Promotion of former Acting Chairman of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu was on Thursday July 8 rejected by the Police Service Commission (PSC). In a statement made available to newsmen by the commission’s spokesman Ikechukwu Ani, it was stated that the PSC is awaiting clearance from the office of the Attorney-General of the Federation…
Operatives of the Edo Police Command have rescued six kidnapped victims along the Benin-Ekpoma Road. Spokesperson of the command, Kottongs Bello, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 8, said two suspected kidnappers were also arrested in the process. “On 07/07/2021 at about 1840HRS, Operatives of Edo State Police Command, Egba…
Four herdsmen held in custody at the Jos Maximum Prison in Plateau state have escaped. The fleeing inmates escaped in the earlier hours of today July 8. The escapees were arraigned before a Barkin Ladi Court sometime last year. The herdsmen stormed the court and overpowered correctional warders before five of them escaped. Four of them were…
The police has revealed the cause of the explosion which occurred in Kaduna state on Saturday July 3. Recall that the explosion in Badarawa area of the state, led to the death of a child and also left two others injured. A 7-year-old child was said to have died in the explosion, while those who sustained injuries are aged nine…
A police officer was killed after some robbers tried robbing a commercial bank in Otun Ekiti in Moba local government area of Ekiti state. The state police spokesperson Sunday Abutu said the incident occurred on Thursday July 1, at about five in the evening. The group of armed men stormed the Otun bank and initially succeeded…
Men of the Ondo state police command have arrested five persons who are alleged members of a syndicate specializing in exhuming bodies from a church cemetery in Ondo town, Ondo West local government. The suspects arrested were identified as Opeyemi Odetola, 27, Lanre Akintola, 30, Clement Adesanoye, 29, Alowonle Kehinde, 35, and Jubril Jimoh,…
Justice Ayokunle Faji of a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand of the former Vice Chairman of Lagos Island Local Government Area (LGA) Asekun Sakiru Kehinde in prison custody following his arraignment for allegedly exporting 1.000 kilogrammes of cocaine. Asekun was arraigned before the court by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency…
The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects for kidnapping two children, both aged 9, in Minna, the state capital. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, June 25, said the suspects, Danjuma Mohammed, 22, Mohammed Yasin,20, and Mohammed Usman,25, all of Barkin Saleh, Minna, were arrested by police…
The Lagos judicial panel has awarded the sum of N10 million to the family of one of the many victims of police extrajudicial killing, Kolade Johnson. Johnson was shot during a raid by police officers at Onipetesi area in Lagos, while watching an English premiership match between Tottenham and Manchester United on March 31, 2019. …
A young man simply identified as Bobby Ese, popularly known as Aladja Chief Priest, has reportedly committed suicide by jumping into Ugbokodo River in Warri South, Delta State. SaharaReporters reports that sources close to the deceased shared what looked liked a suicide note on his Whatsapp status before he took his life. “I will…
