The Abia State Police Command has paraded four suspects for an alleged illegal adoption and sale of a baby in the state. It was gathered that one of the suspects, Anurika Collins, identified one Emmanuel Okwechukwu, who had been arrested…
Police arraign suspected cult members (Punch)
Two suspected cult members, Tochukwu Udoye and John Paul, have been arraigned for allegedly terrorising residents in the Odoguyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State. It was gathered that the men, who allegedly belonged to the Aye Confraternity, attempted to kill…
Taraba policemen gun down three robbery suspects (Punch)
The police in Taraba on Sunday gunned down three members of a robbery gang operating along the Kwassa feeder road in Bali Local Government Area of the state. Other members of the gang were said to have escaped into the…
Police arrest friends for extorting N1.5m from job seekers (Punch)
The Niger State Police Command has apprehended Elijah Olawale, 40, from Kwara State, and Timothy Oyewole, 25, of Ede in Osun State, for allegedly duping one Mr George Elada of the National Examination Council’s headquarters, Minna, and other job seekers…
Police officers threaten strike in Anambra over unpaid allowances (Punch)
Some officers in the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police in Anambra State have threatened to go on strike over the non-payment of their 2017 promotion allowances. They called on the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to intervene in their…
Clearing agent allegedly steals UK returnee’s goods (Punch)
A clearing agent, Humble Agbonlahor, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing the goods of a builder, Paul Aguhayere. Our correspondent gathered that while Aguhayere was away in the United Kingdom, he sent a Mercedes Benz Sprinter bus…
Suspected lunatic hacks policeman, septuagenarian to death (Punch)
The Ondo State Police Command has announced the arrest of a suspected lunatic, popularly called “At all at all”, in Tekunle village, in the Ondo East Local Government Area of Ondo State, for killing two people with a machete in…
Caught three times, now I know robbery is not for me
I’ve been into robbery only three times, I am not a real armed robber so don’t use that eye to look at me. Don’t even think that all of us that the police just paraded are hardened criminals. I know…
Police arrest some suspects of AAU killings (Vanguard)
Edo State Police Command has dispatched a team of detectives from Benin City to the university town of Ekpoma to unravel the mystery surrounding the recent killing of students of Ambrose Alli University, AAU, Ekpoma, by suspected cultists at the…
Police arrest Evans’ lawyer in court (Punch)
Some police operatives on Wednesday morning arrested a lawyer, Olukoya Ogungbeje, at the Federal High Court in Lagos. Ogungbeje had represented the alleged billionaire kidnapper, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans. Policemen said to be from the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti,…
