Police kill 6 suspected kidnappers in Edo
The Edo State Police Command, on Wednesday, said it has neutralised six suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos expressway. Spokesperson of the command, SP Kontongs Bello, who disclosed this in a statement said the kidnappers are believed to be part of the notorious gang terrorizing the expressway and environs. According to Bello, operatives rescued passengers of […]
Rivers Police debunk reports on two hijacked buses
The Rivers State Police Command says it has recovered one of the passenger buses hijacked by yet-to-be-identified gunmen on East-West Road axis of the state on Monday. The buses, said to be heading to Kalabari riverine axis in Degema, Asari-Toru and Akuku-Toru Local Government Councils from Port-Harcourt were allegedly hijacked along Degema/Buguma/Abonnema Road on East/West […]
Police arrest eight suspected robbers, car snatchers in Rivers
The Rivers State Police Command said it has arrested eight suspected armed robbers and cultists in Port Harcourt, the state capital. A statement by the acting spokesperson for the command, Grace Iringe-Koko, on Wednesday said four of the suspected robbers were arrested after operatives responded to a distress call at the Abonnema Wharf. She said […]
Rivers Police arrest suspected tricycle thieves
The Rivers State Police Command says it has apprehended two members of an armed robbery syndicate that specialises in stealing tricycles from unsuspecting drivers. The state acting police spokesperson, Grace Iringe-Koko, in a statement in Port Harcourt on Sunday, said the suspects identified as Steve Green, 38, and Adaugo Darlington, a female who usually pretends […]
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
