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2 inspectors killed in Anambra police cell break
Praise Necherem
Gunmen on Wednesday night attacked a police station in Obosi, in the Idemili North local government area of Anambra state, killing two policemen and…
Murdered Ubulu Uku king’s phones found in far North – PG
By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba
The president of Ubulu Uku Community Development Union Committee (UDUC) in Aniocha South local government area of Delta state, Barr Jonathan Monye, on…
Suspected Fulani herdsmen abduct four passengers in Ogun
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen abducted four travellers at Olubo Village along Ayetoro-Ilara Road in Abeokuta North local government area of Ogun…
18 robbery, kidnap suspects arrested in Abuja, Nasarawa
By Cyril Mba, Abuja
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested six armed robbery suspects who were terrorising several communities in the satellite towns of the…
4 armed robbers lynched in Ogbaru
By Phil Okose, Onitsha
No fewer than four armed robbers who had been terrorising Okpoko and its environs, in the Ogbaru local government area, Anambra state, were reportedly killed; two…
Police arrest suspected kidnappers in Delta, recover two AK-47 rifles
By Nosa Akenzua
Delta state police command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of suspected kidnappers including murderers in various communities in the state, disclosing that it recovered…
Police arrest man, 28, for killing mother-in-law
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun state have arrested a 28-year-old man, Opeyemi Ganiyu, for allegedly stabbing his mother-in-law, Abosede Oyewole, to death in Atan in…
Twins nabbed for friend’s murder, one at large
Oluseyi Dasilva, Ilorin
The Kwara state police command has said it arrested a suspect, Kehinde John Moses, who, it alleged, in collusion with his twin brother, Taiwo, murdered an old…
Police safety, anti-cultism campaign set for Anambra communities– POCACOV
As part of the ongoing efforts of the Nigeria Police Force towards enhancing stakeholders/community engagements to deepen the campaign against cultism and other vices, the executive…
Police arrest man, 52, for defiling 10-year-old co-tenant’s daughter in Ogun
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun state have arrested a 52-year-old man, Kayode Adeniyi, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 10-year-old girl at Abere Ifa Street, Ijoko in Ota…
Policeman shot dead along Kwale-Asaba road
By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba
A team of mobile policemen were attacked at a community called Agu few kilometres from Asaba end before Ossissa Bridge on Kwale-Asaba Road at about 4. 15 p.m on…
Tricycle armed robbers rob 50 in Onitsha
By Phil Okose, OnitshaIt was a mournful day for residents and street traders at Obanye, Iboku and Old Market roads in Onitsha, Anambra state, as daredevil tricycle (keke ) armed robbers…
Panic as kidnapping returns to Cross River
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Few months after the Cross River state security outfits, Operation Akpakwu, made life unbearable for robbers and kidnappers with tens of them arrested and…
Police arrest 2 armed robbery suspects for killing okada man
Segun Ayinde, Abeokuta
Police in Ogun state have arrested two armed robbery suspects for allegedly shooting a motorcycle rider, otherwise known as Okada man, during an operation at…
Oyo police foil criminal operation, intercept gunrunners
Ojo Peter, Ibadan
Men of the Oyo state police command, on Sunday, foiled a criminal operation after they intercepted gunrunners and recovered AK47 riffles from them.
According to a…