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The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu has commended his men for the perseverance and painstaking efforts exhibited that led to the arrest of suspected notorious kidnap kingpin Alhaji Hamisu Bala, popularly known as “Wadume”.... Read more via Legit.ng – https://ift.tt/2MqLzG5...

Zone 2 Police Public Relations Officer, Dolapo Badmus, has addresed the case of notorious kidnap kingpin, Wadume who has just been re-arrested by the Nigerian police. Wadume in his confession revealed how soldiers in Benue state rescued him when he was arrested by police officers on August...

The Delta state police command has arrested a member of an armed robbery syndicate after he was overpowered by a woman during a foiled robbery operation..... Read more via Information Nigeria – https://ift.tt/2MsB4lu Get More Nigeria Metro News

A civil society organisation, Rule of Law Advocacy and Accountability Centre (RULAAC), yesterday called on the Federal Government to ensure the prosecution of military officers involved in the killing of three police officers in Taraba State and another military officer who raped a female...

The police in Ogun State have narrated how a seven-year-old boy, Joshua Joseph, who was declared missing two years ago, was found with his ‘adopted mother’, Blessing Ozor, in Anambra. DAILY POST learnt that the adopted mother, Ozor, allegedly paid N1.05m for Joseph’s ‘adoption’.Ozor claimed to...

Police in Zamfara along with some repentant bandits have succeeded in neutralizing one armed robber who blocked Bindin/Dangulbi area of Maru local government area of Zamfara State. Zamfara State commissioner of police, Barr. Usman Nagogo who disclosed this at Government House, Gusau said the...

Nigeria’s police in central state of Benue on Sunday confirmed the killing of 9 people in the early hours of Saturday at a burial in Tongov district of the state, Trend reports citing Xinhua. State police spokesperson Catherine Anene, who told reporters in Makurdi, the … Read more via...

The police on Sunday said the violence that broke out at Ile-Epo Bus Stop, Lagos, did not end in casualties. Lagos police spokesperson, Bala Elkanah, said in a statement to PREMIUM TMES that the fracas was between Hausa scavengers and Awawa ‘cult boys’... Read more via Premium Times Nigeria...

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in Jos, Plateau State for allegedly staging his own kidnap and demanding the sum of N500,000 as ransom. The minor, who was paraded on Thursday, August 15th told newsmen that he initiated the plan with his friends in order to enable him buy … Read more...

Some soldiers allegedly ordered a medical doctor at gunpoint to abandon his wounded patient, then stabbed the patient to death at the Kara area of Ogun State. The state Police Command, which stated this, said the soldiers, who also killed one … Read more via Newtelegraph –...

Armed robbers have attacked reverend sisters at Nativity Convent in Okwunga area of Ugbokolo, Okpokwu, Benue State. The attack on the convent came as the police in Gboko Local Government Area yesterday arrested a suspected notorious kidnapper, Chile Kama (32) and a kidnap kingpin, Mr. Terna...

The Kaduna State Police Command has rubbished information circulating on the social media that an Igbo boy was burnt alive in Kaduna by a mob. Commissioner of Police in the state, Ali Janga, in a statement released by spokesperson for the command, DSP Yakubu Sabo, on Wednesday, said … Read...

A 52-year-old man, Emmanuel Ikhine, has been arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly raping and impregnating his 18-year-old daughter... Read more via TODAY.NG – https://ift.tt/2YWBdDz Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Lagos State Police Command said a 43-year-old commercial bus driver was found dead at a mechanic workshop after allegedly taking a liquid substance suspected to be sniper. The Spokesman for the command, DSP Bala Elkana, confirmed the incident in a statement on Monday, NAN reports. Elkana …...

Police in Ogun State have arrested a 52-year-old man, Emmanuel Ikhine, for allegedly having forceful and unlawful carnal knowledge of his 18-year-old daughter (name withheld). The victim was said to be the only female among Ikhine’s three children. The state Police Public Relations Officer...

ABUJA— Following the killing of three officers of the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Intelligence Response Team, IRT, in Taraba State by soldiers who freed a kidnap kingpin, the army captain, who allegedly gave the order for their elimination has been arrested. .... Read more via Vanguard...

ABUJA—OFFICE of the Chairman, Special Presidential Investigation Panel on the Recovery of Public Property was, weekend, sealed off by police operatives.... Read more via Vanguard News – https://ift.tt/2H0LmFg Get More Nigeria Metro News

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has, however, rejected the Army’s claim, stressing that the deceased officers duly identified themselves yet they were gunned down by the soldiers... Read more via Tori News – https://ift.tt/2YZPn6S Get More Nigeria Metro News

Kaduna State Governor, Malam Nasir El-Rufai, has welcomed the arrest of the policeman who killed a driver on Friday on Kaduna-Abuja highway, saying justice must be done.... Read more via P.M. News – https://ift.tt/2MavZOv Get More Nigeria Metro News

Many Nigerians on social media have reacted to the killings of three police officers by some officials of the Nigerian Army. PREMIUM TIMES reported how three officers were killed and others injured after Nigerian soldiers opened fire on a police team in Taraba on Tuesday. The incident …...