A commercial driver plying the Edo/Osun State route, Olalekan Amos, has been arrested by the police for fleeing with electronic gadgets worth N4.5 million, he was meant to deliver in Osogbo, Osun State. Amos, who was among suspects arrested across the state for offences ranging from armed robbery to kidnapping and membership of unlawful groups, was paraded at the headquarters …

Controversial social media critic, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has been arrested by Nigerian police operatives at his Abuja residence on Sunday. While the reason for his arrest is yet to be disclosed, his lawyer, Deji Adeyanju, confirmed that it is related to his recent exposé on his X.com. According to Adeyanju, Otse was arrested on the orders of …

The Ekiti State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a notorious jailbreaker, Temitope Omotuyi, popularly known as Tope Jinadu, who was earlier arrested in 2012 for the offences of conspiracy and armed robbery. While parading the suspect in Ado-Ekiti, the Public Relations Officer of the Command, DSP Sunday Abutu said Jinadu and four other suspects were charged to court in 2012 …

The Police Pubic Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has said that actress Laide Bakare was stopped for contravening traffic laws and fined for the offence. Hundeyin made this known in a post he shared on his verified X handle, @benHundeyin, on Sunday. Taking to her Instagram page on Sunday, actress Bakare lashed out at the police for …

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Thursday paraded six suspects who specialise in registering Subscriber Identity Module cards with other innocent citizens’ identities and selling them to criminals. The suspects are Ndubuisi Okeh; John Jock; Nafiu Tijani (a dispatcher); Nasiru Sulaiman; John Njoku and Suleiman Musa. Addressing journalists while parading the suspects, the FCT Commissioner of Police (CP), …

The Nigeria Police Force has busted a cartel dealing in jewelry worth billions of Naira obtained from armed robbery operations in Abuja and its environs. The Force spokesman, Assistant Commissioner Olumuyiwa Adejobi said the cartel was busted after a police officer, attached to the Force Headquarters, Abuja, in the Lugbe area of the Federal Capital Territory, was robbed at his …

Lagos State police officers have rescued an American citizen from suicide on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos on Monday. This was made known in a statement by the police command shared on X.com on Monday. According to the statement, the American, whose name has not been disclosed, was driven to the bridge by his Baby Mama at approximately 1:23 …

The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday denied allegations that it was out to witch-hunt journalists and suppress press freedom through the application of the amended CyberCrime Act of 2024. Recently, the country has seen a series of crackdowns on journalists due to the implementation of the act by the police. Former editor of FirstNews, Segun Olatunji; a journalist with the …

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has found a 28-year-old Abuja-based nurse, Lucy Likeh, who recently went missing in Nigeria’s capital city It was learnt that nurse Likeh was found and taken to the hospital for medical Likeh, who recently went missing in Nigeria’s capital city,  examination by the Utako Police Division in the FCT, where her family had earlier …

Two young men were mistakenly killed by a bullet from a policeman’s gun in Ekiti State. Witnesses report that the incident occurred around 10 pm on Tuesday in the Omisanjana Area of Ado Ekiti. According to reports, there was an accident in the area, and some irate youths attempted to mob the driver and set the vehicle ablaze. The police …