Those we killed were cultists, Eleme police insist
Brave Dickson The Eleme Area Command of the Nigeria Police Force has insisted that the three persons its personnel shot dead were cultists. The police made the emphasis to debunk side talks by residents of Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State who earlier told our correspondent that the boys the police killed were not […]
Enugu Police nab grandmother, suspect over defilement of seven-year-old
The Enugu state command has re-arrested and charged 61-year-old grandmother, Queendaline Udoh and Miracle Sunday Akpan, over the defilement of a seven-year-old in Enugu. The Command’s PPRO, Daniel Ndukwe in a press statement on Tuesday disclosed that Miracle Sunday Akpan, a 25-year-old native of Akwa Ibom State, residing in Enugu had allegedly taken advantage of […]
Ugwuanyi visits victims of Police mishap
Governor Ugwuanyi of Enugu state paid a visit to hospitalized victims of a trigger happy Police operative, who left not less than five persons dead and another four persons, injured. The incident which happened on Sunday, at Golf Estate, GRA, Enugu, involved a Police Inspector, who shot sporadically, leaving five victims dead and four persons […]
NSCDC refuses to compensate slain driver’s family despite CP’s ultimatum
Sorrow and grief have gone up in the family of a slain commercial bus driver, Christian Otene as NSCDC defied police ultimatum and refused to compensate the bereaved family. The slain driver was shot dead last week Tuesday along NTA Road, Port Harcourt by personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps attached to […]
Rivers Police rule murder of driver by NSCDC officer accidental discharge
The Rivers State Police Command has ruled the killing of a bus driver by an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) an accidental discharge. The bus driver popularly known as “Biggie” was killed by the NSCDC official, attached to the Rivers State Taskforce on Street Trading and Illegal Motor Park the […]
Police station burnt down in Delta
Delta State Police command has recorded yet another loss on Sunday as Ashaka Police station was burnt down. It was gathered that about twenty armed men stormed the station in the early hours of Sunday, throwing Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) into the station, shot sporadically, before setting the police station ablaze. In a statement released […]
Imo Police kill Ahmed Gulak’s assailants
Imo CP asks residents to defy IPOB sit-at-home
The Commissioner of Police, Imo state command, CP Abutu Yaro has asked residents to go about their various businesses and ignore the sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on May 31st as they are assured of safety. In a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Bala Alkana on […]
Tension rises in Imo over rumour of soldiers kitted in police uniforms
Police arrest soldier for killing driver who gave him a ride
The police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested an officer of the Nigeria Army for allegedly killing a motorist who offered him a ride from Rivers State to Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of the state. A source, who narrated the incident to journalists in Uyo, said when the duo reached a lonely place in […]
Ugwuanyi orders immediate reconstruction of burnt police station
Governor of Enugu State, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has ordered the immediate reconstruction of the razed Iwollo police divisional headquarters. In a visit to the scene of the attack on Tuesday, he expressed sadness over the gruesome act while condoling the command and families of the officers who lost their lives. He also ordered the construction of […]
JUST IN: Hoodlums attack Police station in Enugu
The Nigerian Police Force has recorded another loss as gunmen reportedly attack Iwollo Oghe Police station in Ezeagu local government area of Enugu state. Reports reaching TPCN has it that no fewer than five persons, including police officers, were feared killed in the attack on Tuesday morning. A Twitter user, ‘Udeh Victor’ in a post, […]