April 28, 2024

April 28, 2024

‘Investigation Has Commenced’, Police React To Killing Of Mistress, Self

The Kwara State Police Command has reacted to the murder of a yet-to-be-identified woman by a Police Officer, who also shot himself dead in Ilorin on Thursday. A statement by the spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, in Ilorin on Thursday, said an investigation has commenced into the incident. The statement read […]

Police Thwart Kidnapper, Rescue Victim In Bauchi

Police operatives from the Bauchi State Police Command on Friday foiled a kidnap attempt at Rafin Cora village in Ningi Local Government Area of the state. The operatives killed a member of the gang. The gang, according to the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, had invaded the residence of one Alhaji […]

Gunmen Storm Taraba, Kidnap Monarch’s Two Wives, Son

The Taraba State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the two wives of the traditional ruler of Sarkin Kudu, Dansalama Adamu, in Ibi local government council of the state. Kidnapped alongside the wives, is a son of the monarch. Their whereabouts were still unknown as at the time this report was written. Confirming the […]

Elections: We Have Paid All Officers’ Allowances – Police

The Nigeria Police Force says it has paid all allowances of police officers deployed for the presidential and National Assembly elections.   In a statement on Saturday, Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi debunked allegations that the Force had yet to pay its staff on election duties. Adejobi described it as astonishing to read […]

Bandits Attack Local Govt HQ In Zamfara, Kill DPO, Two Others

Armed bandits attacked the headquarters of Maru Local Government of Zamfara State on Saturday night, killing a divisional police officer and two others. The gunmen who in their numbers stormed Maru, shot sporadically, forcing residents to scamper for safety. Upon getting the information of the attack, the Divisional Police Officer of the Local Government, Kazeem […]

India-Bound Businessman Arrested With 9.40kg Heroin At Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have arrested a businessman, Kingsley Celestino at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja Lagos over 9.40 kilograms of heroin concealed in false bottoms of his two travelling bags. Kingsley, a business class passenger on Qatar Airline flight was arrested at Terminal 2 of the MMIA on […]