Gunmen abduct JSS student in Ibadan
A Junior Secondary School (SS2) student of Monarch Model College, Ibadan, has been kidnapped, sending shockwaves through the community and Oyo State. An account by eyewitnesses revealed that the kidnappers,…
Benue: Bandits brutally kill two police inspectors, four civilians
Two police inspectors and four civilians have been reportedly killed in a bandits’ attack on Tse-Kaseve village in Anyagba Ward, Katsina-Ala Local Council of Benue State. The incident occurred on…
Borno constable returns N2.6m to counter NPF negative public perceptions
A Borno State Police Command constable, Muhammad Alhaji Mohammad, has returned no less than N2.6 million that was erroneously credited into his bank account in Maiduguri, the state capital According…
Awujale stool: Kingmakers faces Ogun police interrogation over bribery allegation
Police in Ogun State have summoned kingmakers involved in the selection process for the new Awujale, over allegations of bribery and material inducement to the vacant throne in Ijebuland. It…
Police arrest man, 24, linked to $35,000 scam
Anti-Fraud Unit of the Airport Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old suspect linked to a $35,000 (approximately N48.5 million) scam. A statement on Wednesday by the Public Relations Officer (PRO)…
Niger police arrest three suspects over housebreaking, theft
The Niger Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with separate cases of house breaking and theft in Suleja and Bida areas of the state, recovering a large cache…
Land ownership claims are civil matters, not police cases – FCID
The Force Criminal Investigation Department, FCID, Alagbon, Lagos, has restated that disputes over land ownership are civil matters that fall under the jurisdiction of the courts and should not be…
Police arrest Oro for hiring cultist to kill pastor in Bayelsa
Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested one Pastor Elijah Oro over a plot to kill a rival pastor in…
No gun shots fired at anti-demolition protesters – Lagos CP
The Lagos State Police Command has denied claims that its officers shot at residents protesting the demolition of their homes, insisting no gun was fired during Wednesday’s demonstration. Protesters from…
Fraudster arraigned for $7,000 romance scam
Operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Annexe, Alagbon-Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, arraigned a suspected Internet fraudster, Samson Onaolapo, over an alleged romance scam involving the sum of $7,000. Onaolapo,…