“As we speak, at least two persons were confirmed dead from the sporadic gunshots fired by the police team members while at least 10 persons have been confirmed to sustain various degrees of injuries.” No fewer than two persons have been allegedly killed by policemen during a midnight raid on Ajaawa community in Ogo Oluwa … Read more
In a media chat in Uyo, the State capital, the command’s Public Relations Officer Odiko Macdon said Akpan’s case file was at the Directorate of Public Prosecution, DPP, and the suspect remanded in the State Correctional centre. The Nigeria Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, has given a fresh update on the whereabout of Uduak Akpan, … Read more
On its part, the Kaduna State Government said it was waiting for the full reports on the incident. The Police in Kaduna has promised to investigate the cause of the fracas that led to the death of a student of Kaduna State College of Education, Gidan Waya. In a statement issued by the Command’s Public … Read more
He said exhibits recovered from the suspects included five assorted motor vehicles, six fabricated duplicate car keys, corrosive substances used in breaking vehicle glasses/windscreen and the sum of N14 million. The Police Command in Borno on Monday paraded nine persons suspected of robbery and drug trafficking. While briefing newsmen on the development, SP Edet Okon the command’s … Read more
The monarch’s wife is said to have been immediately released by the gunmen apparently to enable her to mobilize for payment of ransom. Police authorities say they have launched a manhunt for abductors of a monarch in Ekiti State. Force spokesperson in the state, Sunday Abutu confirmed that the traditional ruler of Eda-Ile Ekiti in … Read more
“On getting to Ama community they were, however, said to have fired gunshots into the air which resulted in the damage of the community electricity cable,” the statement said. The Police Command in Edo have arrested two hunters who allegedly shot and injured six persons at a funeral at Ama Community, Esan South-East Local Government … Read more
Unknown gunmen have killed a pregnant woman and kidnapped her husband in Kwara State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that unknown gunmen have shot a pregnant woman dead and kidnapped her husband in Offa Local Government Area of Kwara State. It was gathered that the late woman identified as Hawa was the wife of Lukman Ibrahim, … Read more
Macdon said that the action of the police was sequel to a social media video made by one Mr Zion Umoh, alleging that one Daniel Edet, a Police Constable, solicited sex and collected N60, 000 as bail from a suspect. The Police Command in Akwa Ibom State has ordered the arrest of a policeman over … Read more
“I put D5 in her drink and she became unconscious then I took her away, hired an apartment where I kept her. Whenever I am going out, I will lock her inside.” The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Surajo Dauda, who drugged, abducted, and raped a married woman for five … Read more
Adejobi said the command had adopted scientific and forensic measures of unravelling crimes and criminality in Lagos. The Police in Lagos State has hailed the detectives that tracked Chidinma, the suspect accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga. Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi attributed the timely arrest to the new … Read more
…police successfully trailed and arrested the 14 suspects at different locations out of which 10 were found to be students of the same polytechnic… Police Authorities in Ekiti State have arrested some students of Crown Polytechnic in Ado Ekiti for the abduction of a fellow student, Akiode Akinyemi and the collection of more than two … Read more
Odumosu appealed to the general public to always intimate the command of any act of lawlessness and criminality in any part of the state. Hakeem Odumosu, the Lagos State Police Commissioner (CP), has said that four robbery suspects were arrested through the special squads recently created in the command. Odumosu said the special squads also assisted … Read more
The 21-year-old confessed that she stabbed Ataga multiple times at a service apartment in the Lekki area of Lagos. Police detectives have recovered a fake drivers’ license and Nigerian passport from Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspect accused of killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga. The University of Lagos (UNILAG) student of Mass … Read more
A student of UNILAG has been arrested for the alleged murder of Super TV CEO. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of 21-year-old Chidinma for allegedly killing the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner … Read more
Three men have allegedly drugged and raped a lady in Ondo State. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three friends for gang-raping a lady after drugging her. The suspects identified as Ojo Olaniyi, Akinseye Bayo, and Akintosoye Ayo were said to have taken turns in sexually … Read more
Gumi also claimed that some security agents aided bandits by collecting bribe for them Following the outrage in the country over insecurity, popular controversial Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Ahmad Gumi, on Thursday, insisted that some police and Army officers are aiding banditry in Nigeria. Gumi alleged that bandits wreaking havoc in the northern part of the … Read more
The state government recently approved a law that proposes the death sentence for rapists and kidnappers The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested one Ibrahim Haruna who is suspected to have raped a six-year-old in Gawuna Quarters within the Hadejia Local Government Area of the State. The police public relations officer in the state ASP … Read more
The Lagos State Police Command has reacted to Sunday Igboho’s planned Yoruba Nation rally in Lagos. EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Lagos State Police Command has said it is not aware of the plan of popular Yoruba freedom fighter, Sunday Adeyemo well known as Sunday Igboho, to hold a Yoruba Nation rally in the … Read more
…the boy carried out his threat as he reportedly axed his father to death in his sleep in the early hours of Sunday. The Edo State Police Command has said it will rely on the advice of the Director of Public Prosecutions in the state as it continues investigation into the alleged murder of 79-year-old … Read more
…police operatives acting on credible intelligence burst suspected IPOB/ ESN members numbering 39 at a meeting with a native doctor in the Agubia Ikwo Some suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/ Eastern Security Network (ESN) have been arrested in connection with the attacks on police stations and offices of the Independent National … Read more