An unidentified person suspected to be a police escort was on Friday crushed to death by a trailer that skidded off the road in Ugep, headquarters of Yakurr Local Government Area of Cross River State. The incident, which happened at about 8pm close to the Eckankar Temple along the busy Calabar-Ikom Expressway, was said to have happened after the driver […]
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RECKLESS POLICE DRIVER KILLS TWO IN DELTA STATE
A police driver has killed two people while attempting to stop an overloaded commercial bus on the Asaba-Ibusa-Ogwashi-Uku Expressway, in the Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State. Several sources, who witnessed the accident, claimed that the driver of the commercial bus and a male suspect, who the police were taking to the state command in Asaba, died on the […]
Continue reading »FORMER MINISTER, HUSBAND ABDUCTED ON ABUJA-KADUNA EXPRESSWAY
The Police Command in Kaduna State on Tuesday confirmed the kidnap of the immediate past Minister of Environment, Mrs Laurentia Mallam and her husband, Mr Pius. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Aliyu Usman, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kaduna that the two were abducted along Bwari/Jere axis on Kaduna-Abuja highway on Monday evening.
Continue reading »I MADE N10,000.00 DAILY FOR CARRYING ROBBERS – OKADA RIDER
Twenty-year-old Oluwole Sunday is not your average commercial motorcyclist. In fact, the only thing “commercial” about his okada business is that while other okada riders transport members of the public from one point to another in the Lagos metropolis, he made his money by transporting robbers on their daily operations. But that didn’t last. His “business” was shut down recently […]
Continue reading »LEGIONNAIRE ARRESTED FOR STEALING MOTORCYCLES IN LAGOS
A member of the Nigerian Legion, Lagos State, Umam Hamid, has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly stealing no fewer than four motorcycles in the Agege area of the state. Based on information gathered, the mode of operation of the 48-year-old Borno State indigene was to stop motorcyclists on the road and allege that they were violating […]
Continue reading »POLICE ARREST 29 ROBBERY SUSPECTS, RECOVER 12 CARS
The police have arrested 29 suspects for alleged involvement in carjacking and stealing nationwide. A statement on Friday in Abuja by the police spokesman, Donald Awunah, said 12 cars were recovered from the criminals. It stated that the suspects were arrested from different states by the IGP’s Special Tactical Squad.
Continue reading »POLICE ARREST THREE PIPELINE VANDALS IN AKWA IBOM
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested three suspected pipeline vandals from Eket Local Government Area of the State. The state Police Commissioner, Murtala Mani, said that the suspects were arrested in a hotel with improvised explosive devices capable of destroying high pressure oil pipelines. Mani said that other items recovered from the suspects included a battery for igniting explosion, […]
Continue reading »POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR MOUNTING ROADBLOCKS
The Bayelsa State Police Commissioner, Mr. Adeyemi Ogunjemilusi, has ordered the arrest of two policemen for allegedly flouting the directive of the police headquarters against mounting of roadblocks. The two unnamed policemen are said to be working in the state Police command. It was learnt that Ogunjemilusi ordered the arrest of the officers following an investigation. Ogunjemilusi, who confirmed the […]
Continue reading »EDO: POLICE KILL SUSPECTED HIGHWAY ROBBER, RESCUE FIVE
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command on Friday shot dead a suspected armed robber at Oluku bypass, in Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the state. The suspect was said to have been killed during a shootout between some policemen and an armed robbery syndicate specialized in highway robbery. It was learnt that the deceased robber and other members […]
Continue reading »ROBBERS ATTACK CBN BULLION VANS, KILL TWO POLICEMEN
Two mobile policemen were killed in the early hours of Tuesday at Hawan Kibo along Jos-Abuja road as armed robbers attacked a convoy of bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria. Our correspondent gathered that the bullion vans and their retinue of armed mobile policemen escorts had left Jos in the early hours of Tuesday enroute Abuja.
Continue reading »HOODLUMS INTERCEPT BUS, KIDNAP 14 PASSENGERS
A commercial bus conveying about 14 passengers from Port Harcourt to Omoku in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area of Rivers State was intercepted on Friday by suspected kidnappers. The hoodlums were said to have ordered the passengers out of the vehicle, set it ablaze before whisking them (passengers) away.
Continue reading »KIDNAPPING: IG DEPLOYS 510 POLICEMEN ON ABUJA-KADUNA HIGHWAY
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, on Friday launched an operation against kidnappers and other hoodlums by deploying 510 anti-riot policemen on Abuja-Kaduna Expressway. The operation which was backed with 40 patrol vehicles and armoured carriers, was expected to man dark spots and vulnerable points along the road which had become notorious for kidnapping and other violent crimes.
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