Nine people have been arrested in connection with the killing of some police officers in Ughelli, Delta state The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, said this on Thursday, at a management meeting of the Force. He said those arrested are currently providing the Force with information that will assist in the arrest of…
Men of the Plateau State Police Command have cordoned off the road leading to the state House of Assembly complex within the Jos metropolis. The spokesman for the command, Alabo Alfred, who confirmed the development said the move was meant to prevent a breakdown of law and order in the state. At the gate of…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has issued a directive to halt the use of Point-of-Sales (POS) machines and other electronic mobile money transaction devices within police stations and facilities nationwide. The ban comes in response to public outcry over alleged illegal transactions involving POS machine operators and certain police operatives. The ban on…
The police command in Imo State has arrested one Chinenye Nwaneri, a member of the Umuodu vigilante group over alleged involvement in the murder of a young lady, Chienyenwa Nnodu, whose lifeless body was seen inside a gutter in front of an uncompleted building at Madumere Street, Christ Road. In a statement on Wednesday by…
An aide to Senator Ned Nwoko Barrister Chris Agidy, who was kidnapped last year has been killed Barrister Chris was the Senior Legislative Aide, to Senator Nwoko, before his was kidnapped by bandits in 2023. Recall that at least 19 persons were in November 2023 kidnapped from their homes in the Galadimawa area of nation’s…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos State is ready for the creation of state police, adding that the state boasts of at least 10,000 men to be immediately deployed once the Federal Government and the National Assembly give the nod for the establishment of state police. Sanwo-Olu, who stated this on Thursday during a media chat,…
A Constitution Amendment Bill to introduce state police has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. The bill, which was sponsored by 13 members of the House, enjoyed support from majority of the lawmakers in the green chamber who believed that concerns of political victimisation by state governors, should take the backseat to the…
An Anambra female lawyer, Adachukwu Chikelu-Okafor, who was on the run for brutalizing her 11-year-old househelp, has finally surrendered herself over to the police in the state. Chikelu-Okafor, who allegedly inserted a hot knife into the private part of the house girl, ran away after the incident. Recalls that she was declared wanted by the…
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the death of one trader killed by operatives of the state Anti-touting Squad at the Science Equipment Market, Head Bridge, Onitsha. The command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, who confirmed the incident to newsmen said that several others were also injured. According to him, the incident happened at about…
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has shortlisted a total of 171,956 applicants for computer-based test. The PSC said the applicants were successful from the just concluded credential and physical screening exercise held throughout the 36 states of the Federation and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The commission fixed the examination for successful applicants for…
