Tag: Lagos, News, NNL, POLICE, THIEVES
Police turn down N500,000 bribe from suspected rod thieves
Operatives of the Lagos Police Command at the weekend rejected a N500,000 bribe from five suspects caught with stolen 25mm iron rods and other items belonging to...
Police seize 125 live ammunition from 2 suspects
Operatives of the Anti-kidnapping Unit of Police Command in Bayelsa have arrested one Solomon Ibe, 43 years, and Chris Amuka 23 years at Ovom Waterside, Yenagoa,...
Police lose personnel in a shoot out with suspected kidnappers
The FCT Police Command has confirmed losing one of its gallant officers, Insp. Ambi John, attached to Operation Puff Adder, in a shoot out with suspected...
Cultism: Police arrest 6 suspects during initiation, recover guns
The Police Command in Anambra says it has arrested six youths aged between the ages of 17 and 25 years suspected to be cult members. DSP Toochukwu Ikenga,...
Police arrest man for killing cleric suspected to be wife’s lover
The Police Command in Niger has arrested one Umar Jibril, for allegedly killing a cleric he claimed was his wife’s lover. Jibril, a resident of Enagi...
Man beats expectant wife to coma
Police in Lagos are investigating the alleged murder of a woman by her husband. Mrs Destiny Adaeze Ikpeama, a lawyer, was reportedly six months pregnant when she...
Two arrested with substandard ponmo from Madagascar
The Rivers State Government has intercepted a truckload of suspected substandard animal hide, popularly called ponmo, in Onne, Eleme Local Government Area of the...
LASTMA, police personnel knock out driver’s teeth in brutal attack
A driver, Michael James, is still in pain after six officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority and men of the Lagos State Police Command allegedly...
PDP South-West Congress: Police arrest 4 persons with guns
The Police Command in Osun has arrested four persons with guns at the venue of the South-West People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Zonal Congress in Osogbo. ...
Gunman kills one in hospital shooting
An unidentified gunman shot dead a man and badly injured a woman outside a Paris hospital on Monday before fleeing the scene on a motorbike, police said....
Police arrest 2 women over 64-year-old man’s death in Lagos
The Police have arrested two women suspected to have hands in the death of a 64-year-old Osita Anwuanwu at Arida area of Ikotun in Lagos State. The Police...
Police arrest 154 suspects for armed robbery, others
The Police Command in Kano State says it arrested 154 suspects for armed robbery and other crimes in the last three months. DSP Abdullahi Haruna, the spokesperson...
Police arrest 2 Christian nurses on blasphemy charges
Police in Pakistan’s central Punjab province have taken two Christian nurses into custody after they were accused of committing blasphemy. The nurses,...
Tension, kidnapped Imo monarch freed without reporting incident to police
There was confusion on Saturday as the the kidnapped Imo monarch, the traditional ruler of Umuezie community in Nguru, Aboh Mbaise local government area of Imo...
Kidnappers ambush Ogun hunters on rescue mission, burn two vehicles, nine motorcycles
A search party comprising 26 hunters organised to rescue a kidnapped medical doctor and a nurse was ambused by gunmen suspected to be Fulani elements in the...
CP dismantles road blocks on Lagos-Badagry expressway
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Saturday ordered the dismantling of all illegal police road blocks on Lagos-Badagry expressway....
Police nab Ogun cleric over abduction of teenager for ritual
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old Islamic cleric, Amodu Jamiu, for allegedly abducting a 15-year-old girl to use her for ritual. The state...
Acting IGP appoints Inuwa force secretary, other principal officers
The acting Inspector-General of Police,Usman Baba, has approved the posting of AIG Hafiz Inuwa, as the Force Secretary and a member of the Force Management...
Three arrested for beating robber to death
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three community leaders in the Ikotun area of the state for lynching a suspected burglar. The community...
Police rescue two Chinese miners kidnapped in Osun
The Police Command in Osun on Thursday said two Chinese miners kidnapped at a gold mining site at Okepa/Itikan Village, Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local Government...
