The Edo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for a man identified as Wealth Nnamdi, who allegedly killed his pregnant fiancée, Osasu Isaac, and her three-year-old daughter, Miracle, in Benin City. The tragic incident, which occurred on Idiangbona Street in Ovbiogoe Community, followed a heated argument between the couple on March 16. Neighbours, who…
Reports has it that an armed police officer barricaded a busy road in Calabar and started shooting sporadically at passerbys. It was gathered that the tragic incident happened at Atakpa junction near Watt Market, Calabar, in Cross River state. An eyewitness account reveal that the armed policeman started shooting sporadically at innocent Nigerians in the…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has warned officers of the Nigeria Police Force against unlawful and prolonged detentions. He stressed that any officer found violating constitutional provisions on human rights will face serious consequences. This is detailed in a statement released on Sunday, and signed by the Force Public Relations Officer ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi….
At least 57 students of Government Technical College in Orita Aperin, Ibadan, have been arrested by the police for allegedly invading CAC Grammar School and causing significant property damage. According to sources, the incident occurred on March 20, at about 3:20 p.m. The students were said to have raided the school and shattered all the…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the deployment of 38 Commissioners of Police to various State Commands and Police Formations across the country. This strategic move, aimed at enhancing security and intelligence-led policing, includes the posting of nine CPs to state commands and 29 CPs to various formations. Among those assigned to state…
A seventy-two-year-old man, Sabo Mohammed, has boldly told a Minna Chief Magistrates Court that he stabbed a Police Inspector, Nasiru Musa, to death because he was Seducing his wife. The Septuagenarian who was arraigned before the Minna Chief Magistrate Court Five, presided over by Hadiza Imam, told the court that he had been suspecting his…
What started as a minor disagreement between two policemen on special duty at Fenod Company in Samagidi A Community, Delta State, turned into a full-blown physical brawl, leaving one officer severely injured. Eyewitnesses described the shocking scene as a no-holds-barred fight between Inspector Kingsley Hassan and Inspector William John, both of the 18 Police Mobile…
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has confirmed that six people lost their lives, and 14 vehicles were engulfed in flames following a tragic accident at Nyanya Bridge, Abuja, on Wednesday night. In a statement on Thursday, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, described the incident as devastating, stating that a heavily…
A 41-year-old man identified as Perez Kingsley has been remanded in prison custody by the Ughelli High Court for allegedly defiling his one-year-old daughter and sodomising his three-year-old son, resulting in severe injuries to the child. The accused was charged to court on Tuesday and is currently being held at Okere Prisons pending further legal…
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have arrested one Ndifreke Nelson in connection with the alleged murder of his girlfriend identified as Emem Effanga. Effanga, 39, was confirmed dead in a yet-to-be-disclosed hospital after she was allegedly strangled by her boyfriend. The spokesperson of the Akwa Ibom Police Command Timfon John confirmed the…
