We Won’t Tolerate Any Form Of Assault On Police Officers Again, IGP Warns Nigerians
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba on Monday condemned the recent trend of assault on Police Officers and men in uniform, carrying out official and lawful duties in various locations across the nation. The IGP in a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi emphasized that attacks on […]
Edo Police Command Arrest Kidnapper, Recovers Arm, Ammunitions
The fierce battle by the Edo State Police Command, against kidnapping has again yielded results, as its operatives on Sunday, 28 August 2022, neutralized a gunman suspected to be a kidnapper. The suspect was encountered while on routine patrol, they came across some hoodlums suspected to have concluded plans to operate along the Benin-Auchi […]
Man’s Hands Chopped Off By Bandits In Zamfara
Bandits in Zamfara State have amputated the hands of a resident identified as Samaila Muhammad. The victim was attacked after an incursion into his residence in Walo community of Kaura Namoda local government area of the state. The brother of the victim, Abdullahi Mohammed, who was also injured during the attack, narrated how […]
Man Arraign For Punching, Touching LASTMA Female Officer’s Breast
A 37-year-old man identified as Saheed Adisa has been charged in court for allegedly assaulting an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Salami Bukola, while she was on duty. The suspect who allegedly punched Bukola’s face and indecently touched her breast while she was carrying out her duties around the under bridge […]
General Lucky Irabor Says Delay In Trial Of Bandits, Terrorists Undermining National Sceurity
Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has said the delay in the trial of terrorists, bandits, k#dnappers, and other criminals for terror-related crimes is undermining efforts at curtailing security threats in the country. Irabor, who spoke at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) at the weekend in Lagos, noted that […]
Insecurity: Bandits, Terrorists Deserve Death Penalty, Not Amnesty, South-South Residents Tell Buhari
Some South-South residents believed pardoning bandits questioned the nation’s sincerity in fighting insurgency and other crimes. They said the consequences of pardoning them would be detrimental to the nation’s general well-being and the people. Eyobio Okon, a lawyer in Uyo, called for severe punishment for bandits and terrorists in the regime’s custody as a […]
Police IRT Arrests Bandits’ Informants Behind Kidnapped Of Lawmaker’s Wife, Two Children In Katsina
The Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has arrested a deadly kidnap-for-ransom syndicate, which kidnapped the wife and two children of a serving lawmaker, Hon. Dr Ibrahim Aminu, in Katsina State. The key suspects, Muttaka Ibrahim, Suleiman Rabiu and Surajo, all male and natives of Bakori LGA of Katsina State were arrested for allegedly supplying […]
Police Scrap Curfew Impose By Masquerades In Akwa Ibom
The Police in Akwa Ibom has again announced the ban on masquerades across the state. The Public Relations Officer, SP Odiko Macdon issued a statement on Sunday. The spokesperson said the action followed the lawlessness of masquerades that has caused murders, threats to lives, assaults and other breaches. The police also scrapped […]
Security Operatives Thwart Bandits’ Attack In Zamfara
The Zamfara State Police Command said its operatives have repelled bandits’ attack on Sunday afternoon in Dogon Karfe community in Bakura Local Government Area of the state. According to the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Mohammed Shehu, confirmed the incident. SP Shehu explained that the attack was foiled, saying that nobody was […]
Just In: High Court Dismisses FG’s Suit Seeking Abba Kyari’s Extradition To US
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a suit instituted by the Federal Government seeking to extradite the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police DCP, Abba Kyari to the United States of America. The judge, in a judgment on Monday, held that the extradition request filed by the Attorney […]
