The Police command in Lagos State has begun an investigation into the fire incident at the Akere Motor Spare Parts Market, Tolu, Olodi Apapa Lagos, on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. The spokesperson of the state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the incident in a signed statement released on Wednesday March 8, 2023. He confirmed…
Suspected hoodlums on Saturday attacked Anambra State Police Command in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area, killing three men instantly. The Informant247 gathered that the gunmen invaded the police facility in the early hours of Saturday. According to source in the area, the hoodlums came in their large numbers and started shooting sporadically on approaching…
Suspected hoodlums on Friday seized Mile 3, Mile 2 Diobu Ikwere Road Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to protest the scarcity of money caused by the ongoing shoddy implementation of the Naira swap policy. The Informant247 gathered that the pandemonium, which ensued early morning, affected areas when the angry youths chased people, robbed them and burnt…
Some hoodlums in Epe area vandalized banks, using the naira crisis as an opportunity to carried their mission. A reliable source living in Epe area, said that the banks attacked were; Zenith, Access and Keystone banks. It was gathered that many banks have temporarily suspended operations in the area as a result of the attacks….
The operatives of the Anambra Police Command on Monday killed an arsonist in a gun battle in Ogidi in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The Informant247 gathered that the deceased, alongside his gang launched an attack on the police station in an unmarked Toyota Hiace bus, a Toyota Hilux and three motorcycles,…
Suspected hoodlums operated in a tricycle have reportedly snatitwo guns from police officers Abia Police Command in Aba the commercial nerve of Abia State. The Informant247 gathered that the incident occurred on Wednesday along Caulks road, Aba North Local Government Area while the said policemen were on a stop-and-search operation in the area. The gunmen…
Suspected hoodlums have razed two offices of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ede, the country home of Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State. The Informant247 gathered that the hoodlums were seen protesting the verdict of the Osun Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, which sacked Ademola and declared Oyetola winner. It was learnt that the APC…
Hoodlums, on Tuesday, reportedly killed four people, including a woman, in Eziani in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State. The yet-to-be-identified deceased lost their lives following indiscriminate shooting by the gunmen armed with Ak47. The Informant247 gathered that the hoodlums immediately took to their heels after the attack, leaving the deceased in the pool…
The Katsina State Police Command has disclosed that it had successfully neutralised no fewer than 54 suspected terrorists and lost five officers in gun battles from Jan. 2022 to date. The Commissioner of Politics in the, Mr Shehu Umar-Nadada disclosed this during the end of the year press briefing on Friday in Katsina, saying within…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has on Wednesday arrested two suspects over the attacks on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in Imo State. Speaking with the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Prof Sylvia Uchenna Agu in Owerri, the state director, Wilcox Idaminabo, said the agency has dislodged camps at Orsu from where the hoodlums launch…
The Commissioner of Police in Enugu State, Mr Ahmed Ammani, has ordered area commanders, divisional police officers and commanders of tactical and operational units to go after hoodlums trying to paralise business activities in the state. Ammani gave the order on Saturday in Enugu following pockets of violence by armed-wielding hoodlums bent on causing fear…
Some hoodlums on Sunday, attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Oru West Local Government Area of Imo State. Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner who supervises the Information and Voter Education Committee said: “Overall, this is the seventh attack on our facilities in five states of the Federation in the…
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abeokuta has caught fire on Thursday. It was gathered that fire has caught the office of INEC in South local government area of Ogun, situated at Iyana Mortuary area of the state capital on Thursday. It was gathered that the office was allegedly set ablaze by suspected…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the death of one of the two suspected cultists arrested at Baboko Area of Ilorin, Kwara State capital city. In a statement released on Friday and signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Sp Okasanmi Ajayi, the command explained the circumstances behind the death of the suspected cultist….
