By Izunna Okafor, Awka It was another win for the police and the operatives of the Anambra Vigilante Group over the weekend, as the joint security force, dislodged criminal elements during a raid of a notorious criminal hideout in the state. This was confirmed in a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations…
By Izunna Okafor, Awka Police operatives in Anambra State have arrested two persons over unlawful possession of firearm and other related offences. The suspects, Raphael Peverga and Saakura Teryima who are both aged 22 years old and who both hail from Benue State, were arrested over the weekend by the operatives of the Special Anti-Cult…
The Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun says he believes the country is not “mature” for state policing despite the myriad of security challenges facing it. He spoke on Monday during a national dialogue on state police held in Abuja with the theme ‘Pathways to Peace: Reimagining Policing in Nigeria’. “On the issue of state…
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command, has confirmed that at least two persons were injured in an explosion near the Bureau of Public Enterprise premises in Maitama, Abuja. The area was thrown into confusion following a loud sound that suggested an explosion in the area. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer in…
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed two persons suspected to be husband and wife and dumped their corpses in a car boot of their vehicle, a Toyota Camry with the registration number: EE-621-EU. The two corpses were seen by passers-by at a lonely place along the Tempo Junction, Umunya axis of the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway in the…
The Plateau State House of Assembly has been cordoned off by men of the Nigeria Police Force ahead of its resumed sitting on Tuesday. Security was beefed up by the police following the resolve of the 16 former Peoples Democratic Party, lawmakers to resume sitting today despite their sack by the Appeal Court. The state…
Police in Illinois say a gunman suspected of killing eight people in the city of Joliet, Illinois, has died after a confrontation with law enforcement officials. Police said Romeo Nance, 23, is believed to have fatally shot himself after the confrontation near Natalia, Texas. He is suspected of killing eight people at multiple locations in…
Rivers State PPRO, Grace Iringe-Koko The Rivers Police Command has confirmed the arrest of some Police officers from its command, who went to Aba, Abia State, kidnapped a man and extorted 3,000 USDT. According to Harrison Gwamnishu in his post on X, “The police officers attached to Rivers State Police Command left Port Harcourt to…
The operatives of the Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have busted an illegal refinery site in the state. The illegal refinery site is located at Obiakpu, Obuzo- Asa in Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state. The new state Commandant of NSCDC, Commandant Usman Ishaq Alfadarai, who…
Emeka Offor The Anambra State Police Command has denied rumours that an activist, Mr Bonny Okonkwo, is being detained on the order of top business mogul and philanthropist, Sir Emeka Offor. Okonkwo, an indigene of Oraifite in the Ekwusigo Local Government Area of the State was said to have been arrested after a petition against…
