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    The Lagos state police command is getting commendations from Nigerians after rescuing a stranded lady whose vehicle ran out of fuel while she was driving at about 4am today January 6.   In a post shared on X, the command stated that the woman was driving along Cement Bus Stop, Lagos-Abk highway. It said some of its officers …

The Jigawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a 15-year-old girl, Zahra’u Dauda, who conspired with her ex-lover to kill her 29-year-old husband, Kamisu Haruna.      The incident occurred at Haruna’s residence in Albasu village, Jahun Local Government Area of the state on December 22, 2024, two days after the couple’s wedding.      It was gathered …

The Lagos State Police Command has debunked a report that Ayomide Adeleye, who was arrested for killing Christianah Idowu, had been released.    The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a statement on Saturday, January 4, 2025, said that the suspect was charged with murder and remanded.   Hundeyin made the clarification in response to a report by …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Musa, and rescued a 2-year-old victim.   The spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, January 4, 2025, said the suspect abducted the minor and demanded N50m ransom for his release.    According to the PPRO, the suspect was charged …

The FCT Police Command has rescued a day-old baby abandoned along a bush path near Crush Rock, behind an uncompleted Red Bricks Market, Mpape.    According to a statement by the command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, on January 3, 2025, at about 10:00am, police operatives from Mpape Division’s Juvenile and Women Care Section (JWC) responded to a distress call and …

The Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed the de@th of two police officers during a gun battle with Lakurawa bandits who attacked Alhaji Lawal Block Farm and nearby Fulani settlements in Natsini village, along the Argungu-Kangiwa road.   The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Nafiu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement, noting that the assailants rustled an unspecified number of cows …

The Inspector General of Police, IGP, Olukayode Egbetokun, on Friday, January 3, vowed that any assault on police officers will receive a calculated and well-deserved response .   Egbetokun who was in Enugu police headquarters on a one-day official visit, said that the police would not tolerate any form of assault or killing of police personnel any longer.   “We’ll …

The Borno State Police Command has averted an explosion and recovered three projectile explosives hidden inside a sack in the Dala Kafanti area of Maiduguri.    Spokesperson of the command, ASP Nahum Kenneth Daso, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, January 2, said a resident of the community alerted the police about the presence of a suspicious sack within …

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a suspected burglar named David Adediji for breaking into a home and stealing valuables worth over N200,000 in the Okorowepo, Idiroko area of the state.    The suspect, aged 27, allegedly entered the home of a female resident through the window, damaging the iron security bars, and struck her on the …

Three police officers will face trial in Paris for the involuntary homicide of Cedric Chouviat, a man who repeatedly said “I’m suffocating” during his arrest in January 2020, a source close to the case confirmed to AFP on Friday.   At least two of the officers have already lodged appeals against the decision to prosecute. The de@th of 42-year-old Chouviat, …