CRIME
AIT Chairman, Raymond Dokpesi, Arrested By UK Police
Chairman of DAAR Communications Chief Raymond Dokpesi has been arrested by the UK Scotland Yard. He was picked up on Sunday at Terminal 2 of Heathrow Airport in London. A reliable source who was on the same flight confirmed the arrest to Whistler. The source said: "We were on a flight from Frankfurt to London, and as we were about to arrive...
Edo Train Station Attack: Allow Community Policing As First Line Of Security – Atiku Tells FG
The recent raid on a train station in the Igueben LGA of Edo State, during which several individuals were kidnapped by armed men, has alarmed PDP presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar. He then demanded that the federal government support local and state policing as the first line of defense. In a statement released on Sunday from his media office, Atiku referred to...
Fears As Military Plans Release Of Another Set Of Repentant Terrorists
There are concerns that the plan by the military to release another set of repentant terrorists into society could subvert the progress made so far in the war against insurgency. No fewer than 613 rehabilitated terrorists undergoing de-radicalisation are scheduled to be handed over by the military authorities to their respective state governors. This has, however, heightened fears that the repentant...
Gunmen With AK-47 Raid Edo Train Station, Abduct Passengers
Gunmen have abducted many passengers from a train station in Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State, ABN TV reports. The victims were waiting to board a train to Warri in Delta State when their attackers struck. It is unclear if anyone was killed in the incident but the travellers sustained bullet wounds, according to the Police Public Relations Officer in...
2023 General Elections: Police Begin Training Of Personnel For Election Duties
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has started training its officers on how to handle electoral offenses before, during, and after the general elections in Nigeria in 2023. IGP Usman Baba, the inspector general of police, said during the flag-off ceremony of the training over the weekend in Abuja that the training was required by the Nigeria Police Force in order to...
Police Job Not Slavery, Officers Can Consume Alcohol – Police Spokesperson
Mr. Hundeyin, the Police Image Maker added of the policeman seen drinking, "They have not misbehaved, they have not assaulted, they have not extorted (money from) anybody, they are simply drinking." Anyone can drink. Being a police officer is not slave labor. They were just drinking and intoxicated, which is what made it unprofessional; they were wearing uniforms. However, if...
Man Kidnaps Father, Collects N2.5m Ransom In Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested one Issa Naigheti for allegedly kidnapping his father and collecting a ransom of N2.5m. Ajayi Okasanmi, spokesman of the command, who disclosed this said the suspect was arrested around Kambi area of Ilorin. He said officers attached to the anti-kidnapping team of the Kwara police command arrested the suspect while on the trail of...
Police Reveal How 50-Year-Old Woman Strangled Co-Wife To Death In Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command has revealed that a 50-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly killing her co-wife in Bauchi. The Police Public Relations Officer of Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, said this in a media statement made available to journalists on Friday. He said that the suspect, Amina Guguwa, of Miya Village, Warji Local Government Area of Bauchi State,...
NDLEA Arrests Over 1,000 Suspects In Kaduna
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Kaduna State Command, says its operatives have arrested 1,232 suspects and recovered 15, 104.555kg of illicit drugs in the state. The Kaduna state NDLEA Commander, Ibrahim Baraje, told the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Kaduna that the arrest and seizure were made from January to December 2022. Baraje said out of the number...
DSS Arrests Mastermind of Kogi Explosion
The bomber who set off the explosion close to Ohinoyi of Ebiraland's palace in Kogi State has been taken into custody by the Department of State Service. On December 29, 2022, the explosion took place just before President Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) was about to dedicate a constructed project in the state. According to reports, at least four people perished...
