Tag: Police
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Police confirm 10 killed in terrorists’ attack in Yobe
The Police Command in Yobe has confirmed 10 persons killed and several others wounded in an attack orchestrated by Boko Haram insurgents in Geidam town on Wednesday. The Spokesman of the Command, ASP Dungus Abdulkarim, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Damaturu. He said the insurgents moving on…
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Police Arrest Three Suspected Rail Track Vandals in Abia
Operatives of the Railway Command of the Nigerian Police Force have arrested three suspects of a syndicate that specialises in vandalising railway tracks in different parts of the country. The suspects are: Kelechi Ononiwu, 36; Kalu Egbe, 30, and Stanley 27. They were said to have engaged the police in a gun duel a few…
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Abduction: Joint security team arrests 4 suspects in Ekiti
The Ekiti police command says a joint security team, comprising of the military, police, civil defense, Amotekun and local hunters, have arrested four suspects in connection with a recent abduction in the state. ASP Sunday Abutu, the command’s Spokesperson, who confirmed the arrests in a statement on Wednesday in Ado-Ekiti, said the efforts of the…
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70-year-old man in police net for defiling neighbour’s daughter in Bauchi
The police in Bauchi have arrested a 70-year-old man for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old daughter of his neighbour girl in Bauchi. This is contained in a statement issued by SP Thomas Goni, Spokesman of the Zone 12 Police Command, Bauchi. ”The police can confirm the arrest of a 70-year-man, Umaru Daura for allegedly defiling a…
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NHRC urges Police, others to locate ‘missing’ Journalist
Mr Tony Ojukwu, the Executive Secretary of the National Human Rights Commission, has urged the Police and other security agencies in the nation’s capital to do everything within their powers to locate a missing journalist. Tordue Salem, a Vanguard Newspaper’s House of Representatives Reporter reportedly went missing on Oct. 13 in the Federal Capital Territory…
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Police in Imo seek residents’ support to arrest assailants who burnt police station
Police in Imo on Friday in Owerri appealed to residents to assist with information that could lead to the arrest of those who attacked Isiala Mbano police station on Thursday. Assailants went to the station in five cars and three motorcycles at about 6 p.m. on Thursday and threw petrol bombs at the building. The…
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Police rescue kidnap victim in Delta
Police Delta have rescued a kidnap victim in Abraka, Ethiope East Local Government Area of the state. Police spokesman in the state, DSP Bright Edafe, confirmed the rescue in a statement issued in Warri, Delta on Wednesday. Edafe named the victim as Oghenero Iboyitete and said that he was rescued by the operatives of the…
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Kano police arrest suspected fuel suppliers to bandits in Katsina state –PPRO
The Police Command in Kano state has arrested two persons for allegedly supplying fuel to bandits in Katsina state, from Kano, the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, said in a statement on Tuesday, in Kano. He identified the suspects as Musbahu Rabi’u, 31, and Jamilu Abdullahi, 37, all residents of Jibiya local government…
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Gunmen kill 2 Imo traditional rulers
The Police Command has confirmed the killing of two traditional rulers at Nnenasa in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo. Imo State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Mike Abattam, told our correspondent in a phone interview in Owerri that the incident occurred on Tuesday. Abattam, however, said investigations were ongoing to ascertain the circumstances…