The Anambra Police Command says it has arrested a suspect, Friday Akonobi, in connection with the alleged abduction and murder of a six-year-old girl from Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The command’s spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement issued in Awka and made available to reporters on Sunday. Mr Ikenga, a…
A police inspector earlier reported missing, Aliyu Ibrahim, and four villagers have escaped from their abductors in Zamfara State, the police have confirmed. Sources told Zagazola Makama that the victims fled from the kidnappers’ den and made their way to safety, with the inspector currently receiving medical attention at a military facility in Farin Kasa…
The Kano State Police Command has arrested three principal suspects over the gruesome murder of a housewife and her six children in Dorayi Chiranchi Quarters, Kano, on Saturday, linking the suspects to an earlier killing of two women in Tudun Yola area of the commercial city. In a statement issued on Sunday by the Police…
A commercial vehicle driver, Kazeem Ayegbo, has been arrested following the discovery of suspected human parts in his vehicle during routine stop-and-search along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway near Guru Maharaji Village. Oyo State Police Command spokesman, DSP Olayinka Ayanlade disclosed this in a Saturday statement. Ayanlade said operatives of the Federal Highway Patrol intercepted the commercial…
Gunmen have reportedly killed a police officer and kidnapped a Chinese expatriate principal at Aqua Triton Company in the Ogunmakin Area of Ibadan, Oyo State. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, disclosed this in a statement, on Saturday, in Ibadan. Ayanlade said the gunmen stormed the facility in a commando-style operation and killed…
A woman in Delta State has allegedly hacked her husband to death with a machete and injured two women with a hammer. The police spokesperson in Delta, Bright Edafe, posted a video clip on X on Friday, showing him interrogating the 36-year-old suspect at a police facility. He did not specify the exact location or…
Two police operatives were killed on Thursday in Enugu State when gunmen attacked a police team in the South-eastern state. The incident occurred at about 9 p.m. along Agbani Road in Enugu South Local Government Area of the state. The attack happened just opposite a police college and a few miles to the Force Criminal…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a masquerade alleged to have carried out unprovoked violent attacks on residents, leading to a breach of public peace in Awgbu, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. In a viral video circulating online, the masquerade was seen chasing and attacking passers-by, disrupting a public function and…
The Nigeria Police Force has advised Nigerians not to struggle or fight back if they find themselves in a dangerous situation involving criminals, urging citizens to prioritise their safety above all else. The Force Public Relations Officer, Mr Benjamin Hundeyin, gave the advice on Tuesday while speaking during an interview on Politics Today, a programme…
The police command in Oyo state says it has rescued kidnapped victims, arrested alleged murderers, and foiled abductions across the state. In a statement on Tuesday, the command’s spokesman, Ayanlade Olayinka, said police foiled a kidnap attempt in Budo, Bassi Camp in Iseyin, on Sunday, involving five armed hoodlums who reportedly kidnapped a 60-year-old man…
