Tag: AMOTEKUN, Ekiti, Nigeria, Osun, POLICE
Police, Amotekun comb Ekiti, Osun forests for killer herdsmen, others
The police and Amotekun Corps in Ekiti and Osun states have said they will intensify efforts at combing the bushes and forests in the state to ensure the rural...
3 dead, 1 injured in sports’ bet shop in Imo
Three persons today were confirmed dead after an altercation in a football betting shop at Aba branch market in Ehime Mbano local government area of Imo state....
Police arrests Aiye confraternity leader for killing rival leader
The Police operatives attached to Bariga Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Segun Ezekiel, m, 24, leader of Aiye Confraternity in Bariga...
As S/East boils: Police disappear from roads, go to work in mufti
THE entire five South Eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo appear to be boiling and there is tension in most communities, no thanks to the...
‘How desperation pushed me to steal my neighbour’s baby’
It was a tragedy Mrs Sewuese Ahumbe did not see coming. Neither did she think it was one that could befall her in her fruitless search for a baby she could call...
IGP under pressure to arrest Igboho as activist snubs police invitation
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, is believed to be under serious political pressure to arrest Yoruba rights activist, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday...
Police arrest retired soldiers’ sons using army uniform for robbery
Twins who are sons of a late retired soldier and two of their accomplices whose fathers are also ex-army personnel have been arrested by the police for allegedly...
I’m a member of Buccaneers, I’m not a cultist” – Suspect says as Osun police parades 28 suspects
A suspected cultist, Moses Akintunde on Thursday told the Osun State Police Command that he is a member of Buccaneer Association and not a cultist. ...
Police arrest fake lawyer in Ogun
Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 50-year-old man, Azeez Agboola, for unlawfully parading himself as a legal practitioner in the state. The...
Osun police arrest, parade 20 suspected cultists, kidnapper
Following the incessant cult clashes in some parts of the Osun State, the state Police Command on Thursday paraded 20 suspected cultists said to be involved in...
Hoodlums Attack Former Minister’s Residence
Hoodlums have attacked the residence of former Sports Minister, Damishi Sango, in Plateau State, shooting two security details and a boy in the process. It...
Gunmen storm military camp kill soldiers, abduct 10, burn vehicles
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have reportedly invaded the camp of the Joint Security Task Force comprising of the Army, Police, Civil Defence and Vigilantes at...
Man allegedly catches fiancee with ex-boyfriend, commits suicide
A 31-year old man, Jivini Jonnan, has allegedly committed suicide after drinking an insecticide in the Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State. Jonnan was...
IGP inaugurates police community radio in Abuja
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has inaugurated the Nigeria Police Radio 99.1FM in Abuja, which he said was aimed at bringing the police closer...
Father beats son to death for alleged theft
Kano State Police Command on Wednesday says it has arrested a father, one Awaisu Auwalu, 40 years old who beats up his 19 years old son, Auwalu Awaisu to death...
Court remands man for allegedly robbing policeman of I.D. card
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, remanded a 39-year-old man, Clement Chidi in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly robbing a policeman. The...
Man Kills wife after argument over pap
A 20-year-old man, Lawali Danladi has been arrested by the Niger state Police Command for killing his wife due to a misunderstanding over the pap she prepared for...
Three Yahoo boys jailed in Lagos
Justice Sherifat Solebo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday jailed two internet fraudsters to a total of seven months imprisonment for N800,000 internet...
Kidnap of 20 persons in Abuja fake news, say police
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has denied social media report that which state that 20 persons were kidnapped along Zuba axis of Abuja. The Command...
7 feared dead, 4 missing in A-Ibom over renewed attack by Abia community
NO fewer than seven residents of Ikpanya Clan, in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State reportedly died during the recent attack on the community by...
