A catholic priest, Rev Fr Godfrey Mark Chimezie of St Theresa’s Parish, Umuahia, was on Wednesday morning, kidnapped along the Enyiukwu Road, Ohokobe Afaraukwu community, in...
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, Godwin Matthew, who allegedly macheted his 64-year-old father, Matthew Audu to death in Akure, for giving...
Three men, Oluwafemi Adeniji, 22; Olatunji Adeoshun, 27; and Peter Oladipupo, 24, were on Wednesday arraigned at the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, for...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday ordered that a 52-year-old man, Sunday Anthony, should be remanded in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly raping his 17-year-old...
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed an attack on its divisional headquarters in the state by unidentified gunmen. The incident was disclosed in a statement...
The Osun State police command on Monday urged groups and individuals to discard the idea of a planned rally to mark the one-year anniversary of #ENDSARS...
The Lagos State Police Command has warned against staging an #EndSARS anniversary protest in the state after it claimed intelligence report revealed plans by some groups...
The Police on Monday arraigned a 35-year-old man, Kolawole Damilare, in an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly obtaining N1 million under false pretence. The...
There was tension on Monday at the Ilesa area in Osun State, after a commercial vehicle ran over three siblings who were on their way to...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly defiling his neighbour’s 13-year-old daughter in the state. The spokesman of the state police command,...
The Adamawa State Police Command has confirmed that gunmen, in the early hours of Sunday, attacked Ngurore Police Station and a house in the Yola South...
The Zamfara State police command has dismissed claims on the arrest of seven soldiers in the state. Reports emerged on social media during the week that...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested 12 persons for alleged armed robbery, gunrunning, and kidnapping in the state. The police also arrested suspected suppliers of fuel...
The Kano State Police Command said it has rescued 47 people from an illegal rehabilitation centre in the state. The victims, who are all males, regained...
Police operatives in Enugu on Friday repelled an attack on Ezeagu Police Divisional Headquarters in Aguobu-Owa community, Ezeagu local government area of the state. The spokesman...
An explosion occurred on Friday at a Shiite mosque in northern Afghanistan, killing or wounding at least 100 people, according to CNN report. Police sources reported...
A group of 36 civil society organisations (CSOs) have appealed to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to intervene in the case of a suspected informant of the...
A lecturer of the University of Benin at the Department of English and Literature, Dr Bode Steve Ekundayo, accused of raping a female student has been...
Police operatives in Niger State have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Nasko local government area of the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr. Monday Kuryas,...
The member of the House of Representatives member representing Bauchi Federal Constituency, Yakubu Shehu Abdullahi has alleged that the State Government has demolished his building situated...
Gunmen on Friday abducted the Permanent Secretary in the Niger State Ministry of Transport, Dr. Ibrahim Garba, and his son. The duo were kidnapped from their...
Police operatives in Zamfara have arrested a notorious bandits’ commander, Bello Rugga, and killed five others during a raid in Gummi local government area of the...
A retired Air Vice Marshall, Sikiru Smith who was kidnapped in Lekki area of Lagos State five days ago has regained his freedom. The Police spokesman,...
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a 52-year-old man, Adebayo Akinrinoye, for alleged sexual abuse of his daughter in the state. The spokesman of the...
The Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the attack on its Ajali divisional headquarters in Orumba North Local Government Area of the state by heavily armed...
A businessman, Hussaini Shehu, and his wife, Farida Idris, were on Thursday arraigned by the police at the Wuse Zone 6 Chief Magistrates’ Court in Abuja,...
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has voiced his opposition to the discussion on the adoption of state policing. According to Zulum, this might further exacerbate...
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, said on Tuesday the Force would soon begin the recruitment of 20,000 junior police officers across the country. The...
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Tuesday suspected killers of a police officer attached to the state police command, CSP Kazeem Abonde, would not...
Suspected armed robbers on Tuesday killed a police officer during an attack on a first-generation bank in Iragbiji, Boripe local government area of Osun State. An...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday rejected a notice filed by the police to discountenance a suit filed against a former Governor of...
Hoodlums on Monday, in a bid to enforce the suspended sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) reportedly went on the rampage in Enugu...
President Muhammadu Buhari will on Tuesday commission a housing project in Rivers State, donated to the police by the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC). It was...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Friday warned the public against the unauthorized installation of cyber networks in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ayuba...
Police in India on Thursday arrested 29 men who allegedly sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl for about eight months. The junior officer with the Mandapa police...
Three female suspects who were allegesly in the illegal business of supplying petrol to bandits in Katsina State, have been arrested by a team of policemen...
Police on Thursday arrested a former member of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Joseph Adegbesan, and two other persons for alleged cultism, threat to life,...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested three suspected kidnappers of students of Bethel Baptist High School in the state. The three men were among the 50...
A national of Niger Republic, Lawal Shu’aibu, has been arrested alongside four others by the Katsina State Police Command for allegedly supplying fuel, bread and other...
The Paramount Ruler of Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf local government area of Kaduna State, Agwatyap Dominic Gambo Yahaya, has called on Governor Nasir El-Rufai to...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday, rescued four people trapped in a grey Toyota Camry with registration number KRD-822FX, after a 40ft containerized...
There was tension in Anambra State on Sunday after unknown gunmen attacked a police post, killed three policemen and injured two other persons. Ripples Nigeria learnt...
The Enugu State police command Sunday night promised to fish out those behind the attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in the state....
Angry residents on Saturday, reportedly sacked the Divisional Police Headquarters in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State, seizing 13 detained suspected bandits and setting them...
Police operatives in Yobe State have arrested a 22-year-old housewife simply identified as Khadija Yakubu for the alleged murder of three of her stepchildren in the...
Police operatives in Nasarawa have arrested a 28-year-old man in Lafia for impersonating an officer of the Nigerian Army in the state. The culprit, Timothy Emmanuel,...
At least seven staff of Primary Healthcare Departments in Kwami and Billiri local government areas of Gombe State have been arrested by police for alleged diversion...
Police operatives in Lagos State on Wednesday stopped a civil servant, Akinlolu Ajayi, from jumping into the lagoon in the state. The spokesman of the state...
Police operatives in Bayelsa have arrested two suspected kidnappers at Adagbabiri community, Sagbama local government area of the state. The spokesman of the state police command,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits Friday evening killed one person and abducted several others at a community in Tangaza local government area of Sokoto State. The...