The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 33-year-old man for alleged stealing of an electronic road sign.
Three police officers, who allegedly beat a student of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Suleiman Olayinka to death at Tanke Bridge in Ilorin, the state capital, have been arrested and detained.
Yemisi was reported to have used a sharp object to cut 31-year-old Idowu Adebowale in the Oko-Oba area of Ogijo. Thisias contained in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, made available to newsmen. According to the statement, the husband had reported the incident to the Ogijo Division of the command. The publicist noted […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]