PDP warns police and APC, declares preparedness for Rivers LG election

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has cautioned the Nigeria Police against derailing democracy, charging the people of Rivers State to participate in the Saturday Local Government Area election. Siminalayi Fubara, Rivers State Governor, reaffirmed on Thursday that the local government election will take place, despite protests from supporters of his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, who is currently […]

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Kidnappers kill 22-year-old man in Ekiti, Police rescue four other victims

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed a 22-year-old Idowu Oguntuase and abducted four other persons in Ekiti State. The gunmen abducted the four victims along Isan-Iludun Ekiti road in Ilejemeje local government area of the state on Sunday, September 22, 2024. The victims were said to be traveling along the road on Sunday evening […]

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Why police declared me PIDOM’s accomplice ―David Hundeyin speaks

Investigative Nigerian journalist, David Hundeyin, clarified the reasons behind the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) declaration that tagged him as an accomplice in the trial of whistleblower Isaac Tamunobifiri, also known as PIDOM. Speaking in an interview with News Central Television on Wednesday, Hundeyin said it was not unconnected to truth-telling in an administration that sees […]

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Police arrest killers of 6 NYSC members in 2011 Bauchi post-election violence

Bauchi State Police Command has arrested suspects believed to be the masterminds of the 2011 post-election violence in the state. The crisis then led to the deaths of six National Youth Service Corps members and several police officers. According to the Daily Post, this was disclosed by the Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, Auwal Muhammad, […]

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Why we arrested veteran journalist Madu Onuorah ―Police

The Police Command in Enugu state has said that an Abuja-based online publisher, Mr Madu Onuorah, was arrested over alleged defamatory publication against a US-based Reverend Sister. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Thursday in Enugu. Ndukwe said: “The Enugu State Police Command is in receipt […]

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Ex-gov Yahaya Bello’s ADC, other security details detained by Police

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp (ADC) to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, reports say. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello, and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Their arrests […]

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Retired Colonel, others nabbed by police for allegedly printing fake currencies in Nigeria

A syndicate which specialized in printing fake Nigerian and Cameroonian currencies has been smashed by the Zone 2 Command, with the recovery of fake N9 million and 300 million CFA notes in Lagos. According to Vanguard, four suspected members of the syndicate are a couple Oludare Olamilekan, 50. his wife Oluwayemisi, 46; Ilelabayo Johnson, 62, […]

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Police arrests Labour Party national chairman, Julius Abure

National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Mr Julius Abure, has been arrested by security operatives in Edo State. Abure was arrested on Wednesday, by operatives of the Zone 5 police headquarters in Benin, a few days before the party’s primary election in Edo State. It was gathered that his arrest was the result of […]

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Nigerian lawyer who allegedly brutalised 11-year-old maid surrenders to police

After a N2m bounty placed on her by Nigeria’s Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, female Nigerian lawyer, Adachukwu Okafor, who allegedly abused her 11-year-old maid has surrendered herself to the police and will be arraigned in court. Chidimma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the State Women and Social Welfare Commissioner, Hon Ify Obinabo, who […]

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Police arrest two for having sex inside church in Nigeria

Police in Borno State, Nigeria, have arrested two people for having sex inside the All Saints Protestant Church premises, Police College, Maiduguri. The two lovers identified as Kaka Ali Umar of Damboa Road and Khadija Adam of Ngomari area, Maiduguri, were arrested during the act on Monday, February 12, 2024. The cleric in charge of […]

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Nigerian student shot dead by police in Canada

19-year-old Nigerian international student in Canada identified as Stephen Afolabi Opaso, fondly called Zigi by friends and peers, was shot dead by Canadian police in Manitoba on December 31, 2023, sparking reactions from Nigerians and the diaspora community. The incident involved the killing of Opaso, a student of the University of Manitoba by the Winnipeg […]

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Police arrest woman accused of killing five members of her family for Insurance payouts

A woman, 49, who has been accused of murdering five members of her family for the insurance payout was arrested in South Africa. The woman allegedly killed her police officer husband, her son who was at a University, her two daughters, and her cousin. But police say there could be more victims of the alleged […]

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Singer Naira Marley arrives Nigeria, arrested by Police over Mohbad

Nigerian singer, Azeez Fashola  popularly known as Naira Marley has arrived Nigeria, and was arrested by Police over singer Mohbad. Naira Marley was taken into custody for interrogation and other investigation activities over the death of his former singee, Mohabd. This was confirmed by Lagos State Police Command PRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin via his X (Twitter) […]

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Police begin search for missing Ekiti State University female student

Police Command in Ekiti has intensified the search for a missing 500-level female student of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Helen Eberechukwu Okorie. Spokesperson of the command (PPRO), DSP Sunday Abutu, disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, September 23, 2023, in Ado-Ekiti. According to the PPRO, the 23-year-old student has been missing since […]

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Police arrest Ilorin Alfa who threatened, forcefully ejected Isese devotee from her shop

Controversial Islamic cleric, declared wanted by the Kwara State Police command for allegedly threatening some traditionalists in Ilorin, Alfa Salah Ayodeji, has been arrested and paraded by the police. When paraded by the police in Ilorin on Wednesday evening, the man pleaded for forgiveness, saying that he did not know that his action was dangerous […]

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Police to arrest, prosecute Lagos socialite, Fareeda who attempted suicide

Lagos Police Command is expected to arrest Farida Sobowale, the popular socialite and businesswoman, who tried to end her life over the collapse of her marriage after 8 weeks. Farida Sobowale, owner and CEO of House of Phareedah, almost committed suicide on Third Mainland bridge after her husband, Ademola Okulaja abandoned her and went back […]

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France burns for a fifth night in protests sparked by police killing of a 17-year-old boy, over 700 arrested

Authorities in France have made 719 arrests nationwide by early Sunday following a fifth night of unrest sparked by the police killing of 17-year-old  Nahel Merzouk, who was allegedly ‘executed’ by police during a traffic stop. The 17-year-old whose death on Tuesday, June 27,  spawned the anger was laid to rest Saturday in a Muslim […]

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Police arrest one of the ballot snatchers who allegedly killed two voters in Edo

Officers of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one of the suspected ballot snatchers who killed two voters at a polling unit during the February 25 general elections. Ehiozomwangie Omoregbe, 34, and his gang allegedly invaded the polling unit on the Benin-Sapele road in Ogheghe community in Ikpoba Okha LGA and snatched ballot bosses for their […]

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Court refuses police application to be the prosecutor in Seun Kuti’s case

A Yaba Magistrate Court presided over by Mrs. Adeola Olatunbosun has on Wednesday ruled that the police cannot be the complainant and also the prosecutor at the same time. Magistrate Olatunbosun stated this on Wednesday morning, as she sat in her filled-to-capacity court where the Police prosecuting team demanded to arraign and prosecute the embattled […]

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Police release names of victims of US Embassy convoy attack in Nigeria

Anambra state Commissioner of Police, CP Echeng Echeng, has on Thursday, during a press conference in Awka, Anambra State, Nigeria, released the names of those in the United States (US) government vehicles when the gunmen attacked them and said, three US embassy officials and four policemen were killed in the attack. He also said that two […]

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