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The Kebbi State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old security guard attached to an Islamiyya school in Jega Local Government Area over the alleged sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl. The Commissioner of Police, Umar…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested eight suspected armed robbers and drug dealers in the Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. In a statement issued on Monday in Yola, the command’s spokesperson, Suleiman Nguroje, said the suspects…
No fewer than 29 suspects linked to kidnapping, homicide, car theft and drug trafficking have been arrested by the Kaduna State Police Command in the last two weeks, with operatives recovering firearms, stolen vehicles, jewellery valued at over N30m and…
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, Ikeja, in collaboration with the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency and the Wildlife Justice Commission, has intercepted 22 pieces of elephant tusks weighing 130.84 kilograms with a street value…
Four persons have been killed and two others injured following a suspected cult-related shooting in the Post Office area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, when a…
A man has been arrested in the Federal Capital Territory after police discovered that he had held his sister captive in a locked room under chains for over one year and four months. The FCT Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Sanusi,…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the production and distribution of adulterated alcoholic beverages in the state. The suspects, identified as Ikechukwu Okeke, 42 years old, and Okeke Chukwuemeka, 38 years old, were arrested…
A 33-year-old man, Ifechukwu Okechukwu, has been arrested by the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly killing his 23-year-old girlfriend and secretly burying her in Nkpor, Anambra State. The suspect was among four other suspects nabbed over alleged murder and…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested five suspects linked to a kidnapping and banditry network operating on the outskirts of Abuja, including a heavily pregnant woman who served as a cook and logistics supplier for the criminal gang…
The Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, on Monday dismissed an application filed by a former Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Sadiya Farouq, seeking to set aside the bench warrant and warrant of arrest earlier issued against her.…
The Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olugbenga Adepoju, on Monday led an enforcement exercise against vehicles with covered, obscured, and unregistered number plates across Port Harcourt and its environs. CP Adepoju, accompanied by officers of the State Traffic Department and…
Operatives of the Azikiwe Police Division in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, have rescued a woman identified as Maria Kobara from a mob after she was accused of stealing and abducting a 12-year-old girl along Owo Street in Mile 2, Diobu,…
Four persons have been killed and two others injured following a suspected cult-related shooting in the Post Office area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The PUNCH gathered that the incident occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on Sunday, when a…
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested eight suspected armed robbers and drug dealers in Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State. In a statement issued on Monday in Yola, the command’s spokesman, SP Suleiman Nguroje, said the suspects…
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects allegedly involved in the production and distribution of adulterated alcoholic beverages in the state. The suspects, identified as Ikechukwu Okeke, 42, and Okeke Chukwuemeka, 38, were arrested in the early hours…
The Anambra Government has confirmed that the 10-year-old boy, who was brutally assaulted by his guardians in Awada, Obosi, in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state, is currently receiving medical treatment under state protection. The state Commissioner for…
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