Attorney General of Lagos State and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Moyosore Onigbanjo (SAN), has lambasted the police over the arraignment of a 27-year-old man who was arrested for filming a traffic warden on duty. Onigbanjo described the arraignment of the man, Israel Adejol, by the police before the Lagos State Magistrates’Court in Ebute Metta as
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The Osun State Police Command on Monday said a woman, Amudatu Sani, had been arrested with human parts in Ikire. The Commissioner of Police, Johnson Kokumo, confirmed the arrest. Speaking through the command’s spokesperson, Folasade Odoro, the commissioner said the suspect was arrested with dry human parts which she concealed in a sack. He warned
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Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, on Monday, refused to comment on threats by the Boko Haram sect to ‘deal’ with him. Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, had in a recent video vowed to deal with Pantami over the minister’s plans to block the terror group’s communication network. Shekau, in the video
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The Police in Nasarawa State are presently combing forests and hideouts in the Shabu area of Lafia in the State, as parts of efforts to rescue the abducted Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Works, Mr Jibril Giza. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bola Longe, stated this on Sunday, noting that his deputies and the Divisional
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Federal High Court in Lagos State has summoned the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr Godwin Emefiele, over a judgment of N200m against the Nigeria Police Force. The court, in a February 13, 2020 order by Justice C.J. Aneke, said Emefiele and four others must appear in court on February 20 to explain
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Delta Police Command has confirmed the seizure of three trucks, allegedly loaded with items suspected to be stolen or vandalized from the moribund Delta Steel Company (DSC), Aladja. The Delta Commissioner of Police (CP) Hafiz Inuwa confirmed the development to newsmen when contacted on Saturday. “Actually, we got an information that some suspected trucks were
Read moreThe Katsina State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Gambo Isah, on Saturday evening confirmed the arrest of a middle-aged man in connection with the Friday terrorists’ attacks on two Katsina villages where thirty people were officially confirmed killed and several houses and animals burnt. The police spokesman also said nine motorcycles suspected to belong to
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Terrorists on Friday evening killed no fewer than thirty people in Tsauwa and Dankar villages in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. At Tsauwa where twenty-one people were killed, efforts were still being made on Saturday evening to bury some of the victims. Majority of the victims in the village were old people and
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The Nigeria Police Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, has said Ansaru terrorists attacked troops’ helicopter with sophisticated anti-aircraft rifles and General Purpose Machine. Research by our correspondent showed that after the Second World War the General Purpose Machine Gun was selected as the winning design to replace both the Vickers Heavy Machine Gun
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The Nigerian Police backed by helicopters have reportedly killed 250 top members of the Ansaru terrorist group in an operation on Wednesday in Kuduru Forest, Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State. According to the police, the officers stormed one of the largest operational camps of the Ansaru sect and successfully eliminated the terrorists. Bandits and other criminals
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The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered state police commands nationwide to impound all vehicles illegally using the supernumerary number plates, sirens, revolving lights or covered number plates. He also directed that the errant motorists should be diligently prosecuted, stressing that the Practices are illegal and posed monumental security risks to the nation and
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The Lagos State Police command said it has nabbed a suspected armed robber, Ehuiwe Akire, after having a field day in Festac and Apapa areas of Lagos. Akire, who was said to be the leader of a six-man gang, was arrested recently by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Response Team. It was learnt that
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The Ondo State Command of the Nigerian Police, on Sunday said it had arrested a man identified as Ayetare Sunday for claiming to be an officer of the Command. Before his arrest, the suspect, who claimed to be a prophet, masqueraded as Inspector Samuel Afolabi, also known as ‘Olopa to di woli’ which translates directly
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The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the shooting of a driver working with Peace Mass Transit Company and one other person by a policeman in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, Asinim Butswat, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Yenagoa that the incident occurred on Monday evening at Ekeki axis
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Tragedy struck the Federal Capital Territory Police on Saturday, when one of its operative, an Inspector, names with-held opened fire on other personnel, a Corporal, killing him on the spot. The Inspector subsequently opened fire on another Policeman, this time a Deputy Superintendent, inflicting gunshot injuries on him before turning the gun on himself and
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