Army Emerges Overall Winner As Armed Forces Inter-Service Sports Ends
The Nigerian Army (NA) has been declared overall winner of the just concluded 2022 Armed Forces Inter-Service Sports Competition (AFISSC), which ended at the Defence Headquarters Sports Complex, Mogadishu Military Cantonment, Abuja on Thursday, 22 September 2022. To emerged overall champion, the NA clinched first positions in cross country, taekwondo and volleyball in both […]
Ex-Policeman Bags Life Imprisonment For Killing Football Fan
A Lagos state high court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a dismissed police officer, Ogunyemi Olalekan, to life imprisonment for killing 35-year-old, Kolade Johnson. Olalekan, who was said to be attached to the Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS) of the Nigeria Police, shot Mr Johnson in the lower abdomen with an AK-47 rifle at about […]
Bandits Demand N250m Ransom To Release 43 Persons Abducted From Katsina Community
Suspected bandits who attacked Bakiyawa community in Batagarawa Local Government Area of Katsina State last Wednesday and abducted 43 persons have demanded a whooping N250 million as a ransom for their release. Residents of the community who are mainly peasant farmers and artisans told Arise TV that they had information about the attack at […]
‘Desist From Using Spy Plate Number’, Police Warn
The Assistant Inspector General of Police for Zone Six, Okunlola Kola Kamaldeen, has warned against using spy plate numbers in the zone. The zone comprises Akwa Ibom and Cross River states. He cautioned that the ban against the use of spy plate numbers was still in force. In a statement signed by […]
Security Operatives Thwart Kidnap Attempt In Enugu, Rescue 12
The police in Enugu State have confirmed the attempt by kidnappers to abduct some travellers along the Ugwuogo Nike-Opi-Nsukka Road. Residents had raised the alarm that the road was blocked by suspected Fulani herdsmen on two different occasions within 48 hours. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in the State, […]
Gunmen Abduct Three Police Officers In Ogun
No fewer than three policemen were said to have been abducted in broad daylight by some unknown gunmen in Ogun State. It was gathered that the police officers were abducted on Thursday at Wasinmi, in Ewekoro Local Government Area of Ogun State. The cops had visited Ogun State from Zone 2, Onikan, Lagos […]
Vigilante Service Apprehend Suspected Cultist, Rescue Teenage Girl Used As Sex Slave
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Vigilante Service, on Thursday, rescued a 13-year-old girl, allegedly locked up and used as a sex slave in a hotel by a suspected cultist in the Tombia area of Yenagoa, the state capital. The victim, who was simply identified as Miss Favour Doumo, is a native of Nembe Local […]
Security Operatives Nab Eight Suspects For Vandalizing EEDC Facilities
No fewer than eight persons have been arrested again in different parts of the South-East for vandalizing facilities belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company, PLC, EEDC. Head, Corporate Communications, EEDC, Mr. Emeka Ezeh, who confirmed the arrests, attributed the service disruptions experienced in some parts of its network to activities of vandals. […]
‘I Feel Honoured’, SP Ologunro Bags Best Graduating Officer in Human Right Course
In a bid to ensure that the rights of Nigerians are not deprived but well protected, the Lagos Police Command in collaboration with Crime Victims Foundation (CRIVIFON) held its 41st Graduation Ceremony of the Police Human Rights Officers. One of the recipients of the award, SP Ologunro Lateef expressed delight after bagging an award […]
