The Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde, said at the weekend that his administration would continue to maintain cordial relationship with the officers and men of the Nigerian Army in order to keep the state safe and secure.
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The Lagos State Team of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team has arrested a 44-year-old woman, Bose Olasukanmi, used by several pastors to perform fake miracles in their churches.
A 37-year-old alleged serial robber, Raphael Ejuwa, has been arrested for buying stolen phones, Subscriber Identification Module and Automated Teller Machine cards from an alleged thief.
The Commissioner, Ogun State Police Command, Kenneth Ebrimson, on Saturday said cultism remained the greatest challenge facing the state police command.
The Yobe State Police Command on Saturday advised people of the state to be extra-vigilant and volunteer information on suspicious movements in their communities.
A distraught mother, Grace Ajayi, whose 32-year-old son, Richard Osakue Ajayi, has been incarcerated at Nasarawa Correctional Centre over allegation of murder, has urged the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to do everything possible to ensure her son was released.
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence Response Team have arrested two suspects who allegedly specialised in armed robbery, kidnapping and assassination in Anambra State.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, says the Nigerian Army in collaboration with sister services will emerge…
The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and rescued 13 persons held hostage in a successful raid.
This was disclosed at the weekend by the Executive Secretary, Benue State Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Emmanuel Shior
The Niger State Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Adamu Usman, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna on Saturday
The Secretary to the State Government, Ahmed Matane, disclosed this in a statement in Minna on Saturday
Both were found guilty by jurors at Birmingham Crown Court
Meanwhile, various civil societies groups such as the International Federation of Female Lawyers, Child’s Protection Network, Virgin Heart Foundation, Human Rights Commission and Ministry of Gender and Vulnerable Groups have shown interest in ensuring justice for the girl.
The Don, however, noted that women tend to have a lower arrest rates than males for virtually all categories of crimes, except prostitution
The Cross River State Police Command has arrested three men suspected to be kidnappers in Eta-Agbor area of Calabar Municipality on Friday morning, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
A 27-year-old mechanic, Adewale Okeowo, on Friday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing his neighbour’s mini bus worth N730,000 and escaping from police custody.
A Kano High Court on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Yakubu Dalha, to death by hanging for killing his neighbour, Zakariya’u Bala.
An Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State ordered that a 20-year-old man, Jerome Yonweli, who allegedly kidnapped a woman and her six-month-old baby be remanded in Ikoyi Correctional Centre, pending legal advice.
The Nigerian Army has intercepted a petrol tanker conveying 100 bags of foreign rice in Nsukka axis of Enugu State.