Tag: Police
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Drama on Akoko – Kabba road as Police decline to go after armed robbers
A mid drama ensued on Monday at Akoko – Kabba express road as armed Policemen at a checkpoint, a few minutes drive to Kabba in Kogi State declined the call by a commercial bus driver to go after some gang of armed robbers who were operating and terrorising travelers on the highway. Our correspondent who…
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25-year-old arrested by Police after robbing provision store in Okitipupa
The police in Okitipupa, Ondo State, have arrested a-25-year-old Adeyemi Samuel, for allegedly robbing a provision store at gunpoint in Okitpupa town with other two members of his gang currently at large, Starnews NG has learnt. Starnews reports that the three-men armed robbery gang on Saturday night, allegedly robbed a provision store of one Mrs…
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Robbers kill security guard at Ondo petrol station
Suspected armed robbers have reportedly killed a security man guarding a mega station of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, located along Akure-Owo Expressway, in Akure, the Ondo State capital. It was gathered that the deceased who was identified as Moses was killed on early Monday morning while on duty. According to a source, the hoodlums…
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Police uncover, rescue 259 from Ibadan Mosque of horror
Personnel of the Oyo State Police Command, on Monday, stormed an illegal detention centre at a mosque in the Ojoo area of Ibadan, and rescued 259 persons being held hostage there. The victims were made up of 19 males, 34 females, 11 children, and 23 sick persons. It was gathered that the victims had been…
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Tension In Osogbo As Police And Army Clash, Here’s Why
The Police and Army have clashed in Osogbo, the Osun State capital after some soldiers were said to have invaded the police headquarters. The tension started after the soldiers allegedly invaded the police command headquarters on Monday afternoon following the arrest of one of their colleagues who allegedly stabbed a police officer on Saturday night.…
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Uncertainty As Court halts police recruitment after release of successful candidates’ list
The list is unknown and a product of illegality, says police Commission The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday temporarily halted the recruitment process by the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), pending the hearing and determination of the suit challenging the exercise by the Police Service Commission (PSC). Nigerian Tribune reports that the trial…
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Kidnappers abduct Assistant Commissioner of Police, demand N50m ransom
The Area Commander, Suleja Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force, Mr. Isa Rambo, has been kidnapped by gunmen around Kaduna , Sunday PUNCH has learnt. A senior police officer told our correspondent that Rambo, who is an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was kidnapped on his way to Jos on Saturday evening. The senior officer said, “He…
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Court remands housewife for beating mother-in-law to coma
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate’s Court has remanded in prison a housewife, Adenike Olowookere for allegedly attempting to kill her mother-in-law. The 30-year-old was accused of ruthlessly beating her 63-year-old mother-in-law, Mrs Comfort Olowookere, which almost led to the death of the latter. The mother-in-law was saved by the intervention of Good Samaritans who rescued her…
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‘I killed 15 women in seven states’- David-West PH serial killer
Gracious David-West, a serial killer arrested in Rivers State, has confessed to killing 15 women in seven states. He earlier confessed seven. Police spokesman Nnamdi Omoni, who confirmed this to the Nation in a telephone interview, said the suspect confessed to killing one person each in Abia, Edo, Ibadan (Oyo State), Owerri (Imo State), Ikeja…
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Three Arrested Over Rape Of Girls Under 16 In Lagos
Three suspects have been arrested in Lagos over allegations of rape in the Bariga and Ajao Estate areas of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Mr Bala Elkana, confirmed this in a statement on Sunday. He explained that the Bariga Police Station received a complaint on Saturday that one Fatai Nafiu, 28,…