May 10, 2024

May 10, 2024

Manpower Shortage: One Officer Doing Job Of Two Policemen, Says IGP Egbetokun

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has disclosed a plan of his administration to double the manpower strength of the Police Force in the country, saying that one police man is currently doing the job of two policemen. Addressing men and officers of the Kwara State Police Command during a one-day visit to […]

Acting CP Waheed Directs Area Commanders, DPOs To Sustain Optimum Security In Lagos

The Acting Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, DCP Ayilara Waheed, has directed all Area Commanders and Divisional Police Officers in Lagos State to sustain optimum security within their respective areas of responsibility. He gave this charge while having a strategic meeting with the officers and other heads of department serving in the command in […]

Young Man Killed By Suspected Cultists In Port Harcourt

Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed a young man in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. It was gathered that Akpan, popularly known as Fregene, was shot dead at Rumukalagbor area of Port Harcourt on Wednesday night, November 22, 2023. Details of the incident are still sketchy at the time of filing this report but it […]

Alleged Killer Of Eket Businesswoman Nabbed By Police In Port Harcourt

Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a businesswoman, Mrs. Juliana Dimaka, in Eket, Akwa Ibom State.   Dimaka, the owner of Testimony supermarket at Grace Bill Street in Eket, was strangled to death at her home on October17, 2023, at 8.00 p.m.   A reliable police source at the Eket Divisional Police […]

Man Apprehended For Allegedly Stealing Goat In Benue

A man has been nabbed for allegedly stealing a goat in Benue State. One Orturan Zaki-Felix shared photos of the suspect in a Facebook post on Thursday, November 23, 2023. “Things dey happen! Na person boyfriend be dis. Anyhow e red, no go steal goat to impress ur babe. Abeg. Dey don catch dis one […]

Troops Arrest Zamfara Bandit Leader’s Arms Suppliers

The military high command announced on Thursday that troops arrested suspected gunrunners providing firearms to bandits’ leader, Bello Turji. The military did not reveal the identity of the three individuals who were apprehended in Kaduna between November 14 and 17, 2023. Turji and 18 others were declared wanted by the Defence Headquarters on November 14, […]

Suspected Gun Manufacturer Apprehended By Police In Jigawa

Police in Jigawa State have arrested a 50-year-old man for allegedly manufacturing firearms in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. DSP Lawan Shiisu, the state police spokesman, confirmed this in Dutse on Thursday, saying that the suspect was arrested on Nov. 16. “Policemen in Ringim in collaboration with a local vigilance group arrested the […]