Gunmen suspected to be herdsmen, on Wednesday, attacked passengers on the Ife-Ibadan expressway, killing one person.The deceased was identified as Adenipekun Ademiju, a worker in the Atakumosa west local government area of Osun state.He was in a vehicle heading to Ibadan, Oyo state, when the attackers struck around Ikire, a community along the expressway.According to a witness, the attackers shot indiscriminately [...]
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Adewuyi Adegoke (pictured left), a pastor at Methodist Church, Ado-Ekiti, capital of Ekiti state, has been arrested by the police for allegedly organising his own kidnap.TheCable gathered that Adegoke had arranged with one Oluwadare Sunday to demand N3 million ransom from his congregation.He reportedly went into hiding on Sunday evening while there were reports that he was abducted between Esa-Oke [...]
The Lagos state police command has arrested one Yusuf Omidele, leader of a notorious cult group in Ikorodu, along with members of his gang.In a statement on Friday, Bala Elkana, command spokesperson, said Omidele, was an ex-convict and had been on the police wanted list.According to him, Omidele, who had been sentenced to prison on different occasions, completed his last [...]
Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says his colleagues are yet to take a stand on the issue of state police.The governor, who is chairman of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), disclosed this at the end of a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the presidential villa in Abuja on Friday.He said the meeting was convened to address the security [...]
At least three persons were killed after a bomb went off at Eziorsu community in Oguta local government area of Imo state.Orlando Ikeokwu, police public relation officer in the state, said the incident occurred on Thursday.He identified the deceased as Elvis Ukado, Kasiemobi Uzoma and Justice Adie, saying the police were investigating the incident.“It was as an unexploded ordinance in a [...]
The Plateau state police command has arrested Oladipo Oyefemi, 33-year-old graduate of geology and mining from the University of Jos (UNIJOS), for allegedly killing a woman.Oyefemi, a resident of Millionaires Quaters, Jos, the state capital, was said to have picked 24-year-old Patience Musa at the West of Mines area of the city around midnight on Friday, May 31 for a [...]
The police say they have arrested 38 suspects for various alleged crimes ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping and arms smuggling.In a statement, Frank Mba, force public relations officer, said a four-man arms smuggling gang was arrested on May 25.Mba said 6,000 live ammunition for AK 47 were recovered from them."A total of 38 suspects were arrested for their different roles [...]
The Nigeria police force says it has deployed a mobile application to combat crimes.In a tweet on Saturday, the police said "Police-VGS", the application, will soon be launched.The force said the app is part of a broader technological approach, disclosing that it is being test run and would soon be released for public use."#Police-VGS. The Police-VGS App is part of broader technological [...]
Stakeholders working to counter violent extremism in the northeast have called on the federal government to include victims of insurgency in the rehabilitation and reintegration (R&R) programmes.The position of the stakeholders was made known during a one day workshop on the validation and public presentation of baseline findings on the survey on mechanisms in rehabilitation and reintegration by the West African [...]
The Rivers state police command has granted bail to the two students who allegedly detonated a teargas canister in a secondary school in the state.In a statement on Saturday, the police, while quizzing the students, quoted one of them as saying that the canister was that of his late brother who was a police officer.Community Secondary School, Oroworukwo, was thrown [...]
The Borno state police command says it has arrested five soldiers and 83 other suspects for alleged armed robbery and other offences respectively.Mohammed Aliyu, commissioner of police in the state, disclosed this while he was speaking with journalists in Maiduguri on Thursday.The commissioner said the soldiers were arrested on different occasion in May.NAN quoted Aliyu as saying one Hilary Oziama [...]
The Enugu state police command has arrested 140 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly organising unlawful procession.Ebere Amaraizu, the command spokesman, told NAN the IPOB members were arrested on Wednesday in Nsukka LGA.He said they were caught displaying "proscribed items" on the streets and "chanting inciting songs against the nation".“Through a joint security task force, 140 [...]
Mohammed Adamu has been confirmed as the inspector general of police.Adamu was confirmed at the police council meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday.Musiliu Smith, chairman of the police service commission, and governors of the 36 states were part of the meeting.Adamu, who succeeded Ibrahim Idris, took over the force on January 15, 2019.Until his appointment by the [...]
Some civil society organisations (CSOs) have raised the alarm over alleged plans to deny women and girls access to quality health services.This followed a raid on Marie Stopes Clinic in Lagos state by police officers who reportedly harassed workers and patients in the clinic.The groups condemned the action of the police, saying raiding such centres amounts to sending a message [...]
The house of representatives has rejected a bill seeking to reform the Nigeria police force.The bill was rejected during plenary on Wednesday, about a month after being passed by the senate.The bill, which seeks to repeal the Police Act of 2004, would "provide for the framework for the police service" as well as ensure partnership between the police and communities.Some [...]
The federal capital territory (FCT) police command says there will diversion of traffic as the presidential election tribunal resumes sitting on Wednesday.The police said there would be diversion of traffic at the Goodluck Ebele way and Shehu Shagari way leading to court of appeal.In a statement on Tuesday, Anjuguri Manzah, command's spokesman, explained that measure was taken to beef up [...]
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