May 8, 2024

May 8, 2024

Police Rearrest Prison Escapee In Kano

Police in Kano State have rearrested 25-year-old Abubakar Mohammed, a suspected escapee of a correctional centre.   This was contained in a press statement signed by the spokesman of the Command SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa.   He said the suspect was arrested on 23/09/2022 at about 1800hrs by a team of Operatives attached to the […]

Police Commission Promotes 40 DCPs, Others

The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the promotion of 40 Deputy Commissioners to the substantive rank of Commissioner of Police.   The Commission also approved an accelerated promotion for two Assistant Commissioners due to existing vacancies in the medical cadre.   The new Commissioners of Police were promoted after an interactive session/interview with the […]

Hoodlums Kill Soldier In Jigawa, Cart Away Rifle

Hoodlums have allegedly killed a soldier while resolving the farmers and herdsmen conflict in the Guri Local Government Area of Jigawa State on Wednesday.   Malam Musa Muhammad, the local government chairman, confirmed the incident to newsmen.   According to him, ” the soldier was killed while on duty after they responded to a distress […]

Lagos Police Interrogate Six Officers Over N100,000 Extortion

The police in Lagos have commenced a probe of six policemen for extorting N100,000 from a young man.   The youth, Oluwagbadura, alerted the public of his ordeal in a thread on Twitter.   He said around 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, the officers stopped him at Soliki in Aguda and searched him.   At about […]

Lady Arrested By Police For Abandoning Her Baby

The mother who abandoned her 3-month-old baby daughter earlier this week has been arrested in South Africa.   The baby was discovered by a man who was picking mangoes near a stream in Dawncrest, KwaZulu Natal Province on Monday, October 3, 2022.   An apology note found in the bag beside the child requested that authorities […]

Gunmen Abduct Two Female Corps Members In Plateau

Two female corps members serving in Zomo community in Mikang Local Government Area of Plateau State have been abducted.   The incident happened on Wednesday October 5, after the corps members went to a nearby pharmarcy to buy drugs. The owner of the store reportedly fled during the abduction.   Daily Trust reported that family […]

Three Kidnapped Boys Escape After Bandits Slept Off In Abuja

Three teenage Fulani boys who were kidnapped at Gwanda, in Gurdi Ward of Abaji area council of Abuja have escaped from bandits’ den after their abductors slept off.   The councillor representing Gurdi Ward, Wozhe Ishaya, who confirmed the development to Daily Trust on Thursday, October 6, 2022, said the victims were abducted on Tuesday […]