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A California girl who sued police for seizing her beloved pet goat, which was then butchered, has been awarded $300,000 in a settlement.  Jessica Long’s daughter — who was just 9 years old when her goat, Cedar, was hauled off to the slaughter in 2022 — reached the settlement Friday, Nov. 1, with the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office and several …

The Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Barau I. Jibrin, has mourned the d3ath of one of his drivers, Corporal Barde Nuhu, who d!ed in an accident while on his way to visit his family in Niger State.     Barde d!ed on Saturday in a car accident while travelling to Shata village in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger …

The Niger State Police Command has rescued 23 kidnapped passengers from Pangugari and Kattako forests in Rafi Local Government Area of the state.     The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, November 4, 2024, said bandits attacked a commercial bus heading to Bayelsa State from Sokoto and abducted 19 passengers …

The Rivers State Police Command has rescued a six-month-old child, Lucky Sunday, who was kidnapped in Port Harcourt and sold for N3.6 million.    The infant was abducted by a co-tenant of his parents, Mr. Erica (pictured) at their residence on Anekelane Street in the Mile 2 axis of Diobu on 29 September 2024.    Operatives of the Command have …

The Edo State Police Command has detained a 16-year-old girl, Aisha Suleiman, suspected of fatally poisoning her ex-boyfriend, Emmanuel, and four other young men in the Afashio community of Etsako West Local Government Area.    This tragedy, which has shaken the community, was discovered on the morning of October 26, when Emmanuel’s father, Mr. Elogie Ezekiel, found the lifeless bodies …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has said that it upheld the rule of law and followed due process of compassion in its recent arraignment of 76 individuals which included 67 minors in court on charges including terrorism, arson, and treasonable felony. In a statement signed by its spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police said the unexpected incident in court “which saw …

The Attorneys-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, has called for the case-file of the minors that were arraigned for participating in the EndBadGovernance protest.   In a statement released on Friday night, the AGF ordered the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to transfer the case-file to his office before Saturday,November 2. He further directed the Director …

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, says that persons below the age of seven are the ones that cannot be charged to court.    According to him, anyone who is above seven years of age can be charged to court if found wanting.    He stated this in an interview with Channels TV while reacting to …

Singer, DKokopee and friend of social critic, Very Dark Man, says VDM has been detained by the police over the unauthorized use of police uniform.    In a now-viral footage, the social media personality wore a police uniform and introduced himself as a “chief superintendent of police (CSP) of the Online Division”. He also expressed his commitment to sanitize social …

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has stated that the Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services will give security clearance to commercial bus and taxi drivers in the FCT from January 2025.   Speaking at the FCT Renewed Hope Youth Empowerment Programme in Abuja on Thursday, Wike stated that the move is to end …