Breakthrough As Tunji Disu’s Police IRT Nab Owerri Prison Escapes
Two inmates who escaped from the Owerri Correctional facility have been arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) for alleged involvement in a fresh case of kidnapping, armed robbery and car snatching. The suspects, Okechukwu Edison and Sunday Morrison were rearrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State in an operation led by the Commander […]
Troops Raid Bandits Camp In Kaduna, Rescue Nine Kidnap Victims, Recover 90 Cows
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have rescued nine kidnapped persons during fighting patrols aimed at suspected bandits’ hideouts in Kaso Village in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. According to the operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government, the troops engaged the bandits on the Tantatu high ground, as they abandoned their camp fled […]
Police Apprehend Two Suspects For Possessing 468 PVCs
Two persons in possession of 468 Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) have been arrested by the police. This was made known in a statement signed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Sunday. According to the statement, the offenders; Nasiru Idris, was found with […]
IGP Orders Distribution Of Weapons, Protective Equipment For Officers Ahead 2023 Election
Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered the distribution of weapons and protective equipment for officers across the country. The IGP also directed all Commissioners of Police in the country to activate the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security to engage stakeholders in evolving strategies for mitigating threats […]
Troops Kill Four Bandits In Kaduna Community, Recover AK 47
Troops of Operation Forest Sanity have killed four bandits during clearance operations in identified hideouts around Tsohon Gayan, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Samuel Aruwan, the state Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, said this was conveyed in an operational feedback to the Kaduna State Government. “The troops made contact and pursued […]
40 Burundi Rebels Killed In East DR Congo
Forty Burundian rebels have been killed in a joint offensive by the militaries of Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi in eastern DRC, a Congolese army spokesman said on Sunday. The two armies “carried out a high-intensity offensive operation” against Burundian rebels of the National Liberation Forces (FNL), Lieutenant Marc Elongo-Kyondwa said in a statement. […]
NDLEA Arrests Wanted Kingpin, Another Saudi-Bound Trafficker With Cocaine In Sandals
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the weekend disrupted the activities of a major cocaine syndicate in Lagos following the arrest of a 56-year-old trafficker, Lawal Lateef Oyenuga who was on a mission to deliver 400grams of the class A drug concealed in a pair of palm sandals in Jeddah, Saudi […]
Police Arrest Suspected Female Armed Robber, Teenage Boy With Toy Gun In Ogun
A 29-year-old lady, Chioma Okafor has been arrested in Mowe, Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State for alleged armed robbery. Okafor was arrested alongside a 19-year-old boy, Nweke Joshua, “while carrying out a robbery operation,” the Ogun police spokesman, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said on Sunday. Oyeyemi disclosed that the suspects were arrested after a […]
Gunmen Storm Ondo, Kill Security Guards, Mutilate Bodies
Gunmen suspected to be ritualists have killed two security guards at Ikare Akoko, the headquarters of Akoko North-East Local Government Area of Ondo State. The gunmen were said to have cut off the hands and heads of the deceased persons after they were killed. The attacks took place in a popular market in the town […]
Police Nab 12-Year-Old For Kidnapping In Bauchi
Police in Bauchi State have arrested a 12-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old. This is contained in a statement issued on Saturday in Bauchi by police spokesman in the state, Ahmad Wakil. He stated that the 12-year-old kidnapped the baby in Magama Gumau community in Toro Local Government Area of the state. According to […]
