Tag Archives: Police

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have abducted the caretaker committee chairman of Takum Local Government Council in Taraba State, Boyi Manga.   Manga was kidnapped on Sunday afternoon, May 7, 2023, along Chachanji road near Agaraga village in Takum.    It was gathered that a police corporal attached to him …

Men of the Ogun state police command have apprehended three members of a robbery syndicate who invaded the phone market popularly known as Tarmarc on the 12th of April 2023, where they killed one of the traders after carting away several highly valued phones.   The suspects identified as Ajayi …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has rescued 58 kidnapped victims held hostage at Udulu Forest, Gegu LGA of Kogi State, bordering Sardauna Forest, Nasarawa State, and other identified kidnappers’ den in communities contiguous to the FCT.    A statement from the command says the bandits/kidnappers on sighting the …

The police in Delta state has arrested members of a criminal syndicate that monitors customers who withdraw huge sum of money from banks, trail them, break into their vehicles at the slightest opportunity, and cart away their money and other valuables.    The Command’s crack squad acting on credible intelligence, …

Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on May 5, 2023, arrested a self-acclaimed police officer, Tijani Idris Oluwaseun, and forty-two (42) others for alleged internet fraud activities. A statement released by the agency says the cybercriminals were arrested at Ijebu-Ode and Awa-Ijebu …

The anti-kidnapping outfit of the Federal Capital Police Command has rescued at least 22 people who were abducted and taken across the borders of the FCT into neighbouring states.   The commissioner of police for the command, CP Haruna G. Garba, disclosed this during a press conference at the command’s …

Gunmen have killed an Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in Ndiegoro, in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia State.    The ASP identified simply as “Agbalagba”, said to be attached to the Ndiegoro Police Division, was gruesomely murdered with his head cut off along East Road at about 5:am …

  A Nigerian police officer has been applauded on social media for purchasing new pairs of socks and handing them over to students who do not have them.    The officer who controls traffic at Sabo bus stop in Lagos state went viral two months ago for always stopping pupils …

Canadian actor, Keanu Reeves was recently visited by police officers conducting a welfare check.   According to TMZ, the 58-year-old performer was paid a visit by the authorities, who had responded to a call concerning the disappearance of an unidentified 27-year-old woman, at his Los Angeles-area residence.   The actor …

Authorities are still searching for the suspect connected to an “execution-style” shooting that killed five family members in Texas, including an 8-year-old boy.   The suspect, Francisco Oropesa, 38, was armed with a black AR-15 semi-automatic rifle when he went to the home in the Trails End area in Cleveland …