April 19, 2024

April 19, 2024

Lagos Police Nab 4 Notorious Cult Members

The Police Command in Lagos has arrested four suspected members of Eiye and Aiye cult groups over their alleged nefarious and criminal activities in the Badagry area of the state.   Spokesperson for the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Saturday in Lagos.   Hundeyin said that the arrest […]

Gunmen Invade Oyo, Abduct One Person

Gunmen have allegedly abducted another person from the Surulere local government area of Oyo State.   Reports said a man identified as Baba Rasheed, who owns and operates a private clinic, Titilade hospital located at Gbede in Surulere local government area was kidnapped around 9pm on Friday.   Sources said the man was abducted along […]

Gunmen Storm Adamawa, Kill Lawmaker, Son

A lawmaker, Ishaya Bakano, of Song Local Government Council of Adamawa has been killed by gunmen.   A gang of armed men stormed the lawmaker’s residence in his hometown, Bannga, in the early hours of Saturday, shooting his son and whisking him away before killing him a few hours after.   The Police Public Relations […]

Police Foil Kidnap Attempt, Rescue Eight Victims In Kaduna

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have rescued eight people who were kidnapped by bandits in Chikun Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.   The operatives who were attached to Buruku Police Division intercepted a large number of bandits while on a routine patrol between Udawa and Buruku villages along the Kaduna-Birnin-Gwari Highway. […]

Lagos CP Orders Prosecution Of Youth Corps Member Brutalised By Officers

The Lagos police command says it would prosecute a National Youth Service Corps member for inciting members of the public against police officers who brutalised him.   This was disclosed by Ben Hundeyin, the police spokesman in Lagos, while giving an update on the police brutality captured in a viral video on Twitter on Friday. […]

Bandits, Terrorists Killed 1,837 People In 18 Months, Says Kaduna Commissioner

The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, has disclosed that no fewer than 1,837 persons were killed by bandits and terrorists in the state in the last 18 months.   Aruwan who made this revelation while presenting an address at a public presentation of reports on the ‘Southern Kaduna Pilot […]

Kidnap Kingpin, Serial Killer Nabbed By Security Operatives In Niger

The Police in Niger State have paraded one Alh. Bashiru Abdullahi, a notorious kidnap kingpin from Bangi Mariga Local Government Area.   He is allegedly behind the killing of his younger brother, one Alh. Mamuda Abdullahi, aged 35 years.   Alh. Bashiru, aged 40, was suspected to have killed his younger brother of the same […]