baba Musa, a 5-year-old child. The suspects are Chima Kanu, Blessing Chima, and Kelvin Blessing. The suspects are accused of conspiring to steal and traffic the 5-year-old minor from the custody of the …
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The Zone 3 Police Command in charge of Adamawa and Taraba States has apprehended 42 crime suspects from their hideouts in Adamawa State. The suspects, who are mostly young people known in Adamawa parlance as Shila Boys, were caught with fabricated iron tools used for house breaking and illegal drugs that …
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A man identified as Kosarachukwu Ugwuka has confessed before a shrine to have killed his elder brother with rat poison in Akala village in Ezinifite, Nnewi South Local Government Area of Anambra State.Lagos: Robbers Push Lady From Car, Suspect Dies After Police Chase Kosarachukwu made the confession on Sunday, July …
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52-year-old grandmother, Christiana Kehinde, has been arrested by the police for allegedly burning her eight-year-old granddaughter’s hand with hot water over alleged theft in Ondo town. The victim was alleged to have stolen a piece of meat from her grandmother’s pot of soup. The suspect, who was paraded at the police …
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A school bus driver, Odunsa Mandala, has been arrested by the police after two pupils died while others passed out due to suffocation in their school bus in Aguda area of Lagos state. Mandala was taking the pupils back to their homes after the close of school when the incident …
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