The operatives of the Kano State Police Command on Wednesday, arrested no fewer than seven persons during a clash involving factional groups of hoodlums at the Rimi Market area of the state. It was earlier claimed that a policeman was killed during the clash Meanwhile, the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, denied…
No fewer than six suspects have been arrested by the operatives of the Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) with two 14-tyre trucks fully loaded with railway slippers. The Informant247 gathered that the suspects were arrested at Oloru in Moro Local Government of Kwara State at midnight on Wednesday….
The Governor of Osun State, Ademola Adeleke has denied an alleged plan to pardon Raman Adedoyin, the owner of Hilton Honors Hotel,Ile-Ife. Adedoyin was sentenced to death in May by hanging over the murder of Timothy Adegoke, a post-graduate student of Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU). Adedoyin was sentenced to death alongside two others who were found…
A man, posed as the Senator and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent, has been arrested on Monday, by The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). According to Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC head of media and publicity, in a statement released Monday, said the suspect, identified as Ifechukwu Tom Makwe, was arrested in the Guzape area…
Usnan Buds, a butcher, who is attached to Sokoto Abattoir, on Sunday killed, over an alleged blasphemy. The Informant247 gathered that the victim, a native of Rugar Fulani in Gulmare Village of Gwandu Local Government Area of Kebbi State was reportedly killed by his fellow butchers, after allegedly making blasphemous statements on the person of…
No fewer than six suspected armed robbers, on Thursday, paraded by the Osun State Police Command, in Osogbo, the state capital. It was gathered that the Command also recovered one Mercedes C-Class, one cut-to-size pistol, one live cartridge and one knife from the suspects. In a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, said the…
On Wednesday, June 21, an incident unfolded at the Nigeria Security Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) headquarters in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, as officials from the NSCDC assaulted an officer from the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), MF Oyetunji. The assault took place despite Oyetunji being in his official uniform and carrying out his…
The Imo State Police Command has arrested five notorious armed robbery suspects terrorizing Owerri and its environs. According to ASP Henry Okoye, the spokesperson of the Command, in a statement released and made available to newsmen on Monday, said the suspects were arrested by the command’s Tactical Team on June 16, at about 4.30p.m. The…
Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (rtd.), Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has revealed that the fight against drug abuse and trafficking has produced significant results in the last 29 months. Under the time in review, he noted that 31,675 drug offenders have been arrested, among whom 5,147 have been…
Following a complaint by a young alleging that he was extorted by police officers, the Rivers State Police Command has arrested and detained two police officers attached to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department in Port Harcourt, the state capital. It was gathered that the man had complained on Twitter while tagging the Force…
The operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have neutralised no fewer than three suspected cultists and kidnappers terrorising the Emohua axis of the East-West Road in the state. Nwonyi Polycarp Emeka, the state Commissioner of Police , while briefing the newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Port Harcourt, said: “Operatives of the Rivers State Command…
Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission says it has arrested one Balogun Olawale, a staff of Federal Medical Centre, Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, Ogun State and 47 others for their alleged involvement in internet fraud. According to the statement, the suspects were; Sodiq Iremide, Abiona Solomon, Moshood Sakiru Olamide, Olalekan Sodiq Olawale, Adebayo…
The operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have arrested a suspect, Augustine Akor, 21, for allegedly raping and strangling to death his 16-year-old female relative, Faith Akuji. According to a statement on Friday, by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, said the incident happened on June 8 in a bush at Mpole-Ubere in the…
A 28-year-old man, Kehinde Adekusibe has been arrested by the Osun State Police Command over inciteful speech on the microblogging site, Twitter. This was disclosed on Thursday, by the Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on his verified Twitter handle, @Princemoye1. The statement, titled, “Osun Police Arrests Social Media User Who Tweeted…
Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday, June 15, 2023, has again suspended the planned arraignment of a former Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah and others on alleged N7.9 billion fraud charges, citing security reasons, In a press statement released by EFCC on its Twitter handle, the statement claimed that the…
No fewer than 47 young footballers, including 36 minors have been rescued by Portuguese police in a crackdown on human trafficking link to a training camp in the north of the country. The Immigration and border services confirmed the development on Thursday. According to AFP, the all-male victims, from countries in Africa, Asia and…
The operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 16 years old boy for allegedly defiling a two-year-old minor on June 7, 2023. Chidi Nwabuzor, the Edo State Police Public Relations Officer, while parading the suspect, said the suspect committed the offence in Egba community, Uhunwonde Local Government. Nwabuzor said the police received…
Samuel Adun, a bereaved father of a pregnant wife killed by his husband identified as Inuaghata, has offered to pay N100,000 to anyone with a reliable information that can lead to the arrest of his son-in-law. It was gathered that Inuaghata allegedly killed his pregnant wife, simply identified as Osaretin. Adun, while speaking to newsmen…
No fewer than 56 suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested by the operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The suspects are Chukwuemeka Samuel Andrew, Gospel Asawale, Godbless Otuan, Francis ThankGod, Kingsley Udennaka, Ajuobi Lucky Obioma, Gogo Johnson, Hope Offor, Oxford Ibinabo, Boma Kallu, Ebuka Igwe, Hope…
Gombe State Police Command paraded Babangida Isah, a 20-year-old man, from Tike quarters in Bajoga, Funakaye Local Government Area of Gombe State, for defiling a five-year-old girl, name withheld. The state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mahid Abubakar, while parading the suspect, explained that around 5 p.m., one Yahaya Isah came to the Divisional Police…
