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The Katsina State Police Command has thwarted three separate kidnapping attempts by suspected armed bandits in Danmusa and Faskari local government areas, rescuing eight victims.    The spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, October 7, 2024.    “At about 11 am, armed bandits intercepted two women on the outskirts of Matarau village …

President Bola Tinubu has ordered the Nigeria Police Force to protect local government secretariats in Rivers State.    This directive comes after rampaging hoodlums aggrieved with the outcome of Saturday Local government elections in the state burnt down some council secretariats.   Presidential spokesman Bayo Onanuga made this known in a statement released on Monday, October 7.   “In response …

The police officers who arrested a black pastor while he watered his neighbour’s flowers can be sued, a federal appeals court has ruled, reversing a lower court judge’s decision which had dismissed the pastor’s lawsuit.     A three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the three officers who arrested Michael Jennings in Childersburg,  Alabama, …

The Ogun state police command has confirmed the arrest of a 33-year-old man,  Olayemi Shedrack who had been on its wanted list, for the alleged r@pe of some female students of the state-owned Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun after robbing them of valuables.   In a statement released, the spokesperson of the command, Omolola Odutola, revealed that the suspect …

The police in Lagos state arraigned a 25-year-old tailor identified as Victoria Effiong, before a Lagos State Magistrates’ Court in Iba last Friday, October 4, for allegedly refusing to marry a suitor after collecting N2.8m among other things, from him.   Effiong is facing three counts bordering on breach of peace, cheating and obtaining by false pretence.   Punch reports …

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have k!lled three suspected kidnappers in a fierce gun battle in Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of the state.      The spokesperson of the command, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, October 5, 2024, said the suspects were allegedly part of the gang that k!lled two …

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers and recovered a stolen vehicle.    The spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, October 6, 2024, said three suspects “Salim Hussaini, Abdulkadir Musa, and Dimas Danja were arrested by operatives attached to the Mararaba ‘A’ Division, while another suspect, Mohammed …

The police in Ogun state have arrested a 29-year-old suspected kidnapper, r@pist and serial k!ller identified as Ogunnaike Phillips.    The suspect who is said to be a member of the Aye confraternity, was arrested in connection to the death of 17-year-old Habeebah Akinsanya who was r@ped and macheted to death at her father’s farm around Mile 6, a community …

The Rivers State Police Command has refuted claims that its personnel attempted to break into the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) office on Aba Road, Port Harcourt.   In a statement issued by Grace Iringe-Koko, the spokesperson for the command, the police clarified that officers were deployed to the RSIEC facility based on intelligence reports about a planned arson …

Lagos Police officers attached to the Area C command, who were accused of extorting over N1 million from National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members, have refunded the money.    The update was given by X user, Oluyemi Fasipe, who initially reported the incident.   He expressed gratitude for the swift response of Lagos Police spokesperson Benjamin Hundeyin and the Lagos …