April 23, 2024

April 23, 2024

Police Discover Ritualists Den With 20 Embalmed Bodies In Edo, Arrest Three Suspects

Operatives of the Edo Police Command have busted a suspected ritual shrine in Benin and arrested three suspects with 20 mummified bodies.   The command announced this on Thursday in Benin in a statement issued by its Deputy Public Relations Officer, ASP Jennifer Iwegbu.   The corpses, the police spokesperson said, were discovered in a […]

Three Persons Rescued By Nigerian Army Along Zaria-Kano Road

The Kaduna State Government on Thursday said security operatives have rescued three persons and recovered nine rustled animals.   Samuel Aruwan, Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, said the victims were rescued by troops during patrols around Ungwan Namama, along the Zaria-Kano road. […]

Police Nab Syndicate Who Blackmail Victims With Their Nude Pictures

Police in Anambra has arrested a syndicate consisting of two male and two female members, who specialized in luring victims with love advances and taking nude pictures of them, which they later use for blackmail.   A press release by the state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga stated that the group was arrested in […]

Terrorists Threat: Why Lagos Is Placed Under Partial Lockdown, CP, Alabi Opens Up

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi, on Wednesday said that there was a partial lockdown of the state by security agencies due to the threats of attacks by unknown gunmen.   Alabi disclosed this in Lagos during the Lagos State Stakeholders’ Forum on Police Accountability quarterly meeting and awards.   Alabi gave […]

Breakthrough As Security Operatives Apprehend Seven Suspected Kidnappers In Kaduna

The Kaduna State Government on Thursday confirmed that security agencies have arrested seven suspected kidnappers in Mariri community of Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State.   Samuel Aruwan Commissioner, Ministry of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Kaduna State in a statement identified the suspects as; Musa Adamu, Abdullahi Usman, Suleiman Hasidu, Usman Jibril – […]

Sad Wednesday As ISWAP Slaughter One Victim, Kidnap 6 Farmers In Borno

At least six farmers were abducted in Mafa, a town in Borno State, Northeast Nigeria, by fighters suspected to be members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), on Wednesday.   An Intelligence Officer told Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and Security Analyst in Lake Chad, that the victims who were mostly displaced persons, […]

3 Suspected Criminals Nabbed By Police In Ebonyi

Ebonyi State Command on Wednesday said it has nabbed three suspected criminals who have been in the habit of robbing POS operators, innocent citizens of the state of their hard-earned money and properties.   The commissioner of Police Ebonyi State Command, CP, Aliyu Garba, made this known in a statement signed and made available to newsmen […]

US Strike Kills 13 Al-Shabaab Fighters – Pentagon

The Pentagon said Wednesday that US forces killed 13 fighters of the al-Shabaab militant group in an airstrike in Somalia.   The strike took place on August 14 near Teedaan in the central-southern part of the country while Shabaab fighters were attacking Somali National Army forces, the Pentagon’s Africa Command said in a statement.   […]

Police Caution Ronaldo Over Smashing Of Fan’s Phone

Cristiano Ronaldo has been cautioned by British police after footage emerged of the Manchester United forward appearing to smash a phone out of an Everton fan’s hand at a match last season.   The 37-year-old was interviewed by officers in relation to an allegation of assault and criminal damage following the incident at Goodison Park […]