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\South Korean police on Thursday raided Muan International Airport and Jeju Air’s office just days after the airline’s horror crash that k!lled 179 passengers.   The Jeonanam Provincial Police launched a search and seizure operation into the southwest South Korea airport and the airline’s office in Seoul.   Authorities also swarmed the Muan office of the Busan Regional Office of Aviation, Yonhap News Agency …

Operatives of the Niger State Police Command have rescued two robbery suspects from a mob in Gauraka, Tafa Local Government Area of the state.     The spokesperson of the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, January 1, 2025, said the arrested suspects and some hoodlums blocked the highway along Abuja-Kaduna road and snatched …

Operatives of the Benue State Police Command have rescued kidnapped community leader, Emmanuel Tor Yaji.     Yaji, the leader of the Kunav United Development Association, was abducted around 10 pm on Monday while in a gathering of his friends at his village, Tsar Mbaduku, in Vandeikya Local Government Area.     The spokesperson of the command, SP. Anene Sewuese …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command recovered a total of N409,992,000 from kidnappers, armed robbers and other criminals.    The spokesperson of the command, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.   According to the command’s scorecard, N36,850,000 was recovered from kidnapping suspects, N68,552,000 from armed robbery suspects, N19,590,000 from burglary cases and …

Operatives of the C4i Intelligence Unit of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested two suspected online scammers, Michael Onyedikachi and Akachukwu Benedict, for defrauding a Canada-based Nigerian woman of N110m.    The spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, December 31, 2024 said the victim, Sandra Austin, a resident in Ontario, Canada, was deceived by …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a suspected ritualist, Kehinde Yemitan, the twin brother of Taiwo Yemitan, who was arrested with the fresh head and dismembered body parts of a female victim.     It will be recalled that police arrested Taiwo on Sunday, December 22, 2024, in his home behind Atinsola petrol station in the Sanni area of …

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Obinna Nwigwe, who shot his friend with a pump-action rifle during a heated argument in a hotel.   The FCT Police Commissioner, CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, disclosed this while parading some suspects at the command headquarters in Abuja on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.  According to the …

The police on Monday, December 30, arraigned two men in an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ court over alleged attempted m8rder of an aide to Ekiti State Governor, Biodun Oyebanji.   The accused persons are, Egunlae Ademola, 52, and Oluwafemi Ajayi, 65.   The accused persons, whose house addresses were not provided, are being tried on charges of conspiracy, threatening violence with …

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three members of a notorious criminal gang known as ‘Shila boys’ for armed robbery in Yola.   The spokesperson of the command, Suleiman Nguroje, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 29, 2024.   According to Nguroje, the arrested suspects and two others attacked and robbed people heading to church in the …

Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have raided a kidnappers’ hideout in Karu Local Government Area of the state and rescued three abducted travellers.  The spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, December 29, 2024 said the victims were kidnapped along the Kaduna-Keffi highway.  “Police operatives attached to the Gitata Division …