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Military: We’ll rid Oyo park of kidnappers, others

Military: We’ll rid Oyo park of kidnappers, others

Nigerian military has vowed to rid the National Park forest in the Kishi Local Government Area of Oyo State of kidnappers and other criminals. It said a raid on identified hideouts on October 2 resulted…

Money doublers dupe Oyo residents of N2.7m

Money doublers dupe Oyo residents of N2.7m

Oyo State Police Commissioner, Mr Joe Enwonwu, yesterday at the Eleyele Police Headquarters, Ibadan, Police yesterday paraded 22 suspected criminals including eight moneydoublers, who defrauded about 300 residents of Igboho community in the Oke Ogun…

Abduction: Rivers female lawyer regains freedom

Abduction: Rivers female lawyer regains freedom

Police have rescued a female lawyer, Bisola Paulette Ajayi, who was abducted by gunmen at her residence at Rumuokwurusi in Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The state Police Public Relations Officer…

Sowore leads ‘End SARS’ protest

Sowore leads ‘End SARS’ protest

Protesters yesterday besieged the entrance to the Force Headquarters, Abuja, to demand the disbandment of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS). The protesters, who were led by the publisher of Sahara Reporters, Mr. Omoyele Sowore,…

Pay our salary arrears, ASPs beg IG

Pay our salary arrears, ASPs beg IG

Policeman promoted to the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) in 2017 have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to order the Inspector-General of Police (IG), Muhammad Adamu, to pay their promotion salary arrears. One…

N9m missing in Niger Assembly

Police have arrested the accountant of the Niger State House of Assembly and other people over missing N9 million. The missing fund was said to be the monthly imprest September, meant to be used for…

SARS, tactical units: Taming the tigers in police uniform

SARS, tactical units: Taming the tigers in police uniform

This year, different units of the Nigeria Police have unleashed mayhem on those they are supposed to protect. Attention and anger have been fixated on operatives of the Special Anti- Robbery Squad (SARS) and other…

EFCC amends charges, re-arraigns social media influencer, Adeherself

EFCC amends charges, re-arraigns social media influencer, Adeherself

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has re-arraigned a popular Nigerian social media influencer, Adedamola Rukayat (a.k.a Adeherself), before an Ikeja Special Offence Court, Lagos, The EFCC re-arraigned the social media influencer on a…

Ebonyi, herdsmen resolve crises

Ebonyi, herdsmen resolve crises

….ban inter-state movements, under-aged grazing The Ebonyi State government, national leadership of the Myetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association and leaders of herdsmen resident in the state, on Thursday resolved some crises between some communities in…

Man who raped 7-year-old girl says he did it only twice

Man who raped 7-year-old girl says he did it only twice

An Okpoko based trader, near Onitsha, Anambra State, simply identified as Ejike, last Saturday in his shop, raped a seven year old girl, (names withheld) who was sent on an errand by her mother. Father…