By Juliet Odey
The Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has told the Federal Special Anti Robbery Square across the country to respect people’s rights or risk being sanctioned.
The IGP warned that operatives who detained suspects illegally for more than 48 hours are at the risk of being dismissed from...
By Juliet Odey
Folake Falade, a mentally deranged woman has denied knowing anything about human parts found in her possession in Aiyetoro, Cele-Nizer, on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
There had been turmoil in the community after some residents allegedly spotted the suspect, who was widely believed to be mad, making telephone calls.
According...
The Police Command in Katsina State has announced the arrest of a 19-year-old girl, Zinatu Abubakar, who allegedly drugged a commercial motorcycle operator and attempted to snatch his motorcycle.
A statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Gambo Isa, made available to newsmen on Thursday in Katsina, said the...
By Juliet Odey
Eight persons were killed and scores of houses were burnt in Plateau State on Wednesday.
The attacks occurred in Abonong and Zayit villages of Foron District in Barikin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.
“The communities were attacked by unknown gunmen which resulted in the death of the...
The Niger state Police Command arrested and detained A 27-year-old man, Usman Adamu, for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl.
The command’s spokesman, DSP Mohammadu Abubakar, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Minna.
Abubakar alleged that the suspect, who resides in the same Barkin-Sale area of Minna with the...
From Juliet Odey
Jim Iyke, popular Nigerian actor, has been accused of slapping a Dana Air staff at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday.
According to the reports, the actor arrived late for his 12:15pm Abuja flight and the airline’s security personnel tried to help him to meet up...
From Juliet Odey, Abuja
A 23-year-old mother, Miracle Johnson sold her six-week-old baby and went on to buy a new cell phone with the money she 'earned'.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Johnson Kokumo, who first found the crime and confirmed the incident, says that it as a serious offence.
Miracle allegedly...
From Juliet Odey, Abuja
The MD of Zenith Bank, Peter Amangbo has been held by anti-graft investigators over a series of transactions his bank allegedly carried out on behalf of Rivers State.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is alleging that the transactions, at least N117 billion in value, are suspicious...
Maryam Sanda, the wife who killed her husband on November 19, 2017 through multiple stabbing, has put to bed last week and named her newborn baby after her husband but the delivery was not formally announced by the family.
Maryam Sanda was granted bail by Justice Yusuf Halilu based on...