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The Bauchi State Police Command has smashed an armed robbery syndicate, arrested two suspects and recovered firearms as well as stolen items. The spokesperson of the command, CSP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.  According to a statement, the suspects confessed to purchasing the firearms from an anonymous source in the Alkaleri Local …

A lead investigator with the Kebbi State Police Command has rejected a N1,060,000 bribe offered by three suspected terrorists.   The spokesperson of the command, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, January 14, 2025.    According to the statement, the suspects offered the officer bride to compromise the investigation and prosecution of a case of banditry …

Suspected kidnappers have k!lled a member of the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, Kayode Goriola, in the Igbe community in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State.   It was gathered that the assailants stormed the area at past midnight on Saturday after entering through the swampy part of the community.   They however encountered Goriola and his colleague who attempted to …

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects linked to the ass@ult and molest@tion of a young lady at Don Maserati Classic Boutique on Lagos Island in the State.   A video that went viral over the weekend showed the men flogging the salesgirl who was accused of theft at the boutique. The Police, however, said …

The Kebbi State Command has arrested three r3pists for defiling children.   The spokesman for the command, CSP Nafiu Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 13, 2024.   “On the 5th of January 2025, at about 1600 hrs, one Kalifa Ibrahim ‘M’ aged 19 yrs of the Gwazange area, Argungu, enticed one Rukayya Umar ‘F’ aged 8 …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has given the Department of State Service (DSS) the go-ahead to detain 10 suspected terrorists, who had planned to launch a Boko Haram/ISWAP cell in Osun State, for 60 days pending conclusion of investigation.   Justice Emeka Nwite, in a ruling on the ex-parte motion moved by DSS lawyer, Y.I. Umar, held that the …

In its ongoing efforts to clean the nation of internet fraud and other acts of corruption, operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested four Chinese and 101 Nigerians in a business apartment in the Gudu axis of Abuja.   In a statement released today January 10, the commission stated that they were arrested on Thursday, January …

Suspected cultists attacked and killed a 30-year-old barber, Toheen Folarin, in the Obantoko area of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital on Tuesday, January 7.     A statement released by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, says The victim was said to be working in his shop when, suddenly, at about 10pm, the assailants emerged and shot him on the …

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a suspected car thief and recovered a stolen Rav-4 vehicle in Ungogo Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, January 6, 2025, said the suspect, Bala Sani, from Funtua, Katsina State, conspired with another individual to steal the …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command has arrested fifty suspects in connection with stolen manholes in the nation’s capital.    The arrest was made after the team stormed the Kabusa Pantaker Market on Sunday, January 5th, 2025.   According to the command, fifty suspects and twenty-five manhole covers, three vehicles, vandalized solar street lights, galvanized rods used in the …