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The founder of the Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Akure, Alfa Babatunde, was not granted bail, on Thursday by the State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital. Hundreds of followers and worshippers of the church, who stormed the court premises to witness the court proceedings, … Read...

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) Lagos state command denied plans of any raid in the state for On Thursday, February 6, and Friday, February 7, from 8 p.m. The police force in its reactions... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/31HnYFX Get More Nigeria Metro News

Corpses of intended couple were discovered naked Wednesday night at Badawa quarters in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Kano State. Spokesman of the Kano State police command, DSP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident to.... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2UuMet6 Get More...

Police in Adamawa have confirmed the arrest of one Isa Ibrahim, 55, and two others for gang raping a 13-year-old girl . Mr Sulaiman Nguroje, Spokesman, Adamawa Police command told news Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Yola.... Read more via Pulse Nigeria – Nigeria –...

Founder and General Overseer of Living Faith Church, Bishop David Oyedepo has cursed the man who attempted to bomb his church in Kaduna State, a report by Daily Post has revealed. Recall that the Kaduna State Police Command had on Sunday arrested a suspected suicide bomber inside a church …...

Lagos state Police has reportedly arrested 20 suspects in connection to the clash between Okada riders and Policemen in Ijora area of the state. A riot broke out … Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/3b5EWln Get More Nigeria Metro News

A 38-year-old man identified as Olamide Awogbayi has been arrested by the Ondo State Police command for raping a 13-year-old girl during a night vigil held by one of the churches along Idanre Road in Akure. The suspect who lured the underage girl to an uncompleted building where he defiled...

Human rights lawyer , Mr . Femi Falana ( SAN) , says the practice of posting policemen outside their states of origin is unproductive. Falana said every police officer should operate in their community, speak the local language and mix freely with the people... Read more via Nairaland –...

Nathaniel Samuel, the man arrested for planning to bomb Bishop David Oyedepo’s Living Faith Church in Kaduna State said he was supposed to be a pastor in the church. He debunked that his name was never Muhammed, but Nathaniel Samuel.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2Sjtbzl Get...

The FCT Police has arrested five persons for making a prank in the hospital on the corona virus pandemic. The suspects, four males and a female, were paraded before reporters over the weekend by the spokesman of FCT Police Command DSP Anjuguri Manzah..... Read more via Thisdaylive –...

The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Anjuguri Manza, who paraded the five suspects before Five people have been arrested and paraded by the Police for false claims of … Read more via Nigeria News | Laila’s Blog – https://ift.tt/2uSCMVI Get More Nigeria Metro News

Police said the suspects would be charged to court upon completion of investigation. Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a pastor, Clement James for allegedly kidnapping himself and demanding a N5m ransom from his family members. In a statement by Yakubu Sabo, the command’s spokesperson...

Pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere, has rejected the position of the Nigerian Government to include ‘Operation Amotekun’ under its community policing strategy and have it function as mere informants for the police. The group, after a meeting held in Akure, Ondo State, said that … Read more via...

Former First Lady of Lagos State and lawmaker representing Lagos Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly, Oluremi Tinubu, has called for the establishment of state police as a way of tackling the rising spate of insecurity in the country. Tinubu made the call during plenary on …...

A suspected robber, Kingsley Emezue alias Pakins, alleged to be terrorising residents of Umuahia in Abia State, yesterday, confessed that he and his gang members robbed and killed a couple in the presence of their three children. Emezue, who introduced himself as a butcher, claimed that he was...

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) have arrested five suspects posing as local government traffic officers for extorting motorists in LASU-Igando Expressway. The suspects, who claimed they were on contract with the Ikotun-Igando Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Alimosho local...

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 3 suspects for stealing a 4-year-old boy, Hammed Adeniran. The suspects who were arrested at Arepo bus stop along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State while waiting to board a vehicle to an undisclosed location, were identified as Abubakar Saidu, 22...

Tragedy struck in Bauchi, weekend, when a jealous man, simply identified as ‘Solomon’ stabbed his girlfriend, Patience Zakkari, to death for picking a phone call from another man. It was gathered that the incident occurred around 1.30 am in the house of the deceased located at Gwallameji …...

The Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of 86 suspected cultists in Ikorodu area of the State. 11 pistols were recovered from the suspects who were arrested around 6am on Saturday January 25, by a Special Strike Force on Social Miscreants acting on credible intelligence...

Some officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Nigeria Police, and the Nigerian Army have been at the centre of extortion suffered by some local farmers to an estimated N1.33 billion, facilitated through what has now been established to be a fake document by the agency whose identity …...