I have always loved Florence like my own daughter. She was born on my birthday, so you can imagine that is one of the reasons I called her my first daughter. My sister, who was her mother would always call…
Police ban illegal use of sirens, tinted glass
The police command in Adamawa has banned unauthorised use of sirens, tinted glass and covered number plates in the state. The ban is contained in a statement issued by DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the spokesman of the command, on Tuesday. Nguroje…
Apapa Gridlock: LASTMA, Police cede traffic control to touts
Policemen, LASTMA operatives, yesterday, ceded traffic control to touts along the Oshodi-Apapa expressway, thus compounding the traffic problems in the area. The situation, which resurfaced two weeks ago, has worsened, as recalcitrant commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders, in their…
Police arrest suspected impersonator of Eagles captain Musa
The Police Command in Kano has arrested a 30-year-old man, Gambo Yakubu, for allegedly impersonating the captain of the Super Eagles, Ahmed Musa. This was confirmed in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Haruna Abdullahi, and made…
People in Hong Kong invited to snitch on their neighbours
Police in Hong Kong have launched a hotline where residents can report breaches of the national security law imposed by Beijing earlier this year. The law criminalises secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. It has silenced many protesters since…
I pity the #EndSARS looters in police custody, because they will hear pepper
I pity the boys that have been arrested by the police; you often see that by the time they parade them in front of the press or public, they have swollen eyes, swollen lips, they have visible fresh wounds on…
3 kidnap suspects held, two killed in Ebonyi
Police in Ebonyi State said on Sunday that they killed two suspects and arrested three in two shootouts with kidnappers. In one of the cases, three persons from Enugu State were kidnapped in Ezzagu community where they came for business.…
Man, 22, commits suicide over girlfriend
Police in Kano have confirmed the death of a 22-year-old man, Ashiru Musa, who reportedly stabbed himself when his girlfriend married another man. Musa was said to have stabbed himself when he learnt that Fatima, with whom he was in…
Police arrest 4 suspects over car theft
The police have arrested four armed robbery suspects who they alleged to be specialists in snatching exotic cars in Lagos and Abuja. The police said they trailed the suspects, whose operational base was said to be located at Agege, to…
Police seal APC National Secretariat
Armed Police personnel sealed the National Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress on the orders of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Tuesday. The PUNCH gathered that the IGP had scheduled a meeting with some of the feuding…