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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said it has deployed 2,313 officers to tighten security around various worship centres and amusement parks during the Easter celebration. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Waheed Ayilara, disclosed this in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, on Friday. The statement was titled “Akwa […]

The Nigeria Police Force has called on Nigerians to uphold the values of love, compassion, and empathy towards one another as they celebrate this year’s Easter. The force made the call in a post on its Facebook handle on Friday. It stated that by working together and remaining vigilant, Nigerians can contribute to maintaining road […]

The Ovie of Ewu Kingdom in the Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State, Clement Ikolo, Urhukpe 1, has surrendered himself to the police. This decision comes on the heels of the Defence Headquarters declaring him and seven others wanted on Thursday at a briefing in Abuja in connection to the killing of military […]

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command on Saturday apprehended a suspected  notorious kidnappers’ gang leader, Saidu Yakubu, also known as “Ismail.” The gang was said to be behind the September 7, 2023 attack at St. Raphael Catholic Church, Fadan Kamanta, Kafanchan Diocese, in Jema’ah Local Government Area of Kaduna State,  razing the parish house […]

At least two policemen from MOPOL 18 in Owerri were killed when gunmen attacked their patrol vehicle on Saturday along old Gariki Road in Okigwe, Imo State. The officers were surprised and attacked in Owerri while doing their patrol. The suspected gunmen, believed to be from the banned Indigenous People of Biafra and […]

The police in Kaduna State say they stopped an attempted kidnapping on the Buruku-Kaduna road on Thursday. The police spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, stated on Friday in Kaduna that the bandits were forced to withdraw due to the strength of the officers. “On March 21, at 1300hrs, officers from […]

FirstNews management has sent a letter to Gen. Chris Musa, the Chief of Defence Staff, asking to find out the location of its editor, Segun Olatunji. Olatunji, a former correspondent of The PUNCH in Kaduna State, was kidnapped in his home in Iyana Odo, Abule Egba area of Lagos on March 16. He was reported to have […]

Four arrests have been made by Winnipeg police for the sale of illegal tobacco and cannabis products at two convenience stores.

Three people were killed by gunfire in two shootings in a Philadelphia suburb on Saturday, and the suspect fled and remains barricaded in a house in Trenton, New Jersey, according to the police and local authorities. They said the suspect – identified as 26-year-old Andre Gordon, who was believed to be homeless – had stolen a vehicle before killing two people in a home in the Falls Township city of Levittown.

Police in Lagos State have captured two people, Augustine Udeh and Adepoju Moses, for supposedly assaulting two young people in different locations in the state. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, revealed this in an announcement on Saturday. Adejobi mentioned that Udeh was apprehended in the Surulere area of the state following […]