Police arrest suspects over murder of driver in Rivers
Police arrest 13 suspected oil thieves, impound adulterated diesel in Rivers
The Police says it has arrested 13 suspected oil thieves, impounded over 900,000 litres of adulterated diesel and 30,000 litres of stolen crude oil in Rivers State. It was gathered that the suspects were apprehended by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police’s Special Taskforce on Petroleum and Illegal Bunkering. Parading the suspects and stolen products […]
Woman arrested for scalding stepdaughter with hot knife in Bayelsa
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a woman for allegedly inflicting burns on the buttocks of her 10-year-old stepdaughter using a hot knife. It was gathered that the suspect identified as Esther Otoniye, had severely beaten the victim, who had scars all over her body. Following her arrest at her residence in Yenagoa, the […]
Cultist stabs student to death in Akwa Ibom school
The Akwa Ibom State Government has ordered the closure of the Community Comprehensive Secondary School, Aka Offot, in the Uyo Local Government Area of the state after a suspected cultist stabbed an 18-year old SS2 student to death. It was gathered that the suspect identified as Samuel Archibong, an ex-pupil of the school who was […]
Okrika police beg family of rape victim after suspect escaped from custody
Rivers Police rescue two children kidnapped from their mother’s shop
The Rivers State Police command says it has rescued two children who were allegedly kidnapped from their mother’s shop in Port Harcourt 5 months ago and arrested three suspects. Disclosing this in a statement, the State Commissioner of Police, Eboka Friday said operatives of the command rescued the children aged 12 and 4 following a […]
Unmarried female police officers banned from getting pregnant – Court
The Federal High Court, Abuja Division has upheld Regulation 127 of the Nigeria Police Force, which prohibits unmarried police officers from getting pregnant. The Regulation provides that “an unmarried woman police officer, who becomes pregnant, shall be discharged from the Force and shall not be re-enlisted except with the approval of the Inspector General of […]
Tension heightens as Rivers NDLEA refuses to handover suspect to Akwa-Ibom police
Police arrest secondary school students for rape of 12-year-old girl in Rivers
Hushpuppi: Police gets 2 weeks ultimatum to conclude investigations on Abba Kyari
The Police Service Commission has issued a two weeks ultimatum to the Nigeria Police to conclude investigations on the case involving the suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari. This follows the Commission’s 14th plenary meeting in Abuja, chaired by retired Inspector-General of Police and Chairman of the Commission, Musiliu Smith. In a statement issued […]
Gunmen kidnap construction expatriate, kill police in Edo
Suspected Kidnappers on Monday reportedly kidnapped an expatriate supervising Agbede/Anwain Road construction in Idegun, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that the hoodlums also killed a policeman attached to the expatriate during the operation. An eyewitness account said the incident occurred on Monday during an inspection of the road by […]
Police anti-cultism unit extort, brutalize undergraduate in Port Harcourt
