Police operatives serving in Nsukka Area Command of the Enugu State Command, on Monday, August 14, 2023, arrested three pranksters over a viral video. The suspects identified as Obed Chekwube Ugwuanyi a.k.a. MC Sharp (male), 32, Chinenye Agbo a.k.a. Star Ella Ada (female), 26, and Anastasia Onu (female), 26, were …
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The Nigeria Police, Oyo State Command, has paraded forty two suspects for various crimes including armed robbery, kidnapping and other vices. The suspects were arrested at different locations in the state while dangerous weapons were recovered as exhibits. Parading the suspects before the newsmen at the State Command, Ekeyele, …
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The chairman of the Police Service Commission, Dr Solomon Arase, has condemned unlawful and pre-trial detentions, noting that the commission has set up a Compliance Monitoring Unit to ensure that the rights of citizens are protected and that offending police officers are sanctioned for misconduct. A statement on Thursday night …
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The Plateau State Police Command on Thursday confirmed that a total of 20 persons were killed in two separate attacks by gunmen that occurred in Barkin Ladi Local Government Areas of the state in the early hours of Thursday The State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka disclosed this in a …
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The police on Wednesday arraigned a 25-year-old man, Akintomiwa Oluwasegun, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged possession of 24 ATM cards. The defendant, of no fixed address, is standing trial on a charge of possession of ATM cards. The police prosecutor, Insp Olubu Apata, told the court …
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Nasarawa State Commissioner of Police, Maiyaki Baba, on Thursday, presented cheques worth forty-two million, one hundred and sixty-three thousand, six hundred and eighty-six naira, twelve kobo, (N42,163,686,12) to families of 20 operatives who died while in active service and those who sustained various degree of injuries in the course of …
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Lagos State Police Command has arrested 88 suspected criminals 24 hours after the launch of “Operation Flush”. The state commissioner of police, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, made the disclosure when the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) hosted him during its monthly congress in Ikeja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) …
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The operatives of the Kogi State Police Command have rescued one abducted victim and neutralised two suspected kidnappers in the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, who made the disclosure in a statement on Monday, said the successful operation was in compliance with the directive of the Kogi State …
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The Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone-2, Mr Ali Mohammed, has warned officers and men in the zone, comprising Lagos and Ogun states against human rights abuses and extrajudicial killings. Mohammed gave the warning during an interactive session with newsmen yesterday in Lagos. He also said that unnecessary abuse of powers …
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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State has accused the state police command of alleged refusal to release the report of an investigation into an allegation that the All Progressives Congress (APC) engaged in vote buying during the last governorship election. The PDP Chairman in Ogun, Sikirulahi Ogundele, stated …
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