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The Benue State Police Command has paraded a 24-year-old man, Abara Elias for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old boy. Elias is one of 25 suspects paraded on Tuesday by the command in Makurdi, the state capital. The suspects were paraded for various offences which range from robbery and kidnapping to cultism and rape among others. The state Commissioner of Police, George …

Police operatives in Bauchi have arrested one Ibrahim Umar for alleged murder of two people in Taranka village, Gamawa local government area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday in Bauchi. He said the matter was reported to the police by one Adamu Mohammed of Taranka village …

Police operatives in Imo have arrested three officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for alleged extortion in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Henry Okoye, who confirmed the development to journalists on Tuesday in Owerri, said the operatives also arrested two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and a 37-year-old …

Police operatives on Friday arrested the President of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), Tajudeen Ibikunle Baruwa, and three other officials in Abuja. The NURTW Deputy President, Isa Ore, who confirmed the development to journalists on Saturday, said the four officials were arrested at the union’s National Secretariat in Garki 2, Abuja, on Friday evening. The other officials …

Nigeria’s unenviable trend of extra-judicial killings rather than rescind, appears on the rise with two reported mortalities in Lagos State alone within two weeks. The two murders were allegedly at the country’s infamous but ubiquitous security checkpoints. The first casualty involving one Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, occured on 5th August 2023 and barely twelve days later, one Mr. Yusuf Lawal also, …

The Kano State Police Command, on Monday, said it has uncovered some groups plotting to unleash violence on the state as reactions continue to trail the Appeal Court judgment that sacked Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf. The State Police Commissioner, Usaini Gumel, who disclosed this to journalists, said the command had arrested seven suspects, and they would soon be charged in …

The Plateau State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a total of 20 persona by gunmen in two separate attacks in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State in the early hours of Thursday. The State Commissioner of Police, Bartholomew Onyeka made the confirmation in a statement released on Thursday. The statement, which was signed by the Command’s …

Police on Friday arraigned two men – Ilesanmi Vincent and Ajayi Mohammed – at the Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court on criminal charges. The defendants were arraigned on a two-count charge of theft and malicious damage. The police prosecutor, Johnson Okunade, told the court that the duo committed the offence at about 9:00 p.m., on September 1 in Ikole-Ekiti. He alleged …

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), LT. Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, assured that the Nigerian Army will ensure that the January 28, 2002, Ikeja Cantonment bomb explosion does not happen in any of its contonments. Lagbaja, who gave the assurance while flagging off ‘Exercise Clean Sweep’ to clear remnants of the unexploded bombs at the cantonment, noted that the exercise …