The FCT police command on Tuesday handed over the man who tried to commit suicide Shuaibu Yushau to the Social Development Secretariat (SDS) for mental assessment and evaluation Yushau had attempted to take his life by climbing a high broadband mast at ASO Radio in Katampe, Abuja. A statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer,…
The Enugu State Police Command has advised young ladies to be wary of going out with unknown male partners. The warning came amid a trending video where two young ladies were said to have been rescued from a hotel room after a failed attempt to harvest their organs. However, in a statement made available to…
The Delta State High Court in Asaba has found Inspector Ubi Ebri of the Nigeria Police Force guilty of murder and sentenced him to death. In a ruling on Tuesday, the court, led by Justice C. D. Diai, found Ebri guilty of the crime of the murder of Onyeka Ibeh, a well-known phone dealer in…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a 23-year-old stepmother, Rachel Geoffrey, for allegedly inflicting severe burns on her 7-year-old and 3-year-old stepchildren. This was made known in a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje on X.com on Saturday. According to the police statement, the stepmother intentionally set fire…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has deployed officers to an electronics and telecommunications gadgets market, in Abuja called Banex following crisis between soldiers and some traders on Saturday. A viral video on X on Saturday showed a multitude of civilians overpowering some soldiers during a free-for-all fight at Banex. Meanwhile, a trader who simply…
The Anambra State Police Command has debunked, as untrue and misleading, the report alleging that gunmen killed 21 soldiers in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the State, SP Ikenga Tochukwu said this while reacting to report by some section of the media. The Police Spokesman, in a statement made available to newsmen…
Ondo State Police Command, on Sunday, said it had begun an investigation into the assassination of Mr Alaba Abe, who is one of the ward campaign coordinators of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The late Abe was among Aiyedatiwa’s campaign coordinators during last Saturday’s All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Ondo State, which Aiyedatiwa won. Abe, popularly…
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…
A 34-year-old woman, identified as Stephanie Arevalo, has reportedly shot her husband, after she allegedly caught him with another woman. The incident happened in Texas, USA, where the suspect also reportedly threatened to shoot the woman that she had caught her husband with, but did not carry out the threat. According to sources, Arevalo after…
The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello, and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Their arrests and detention followed a Thursday…
