A middle-aged man simply identified as Mr Sunday is now cooling off in police custody in Anambra state for allegedly impregnating his 13-year-old house help. The incident, according to the source, came to the limelight when the teenage girl who hails from Akwa Ibom state delivered a baby at a …
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The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, on Wednesday, commissioned the digitalised Central Motor Registry Command Centre at the Force Headquarters, Abuja. The CMR is domiciled at the Department of Information and Communication Technology, at the Louis Edet House. Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Wednesday acquired …
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A 31-year-old man identified as Gafaru Buraimoh of Land Estate, Ajah has been shot dead by a police officer attached to Ajah Divisional Police Lagos state Command. Gafaru Buraimoh was hit by a stray bullet on Tuesday at about 10:00 pm while was coming out of SkyMall. It was learned …
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THE Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin who had been on the run since 2015 when he was declared wanted. The suspect, whose name was given as Mathew Edozieuno Nwankwo was said to be a member of a notorious kidnap gang that was terrorizing the state …
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A protest against the Chief Justice of Nigeria CJN, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola was on Tuesday forcefully dispersed by a detachment of anti-riot policemen of the Federal Capital Territory FCT Command of the Nigeria Police. The protesters under the aegis of Coalition of Civil Societies of Nigeria CCSN had begun their …
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The Police Command in Lagos State has rescued a teenage boy simply identified as Emmanuel Adeleke from his abductor. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made the announcement on Wednesday on his verified Twitter handle monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said that the boy, who is …
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A member of the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards, was reportedly killed Tuesday during a gun battle between the police and suspected kidnappers who abducted passengers of a commercial vehicle near Otukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state. It was gathered that the armed men had at …
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A Lagos-based music producer, Casey Akajiaku, aka Qasebeatz, has demanded a refund of the sum of N150,000, allegedly extorted from him by some policemen attached to the Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department Annex, Alagbon, Ikoyi. Akajiaku, who spoke to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, demanded the arrest and prosecution of the cops. …
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The police in Lagos yesterday arraigned a couple, Amaechi Ndili, his wife Njide Chizoba Ndili and their firm, Lionstone Offshore Services for allegedly stealing $4,666,234.28 meant for their business partner. The couple were docked before Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe by the police on a three-count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The …
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Police officers currently see cybercrime and financial crimes as the biggest threats worldwide, according to a report by the international policing organisation, Interpol. As the Lyon-based agency said it also expects these crimes to increase significantly in the coming years. The report said that with 195 member countries, Interpol was …
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