Crime

  Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has called on the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in the state, Asue Ighodalo, to accept Thursday’s judgment of the Court of Appeal, which affirmed his victory as governor.   The Court of Appeal, in ...

  The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.), on Wednesday, revealed the arrest of two individuals who attempted to smuggle cocaine while posing as pilgrims en route to Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj.   Speaking during the opening ceremony ...

  The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has dismissed reports that an explosion at the Mogadishu Barracks in Abuja was the result of a failed suicide bombing attempt.   Speaking to journalists following road inspections on Wednesday, Wike clarified that the victim had unknowingly stolen an Improvised ...

  Operatives of the Rivers State Police have arrested a 45-year-old Pastor of a new generation church simply identified as Lucky, for allegedly defiling a 10-year-old girl in the Ihuaje community in Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State.   It was gathered that the arrest of the said ...

  The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Friday Obeta, a member of the Movement for Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, for planning to enforce the May 30 sit-at-home declared by the pro-Biafran group.   Recall that the pro-Biafran group had reportedly declared May 30 as a sit-at-home ...

  The Nigeria Police Force has identified and summoned a group of officers featured in a viral video extorting motorists.   The video, which circulated widely on Monday, captured the moment a police officer demanded either ₦5,000 or five litres of fuel from motorists who were unable to provide proof ...

  An Ondo State Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital, has ordered the remand of a 23-year-old man, Faith Adeola, in police custody for allegedly stabbing one Gbenga Olotu to death.   The defendant, who is a tailor, was arrested by the men of the state police command ...

  Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two principal suspects in connection with the brutal murder and burning of a young woman on Saturday in the ‘Gangare’ area near the canal behind Mile 12 Market, Lagos.   The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed ...

  The Nigeria Police Force, on Monday, said that coordinated operations resulted in the arrest of 12 suspected kidnappers and armed robbers, the rescue of an 80-year-old kidnap victim, and the recovery of a cache of arms.   In a statement released on Monday via X, the Force Public Relations ...

  A case of alleged police brutality has sparked public outrage after a woman identified as #torty_mercy on X.com shared an account of her brother being assaulted by a police officer near Wuse Market in Abuja.   According to her post, the victim was returning from church on Sunday when ...