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The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old suspected gunrunner, Sunday Moses, recovered 364 rounds of live ammunition, two hand grenades, and other weapons.     The spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, December 3, 2024, said the suspect was arrested for illegal and secret importing ammunition into the state. …

The Nigerian Police Force has detailed how a group of police officers corruptly obtained a total of N43,160,000 from a cargo worker at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja last year.   In a statement released on Wednesday, December 4, the spokesperson of the Police force, ACP Muyiwa Ogunjobi, said the incident which occurred on August 2023, found Inspector Ekende …

The FCT police command has banned the use of tinted vehicles.    The FCT Police Commissioner, Tunji Disu, announced this while speaking to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, December 4. ‘’We are clamping down on all commercial vehicles and everybody tinting their vehicles. We need to see people in their vehicles. Tinted glass is contributing to a lot of lawlessness. …

Comrade Kaduna Eboigbodin, a former Chairman of the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) in Edo State, has tragically passed away following an alleged encounter with police officers at a roadblock in the Upper Sokponba area of Benin City.   Vanguard reports that Eboigbodin was reportedly stopped on Monday, December 2, while driving with his wife. According to Rev. David Ugolor, Executive …

Counsel to controversial singer, Speed Darlington, has called out the police for still holding his client in their custody one week after he was re-arrested.    The singer was re-arrested in Owerri, Imo state last week after performing at a show.   In October, Speed Darlington was arrested and whisked to Abuja over a cyberbullying petition filed against him by …

A 58-year-old police officer was fatally shot outside his home at KwaMabefu location near Qonce around 8:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 30. The officer, who was attached to the Stock Theft and Endangered Species Unit, was gunned down by unknown assailants.   Eastern Cape police spokesperson Lt-Col Siphokazi Mawisa confirmed that the motive for the killing remains unclear and is …

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have foiled a kidnapping attempt and rescued a victim in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.      The spokesperson of the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, November 30, 2024, said police operatives attached to a VIP also neutralised a suspected member of a …

A dramatic standoff unfolded on the Lagos-Benin Expressway as police officers were forced to pay “₦350,000” after shattering the rear glass of a transport company’s bus.   According to witnesses, the incident occurred when the officers, reportedly using a firearm, broke the bus’s rear glass. This action prompted an immediate response from other drivers of the same transport company, who …

The federal high court in Abuja has discharged and acquitted 50 persons alleged to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and charged with alleged terrorism.   On Friday, Nov. 29, trial judge James Omotosho ruled that the police failed to establish a prima facie case against the 50 defendants, including four women.   The trial judge upheld the no-case …

The Delta state Commissioner of Police, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda, has ordered an investigation into the alleged killing of a young man identified as Emeka Okediachi,  by some erring police officers.   An X user had on November 28 taken to his handle to call out the police for the alleged k!lling of the young man. The X user said the …