Breakthrough As Police IRT Nabs Cab Driver, Three Others Over Alleged Kidnap Of A Woman In Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) have arrested a cab driver and three other members of a syndicate over the alleged kidnap of a woman in Port Harcourt City (PHC). The suspects allegedly kidnapped one Hussena Adamu, wife of a businessman, Alhaji Musa Ahmad based in Rivers State on March 31, near Casablanca […]
Police Officer Gets Promotion, N1m For Rejecting $200,000 Bribe
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved a special promotion for Daniel Itse Amah, the police officer, who rejected a $200,000 bribe from armed robbers. Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari had in October 4 conferred an integrity award on Amah during the 4th edition of the annual national anti-corruption summit organized by the ICPC. Different […]
FRSC Warns Public, Denies Using POS For Payment Of Fines
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, on Thursday, said it had not introduced the use of point of sale (POS) machines to receive payment of fines for traffic offences at patrol points. Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Relations Officer, noted that it became necessary to explain to members of the public because of the unscrupulous […]
UK, U.S Terror Threat: Suspects Arrested Will Be Charge To Court Soon, Says IGP
The Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has said some suspects arrested following the advisory issued by the United States and United Kingdom in Abuja recently will be charged to court soon. The IG, however, declined to give accurate statistics on the number of criminal elements arrested in connection with the threats. He also […]
Bandits Rustle Cattle, Steal Farm Produce In Niger
Bandits have stolen dozens of cattle and food items from farming communities of Tashan Jirgi, Akare, adjoining villages in Wushishi Local Government Area of Niger State between Monday and Wednesday. Most of the residents, according to a source, have run away for safety to Wushishi to escape being kidnapped. The incessant cattle rustling, the source […]
Soldiers Comb Abia Forest For Kidnapped Colleague, Recover AK-47 Rifles
The Nigerian Army has said that some soldiers on a rescue mission of one of their kidnapped colleagues combed the Amangu forest in Abia State where they recovered a number of weapons owned by suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu made this […]
Gunmen Kidnap Two Businessmen In Nasarawa
There was palpable fear in Garaku, Kokona Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, following the abduction of two businessmen. They were abducted by unknown gunmen who invaded their homes in the Dadin Kowa area of Garaku early Wednesday. The unknown gunmen shot sporadically into the air before whisking their victims away to an unknown destination. […]
Police Parade Man For Setting Five Children Ablaze In Ondo
The Ondo State Police Command has paraded a 64-year-old man, Joseph Ojo who set his five children ablaze in his residence in the state. Addressing newsmen at the Ondo State Police Command headquarters in Akure, the state capital, the spokesperson for the command, Funmilayo Odunlami said that three of the burnt children died, while the […]
Two Suspected Human Traffickers Nabbed By NSCDC In Jigawa
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested two suspected human traffickers in Jigawa State. The NSCDC State Commandant, Musa Alhaji Mala (CC) disclosed this in a statement issued to DAILY POST. He said the suspects, 65-year-old Audu Sambo of Unguwar Dorawa village, Gwiwa LGA, and 37-year-old Dahiru Usman of Maje village in […]
INEC Office Set Ablazed By Hoodlums In Ogun
Some suspected hoodlums have set on fire an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at Iyana Mortuary, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. Recall that the hoodlums, numbering about eight, had scaled the perimeter fence, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the back. They were said to have […]
