IPMAN official accuses Police of illegal detainment
The press officer of the Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN) anti-bunkering unit, South-South inland waterways, Aisha Ahmed has disclosed that she was illegally detained for fifty-one days by the Rivers State Police Command. She said she was held alongside her team in the Port Harcourt correctional facility following her refusal to compromise with […]
Police rescue 13 kidnapped victims in Delta, kill suspect
The Delta State Police Command says it has rescued thirteen victims after some kidnappers hijacked a 14-seater bus in the state. A statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Bright Edafe said the bus with reg no M831-FJK was intercepted on Sunday after it was hijacked along Aniagbala Community via Ubulu-uku express road in Aniocha South Local […]
Police arrest 4 suspected kidnappers, rescue pastor, driver in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested four suspected kidnappers who have been terrorising residents of Egwi-Etche and its environs in Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State. A statement by the state command’s acting spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, on Thursday, said their arrest came after they abducted a Pastor from a church based […]
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