The management of Chinese firm, Zhongshan Fucheng Industrial Investment Company Limited, has said its top officials were unlawfully detained and brutalised by the police during its contractual disagreement with the Ogun State Government. The firm said the maltreatment compelled it to seek the seizure of Nigerian assets overseas. The media was awash on Thursday with the news of the seizure …

Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a 30-year-old woman identified as Hauwa Yusuf for hiding one AK-47 and four AK magazines inside a sack of garri. Yusuf was arrested along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway during a stop-and-search operation. While parading suspects at the STS Headquarters in Abuja on Friday, Force spokesperson, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi said that Yusuf confessed …

Nigeria Police have confirmed that fire gutted The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), along Federal College of Education (FCE) Road Kontagora, even as the Christian community in the area said hoodlums were behind the incident. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Wasiu Abiodun told newsmen that “information was received at about 4 am, there was a fire incident at …

The Lagos State Police Command has said suspects arrested over the death of Aribemchukwu, the slain daughter of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, may be charged with conspiracy and murder. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this following an enquiry by newsmen on Saturday. The deceased, popularly called Chuchu, was reportedly killed in her Parkview Estate residence in the Ikoyi …

The spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Josephine Adeh, has called out men for the increasing spate of heartbreaks they are causing women. In a post on X, the PPRO, who took on the unexpected role of a relationship advisor, expressed dismay at the increasing number of men who led women on, only to later disappoint them. She …

Police personnel from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, on Wednesday, foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap residents of El-Rufai estate in Bwari Area Council of the FCT. Sources disclosed that during a shootout that ensued when the Police confronted the bandits, one resident of the estate was caught in the crossfire and was injured The kidnappers were said …

The Ogun State Police Command said that it had discovered the shallow graves of 71-year-old farmer Adekunle Ifelaja and Ogunyemi Femi, who were allegedly killed by suspected kidnappers in the Ijebu-Igbo area of Ogun State. This follows the arrest of two members of a seven-person criminal gang, Chukwuma Bartholomew and Igwe Monday, who are believed to be responsible for the …

The Bauchi State police command has arrested one Bala Mohammed for luring and raping two girls aged 16 and 17 years in his room. All three, suspect and victims are residents of Unguwar Mahaukata Quarters in Bauchi metropolis. According to the Command’s Police public relations officer (PPRO), Superintendent (SP) Ahmed Mohammed Wakil in a press statement on Friday, the suspect …

The Anambra State Police command has deployed its operatives of Schools Protection Squad (SPS) to institutions ahead of the 30 May sit-at-home ordered by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to mark the Biafra Day. Although the Anambra State government has not made any official pronouncement on the sit-at-home, the state police command said an Assistant Commissioner of Police in …

The Kogi State police command has said two of the abducted students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, have been killed. Earlier reports revealed that gunmen invaded the university on 9 May and abducted students, who were preparing for their examinations. On 14 May, Kogi State Commissioner for Information, Kingsley Fanwo said 20 students were rescued with …