May 10, 2024

May 10, 2024

Police Place N101m Bounty On Wanted Cultist Who Allegedly Killed Rivers DPO

The Nigeria Police Force has declared Gift David Okpara, pictured above, wanted for conspiracy, cultism, and the murder of a Divisional Police Officer in Rivers state, SP Bako Angbashim.   Bako and his men were engaged in a shootout with Okpara’s cult group when they ran out of ammunition. Gift and his men abducted the […]

Gunmen Storm Plateau, Kidnap Clergyman, Three Others

    Gunmen stormed Maigemu District in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, kidnapped a clergyman and three other people.   It was gathered that the gunmen in large number, invaded the ECWA Church Nuku area in the district at about 5:40 a.m. on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, and whisked the clergyman away […]

Suspected Gun Runner Arrested By Police In Delta

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old simply identified as Yerakpo for being in possession of four new locally-made cut-to-size guns. The suspect was apprehended by a Police Crack Team from Orerokpe Division, assisted by members of the Aragba Vigilante, during an intensive stop and search operation at Aragba junction along Aghalokpe road […]

NSCDC Parade 10 Suspects For Oil Theft, Vandalism In Rivers

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Rivers State Command, has paraded ten suspects for alleged pipeline vandalism, illegal dealings in petroleum products and other crimes. Addressing journalists at the command headquarters in Port Harcourt, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, Basil Igwebueze, said five out of the ten suspects were apprehended by the 29 […]

Gallant Police Officers Dislodge Gang Of Kidnappers, Kill 2

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have trailed and dislodged some gangs of suspected criminals, killing two in the process. The command said in a statement that the hideouts from which the suspects were dislodged were in Yola South and Fufore local government areas. “The operation, which was carried out on September 11, 2023, […]

Suspected Ritualist Arrested By Police For Killing Two Casual Workers In Bauchi

Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command have arrested one Ibrahim Umar ‘m’, 40, over the gruesome killing of two casual workers in Gamawa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The suspect, who hails from Dankunkuru village Ungogo LGA of Kano State, is believed to have perfected the abduction and killing of the duo, Kabiru Idi […]

‘Big Lie’, Police Debunk Killing Of 30 Residents In Kuje

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismissed reports making the rounds that about 30 residents were killed in the Kuje Area Council. Unconfirmed reports surfaced last week claiming that 30 people had died in a landslide in the nation’s capital due to illegal miners’ actions. Recall that the report emanated from the maiden […]