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Anambra: Police move to end IPOB’s sit-at-home order

By Justus Adetomiwa The Anambra State Police Command has stepped up its operations against the infamous sit-at-home order as the Commissioner of Police, CP Ikioye Orutugu, on Monday, led an advocacy campaign against the order. Recall that the Indigenous People of Biafra, an Ibo Separatist Group (IPOB) declared that beginning from August 9, 2021, every […]

Police nab two notorious robbery suspects in Akure

By Bukola Olamona Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested two suspected armed robbers said to have been terrorising residents of Akure for months. The suspects, identified as Amubieya Emmanuel and Ogunmola Akintola, both aged 26, were nabbed by the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team in Ondo Town on February 25, 2025. […]

Two arrested for alleged murder of woman accused of witchcraft

The Biu Police Area Command has detained two suspects in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman accused of witchcraft practices. The Commissioner of Police, Borno Command, Mr Yusuf Lawan confirmed the incident on Saturday.Lawan said the woman, Hajara Saleh, was murdered on February 21 in the Bantine community in Biu Local Government Area […]

Security threats: Police urge Osun Govt to halt LG elections

By Michael Ofulue, Osogbo The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has urged the Osun State Government to put an immediate hold on the forthcoming Local Government elections, citing credible intelligence indicating a significant threat to security. In a statement issued on Friday by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police warned that conducting […]

Police, Anambra govt vow to apprehend siblings’ killers

By Justus Adetomiwa The Anambra State Police Command has sealed the building where three siblings were brutally murdered and their bodies found in a deep freezer. The incident reportedly occurred in Nnewichi, Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State, on February 1 when unknown assailants killed the siblings, a five-year-old boy and two girls, […]

Police arraign suspended Ogun monarch for assaulting 73-yr-old man

The Ogun State Police Command on Tuesday, arraigned the suspended Olorile of Orile Ifo, Semiu Adewale Ogunjobi, for assaulting a 73-year-old man, Elder Abraham Areola. The suspended monarch was arraigned on three counts charges of conspiracy, assault and conduct likely to cause breach of peace. According to the Force Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, […]

Police arrest gang targeting bank customers

The Bauchi State Police Command has apprehended three members of a notorious four-man syndicate that has been preying on bank customers across Bauchi, Borno, and Kano states. The gang, known for using locally fabricated “Chori” master keys to break into victims’ vehicles, has been implicated in a string of thefts. According to the command’s spokesperson, […]

Police arrest two suspects, recover ammunition in Anambra

By Justus Adetomiwa The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects at a security checkpoint on the Umudioka-Awkuzu road by Igbariam and recovered one Beretta pistol, two live Ammunitions and a Toyota Corolla car from them. In a statement on Monday, the spokesman for the command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said operatives of the Special […]