Suspended Enugu traditional ruler, wife hospitalised after release from police
The suspended traditional ruler of Ihekwuenu-Aku Autonomous community in Igbo Etiti LGA of Enugu state, Igwe Christopher Okwor has been admitted at the Emergency Care […]
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IGP Baba Revives SARS, Issues New Rules Of Engagement To Officers
The disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) unit of the Nigeria Police Force has been revived. The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba gave the directive […]
Nigerian Police Admit to Killing #EndSARS Protester In Oyo
The Nigerian Police Force has admitted killing an #EndSARS protester in Oyo. Police made the admission on Friday, revealing that the victim was one of […]
3 repentant bandits arrested for robbery
KATSINA – The Katsina State Police Command on Wednesday paraded 12 suspects, including three repentant bandits, for various offences including robbery, cattle rustling and kidnapping. […]
Suspected land grabbers kill police officer, 2 others in Lagos
The Police have arrested four suspected land grabbers and cultists in connection with the mayhem in Gberigbe town in Ikorodu area of Lagos. The arrest […]
Police arrest 7 suspects, recover firearms, vehicle in Delta
The Police Command in Delta has arrested seven suspects for alleged armed robbery and unlawful possession of firearms. The acting Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of […]
Man plots fiancée’s murder over N14m, promises killer-herbalist N5m
The police on Wednesday paraded 36 suspects, including a female, in connection with various crimes in different locations in the country. The suspects were arrested […]
Lagos under siege!
Late March 2020, Ali aka Abu Ibrahim stirred from the transient darkness of sleep into the eternal dawn of his demise. Ummi Ibrahim, his wife, […]
Ebube Agu: Another resort to self-help
The security situation in the Southeast has gone from bad to worse in the last couple of months. Gone were the days when insecurity used […]
Police confirm Owerri robbery, debunk news of fire in Imo House of Assembly
By IKECHUKWU IWEAJUNWA The Imo Police Command has confirmed Sunday’s robbery attack on motorists in Orji area of Owerri, which left four persons with bullet […]
America advises citizens against travelling to Nigeria over banditry, terrorism, others
By AKINOLA AJIBOLA The United States government has advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Nigeria as a result of the security threats in some […]
Governors take kidnapping, killings concern to Buhari
With insecurity boiling over in the country, North’s governors cried out on Thursday and took their concern to President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa. […]
No plans to attack banks, institutions – IPOB
The outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has dismissed alleged plans by its security outfit, Eastern Security Network (ESN), to attack banks in the Southeast […]
Nigeria and war of tongues, by Femi Adesina
Our country is at war today on many fronts. Nigeria battles insurgency, terrorism, banditry, kidnappings, armed robbery, cult killings, ritual murders, and war of tongues. […]
Couple, 3 children abducted in Ondo
Suspected kidnappers have abducted a man, his wife and three children between Ajowa Akoko and Ayere community in Kogi State. The man identified as Ibrahim […]
Go after Fulani group threatening Ortom, Reps tell Police, DSS
The House of Representatives has charged the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services to go after a shadowy group, Fulani Nationality Movement, […]
Fulani Warlord Wakili Charged for Murder, Kidnapping, Remanded in Prison
A court in Oyo state has remanded an alleged notorious Fulani warlord Abdullahi Wakili in prison. The 70-year-old man will be held in a correctional […]
I pray for God’s mercy before hacking into my victims’ bank accounts — Internet fraud suspect
Twenty-seven-year-old suspected SIM card hacker, Ayoola Olalekan, was arrested by the Osun State Police Command and paraded alongside a robbery syndicate. Following interrogation by the […]
Lady robs pastor at gunpoint, lands in police net with gang members
Two members of an armed robbery gang, who robbed Pastor Godwin Ojerinde of God’s Will Praying Ground, Siun in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of […]
Police smash armed robbery gang masquerading as govt task force
Operatives of Special Weapons and Tactics Team (SWAT), Bayelsa State Police Command, have arrested two suspected armed robbers who have been disguising as state government […]