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The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has countered an x user who criticized police officers for stopping and searching a man who recently returned to Nigeria from Canada   The returnee had recorded police officers who stopped to search him. He felt violated and in the video he shared online, he expressed his anger and even …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested three persons for being in possession of counterfeit currencies amounting to N129,542,826,000:00.    The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Kiyawa, disclosed this today December 10. He gave a breakdown of the money which included US Dollars, CFA and Naira as those also stolen from another dealer of the funds.     …

Atsi, the younger sister of Taraba State Governor, Agbus Kefas, has d!ed from gunshot injuries she sustained in a police accidental discharge.   Though Atsi’s d3ath was yet to be officially announced, a source close to the Taraba State Government confirmed to the Daily Trust that she died in an undisclosed hospital in Abuja where she had been receiving treatment …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a Fulani herder for attempted m8rder of a 36-year-old farmer, Adi Benedith.      The spokesperson of the command, SP Moses Yamu, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 8, 2024, said the herder identified as Idris Ibrahim st@bbed the victim in the stomach on his farm located at Ugbaiyon village …

A Toronto resident who lost $355,000 in a romance cryptocurrency fraud was able to recover some of those funds after the Nigerian man, Omonkhoa Precious Afure, who was allegedly behind the scam was arrested, the Toronto Police Service (TPS) reveals.    LIB reported that Omonkhoa was arrested on November 8, 2021, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos, following credible intelligence …

Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) from the Lagos State Police Command have apprehended a man identified as Ifeanyi Okonkwo after he was captured on the Close Circuit Television (CCTV) stealing a phone at an eatery on Kafi Street in the Alausa area of Ikeja.   According to a post from the official X handle of the RRS, the …

The Sokoto State Police Command has smashed a car theft syndicate and arrested two suspects, Austin Anthony, 44, and Mansur Abubakar, 32.   The spokesman of the command, ASP Ahmed Rufai, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 9, 2024, said three vehicles were recovered from the suspects.    “On the 05/12/2024 at about 0600hrs a Complaint of …

Operatives of the Anambra State Police attached to the Anti-Cultism Squad located at Enugu-Ukwu in Njikoka local government area of the state have arrested two suspected r@pists and armed bandits.   The security operatives also rescued two female victims suspected to have been r@ped by the randy hoodlums. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga who disclosed …

Lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, has claimed that the Imo state police have refused to release his client, singer, Speed Darlington or take him before a judge to face trial.    The singer who was arrested in October over a petition written against him by his colleague, Burna Boy, was re-arrested in Owerri, in November for jumping bail.    In a post …

A trigger-happy policeman has reportedly shot de@d a 17-year-old boy, Emeka Odogwu, in Ozoro community, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State on Saturday night, December 8.   The incident occurred over an argument related to the use of fireworks.    The deceased was said to have attempted to escape when one of the policemen reportedly opened fire and …