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26-year-old man arrested for setting grandma on fire in Jigawa

13 October 2024

The command’s Public Relations Officer, Lawan Adam, who confirmed the suspect’s arrest in a statement, said, on October 8, 2024, at about 1600hrs, the command was notified of a sad and regrettable incident that occurred in Mu’azu village, Dan Gwanki ward, Sule Tankarkar LG. That Nura Mas’ud, 26 of Mu’azu village, Sule Tankarkar LGA, went […]

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FCT command begins trial of policeman accused of harassing woman

9 October 2024

In a video of the incident, the woman alleged that the policeman slapped her and used pepper spray on her eyes during stop-and-search duties at Galadimawa Roundabout. Reacting to the incident  via X ,formerly Twitter, the command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, stated that the victim has since come forward and identified the officer involved in the […]

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Police nab wanted armed robber, rape suspect in Ogun

7 October 2024

The spokesperson for the state police command,  Omolola Odutola, disclosed this in a statement sent to journalists. Odutola said that Olayemi was picked up after an intelligence report revealed that the 33-year-old alleged armed robber and rapist was sighted at the university area, Ijagun, where he has been trying to conceal his identity. The statement […]

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Police probe inspector for allegedly stabbing man over N200

2 October 2024

It was learnt in a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Yobe Police Command,  Dungus Abdulkarim, that on September 29, 2024, at approximately 18:20 hours, Inspector Mohammed Bulama, 38years, was involved in a heated argument with Abdulmalik Dauda ,aka Baksha, 39 years of Pompomari Ward, Damaturu, over an unresolved transaction at the […]

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Osun Police parade suspected ritualists, armed robbers

18 September 2024

The police made this revelation to journalists while parading the suspects at the Command headquarters in Osogbo. The suspects paraded include Johnson Daniel, Adetunji Okunade, Olaniyan Azeez, Balogun Temitope Asimiyu, Oladapo Hammed, Kazeem Rasak and Asaka Rauf. Addressing journalists, the Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Giwa-Alade Emmanuel also said suspected human bone fragments, a female […]

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Man, 35, allegedly defiles 14-year-old daughter

12 September 2024

A man in Adamawa State, 35-year-old Muhammad Auwal, has allegedly defiled his teenage daughter. The state command of the Nigeria Police said in a statement  that it had arrested the man over the offence. The command said in the statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Suleiman Nguroje, that it made the arrest on Wednesday, […]

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Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei dies days after being set alight by ex-boyfriend

5 September 2024

The 33-year-old Ugandan marathon runner, who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, had suffered extensive burns after Sunday’s attack. The authorities in north-west Kenya, where Cheptegei lived and trained, said she was targeted after returning home from church. A report filed by a local administrator alleged the athlete and her ex-partner had been wrangling over […]

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Fleeing Lagos buttock-enlargement doctor now in custody — Police

4 September 2024

It was learnt from the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, that Bassey is currently being investigated at the State Criminal Investigation Department in Panti. Bassey had previously fled after Abiola died during a buttock enlargement procedure at her clinic on August 26, 2024. The Brazilian Butt Lift is a cosmetic surgery procedure that […]

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Uganda’s Bobi Wine recovering from police assault – party

4 September 2024

The National Unity Platform ,NUP, said the pop star-turned-politician had been hit by a tear-gas canister – initially it was thought his wound was caused by a bullet. The incident occurred while the NUP leader was on his way to visit his lawyers in Bulindo, which is about 12 miles north of the capital, Kampala […]

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More than 10 dead as bus crashes into students and parents outside school in China

3 September 2024

The students were waiting to enter the gate of a middle school in Tai’an city in Shandong province when the bus slammed into them after 7 a.m. The public security bureau in Dongping county said in a statement the bus, specially customized for transporting students, lost control when it drove into an intersection, th Five […]

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