April 29, 2024

April 29, 2024

NDLEA Storms Edo Forest, Destroys 7,286kgs Skunk After Gun Battle (photos)

Ahead of the commencement of the 2023 general elections on Saturday 25th February, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have stormed the Ujiogba Forest Reserve in Esan West LGA, Edo State where they destroyed 7,286 kilograms (72.86 tons) of warehoused skunk and five hectares of its plantation.   The special operation carried […]

Police Launch Manhunt For Suspected IPOB Who Killed PDP, LP, APC Members

The Enugu State Police Command has commenced investigations to unmask criminal elements, suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB and its militant wing, the Eastern Security Network, ESN who allegedly killed political party members in the state. Recall that yet-to-be-identified gunmen attacked and killed some members of the Peoples Democratic Party, […]

Police Nab 2 Suspects For Abduction, Rape Of Pregnant Housewife In Adamawa

A pregnant housewife in Adamawa State was abducted and raped by her uncle and a neighbour in Maiha Local Government Area. The suspects, Suleiman Adamu, 29 and Ahmadu Umaru, 26, both of whom are residents of Machimin community in Maiha LGA, were apprehended by operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command. Suleiman was identified as […]

EFCC Arraigns NGO Founder For N950m Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned Alhaji Usman Abubakar alongside Young Alhaji Foundation before Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja, Lagos State. The defendants face a five-count charge allegedly bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and stealing of N950million. Abubakar, the Foundation and Dr. Abu Omer Fawzi […]

Police AIG Orders Show Of Force Ahead 2023 Election

Ahead of the 2023 general elections in the country on Saturday, the police AIG, Zone 8, Asafa Adekunle, has ordered a show of force in collaboration with all sister security agencies to commence on Thursday in Kwara state. This was part of the strategies to keep crimes and criminality at bay as the country heads […]

Police Investigating Incitement By Governors Over Naira Scarcity, Says IGP

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali, on Wednesday, insisted that the police are investigating some governors and individuals whose utterances are considered to have incited riots over the naira redesign policy of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. Alkali stated this in Abuja while fielding questions from State House correspondents. The IGP was accompanied […]

RRS Arrests 20-Year Old, One Other With Locally Made Guns In Lagos

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested two suspects, Daniel Ojoh, 20, and 27-year-old Kudus Ahmed, with two locally made guns and charms. Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who made this known in a statement on Wednesday, February22, said the suspects were arrested during separate incidents in Lekki […]