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Police operatives in Edo State have arrested a 24-year-old student of the University of Port Harcourt for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend to death. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Muhammed Dankwara, told journalists on Tuesday in Benin that the suspect’s landlord reported the case to the police. He said the landlord informed the police that the suspect stabbed the lady …

Police operatives in Delta have arrested 67 persons for alleged involvement in homosexuality in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Bright Edafe, who paraded the suspects before journalists at the Ekpan police station on Tuesday, said they were arrested during a wedding ceremony of a gay couple in a hotel along Refinery road in the Uvwie local …

Police operatives in Kaduna have rescued an abducted cleric in the state. The cleric was abducted in the Kafanchan area of the state on November 3. The spokesman for the state police command, Mansur Hassan, who confirmed the development to journalists on Monday, said the kidnappers and the cleric’s family members had agreed on a ransom of N4 million before …

The Nigeria Police Force, National Cybercrime Centre (NPF- NCCC), on Thursday, arraigned a suspected instigator, Mienapoma Saint, before a Federal High Court in Abuja, following his alleged involvement in cyberstalking and defamation of character of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), and its leadership. Saint, who is associated with Naija Live TV, reportedly disseminated information found to be false and likely …

Police operatives in Cross River on Saturday rescued an abducted former staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Irene Ugbo, who confirmed the incident in a statement in Calabar, said three suspects were arrested in the operation. She commended the youths Njangachang of Akampka local government area for helping …

The Kano State Police Command has confiscated 820 cartons of fake and expired drugs at Malam Kato Market in Fage local government area of the state. The command spokesman, Abdullahi Kiyawa, who confirmed the development in a statement on Saturday, said the drugs were recovered from two warehouses at the market. He listed the drugs to include 514 cartons of …

Police operatives have arrested 19 suspected cultists in the state in connection with the recent violence in the Sagamu area of the state. The spokesperson for the state police command, Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abeokuta. He said a leader of the Eiye Confraternity, Hammed Ogunnibi, was arrested in a tactical operation by operatives attached …

The former President of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), Amaju Pinnick, has accused music star, David Adeleke aka Davido, and his aide Israel Afaere of stealing and defamation. Pinnick and his company, Brownhill Investment Company Limited, have therefore followed up the accusation with a petition to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa. The FIFA Executive Committee member in …

Police on Friday arraigned a 41-year-old farmer, Akember Ikpior, at the Makurdi Magistrates’ Court in Benue State for alleged attempted murder of a colleague in the state. Ikpior was arraigned by the police for alleged criminal conspiracy and attempted culpable homicide on one Azenda Ikyor. However, the Magistrate, Mrs. Ada Jack, did not take the defendant’s plea for want of …

Police operatives in Lagos have arrested two persons, Joy Chigozie and Musa Salihu, for allegedly gang-r*ping a 29-year-old woman. The State Police spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin who confirmed the arrest of the suspects, said the incident happened at Airport Road in the Kirikiri area of the state on Sunday evening. In a statement on Tuesday, Hundeyin said a report was lodged …