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Two robbery suspects have been reportedly buried alive by two siblings at Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State for allegedly stealing N130,000, TheNation reports. The siblings-Omoniyi Alaleran and Oluwaseun Enikuomehin- accused Igbekele Orisabinole and Ogbaro...

Minister of Transportation and former governor of Rivers State, Chibuike Amaechi, has rescinded an earlier decision to visit Governor Nyesom Wike’s ward during tomorrow’s rerun election into national and state assemblies. Amaechi, who spoke yesterday in a radio programme monitored in Port...

The Plateau State Police Command has arrested one Sunday Umaru, an ex-soldier, for allegedly killing his girlfriend after seeing some questionable text messages on her phone. The suspect was alleged to have stabbed his lover, Charity Thomas, on the stomach in Riyom Local Government Area of the...

At stakeholders meeting organised by the Inspector General Of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase, the leader of the herdsmen in the besieged community, Ardo Boderi,revealed why Fulani herdsmen invaded Agatu local government area of Benue state Boderi claimed that over 10,000 cattle were allegedly...

The National Union of Electricity Employees, (NUEE), Senior Staff Association of Electricity and Allied Companies (SSAEAC), and Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) have threatened to shut down Egbin Power Station in Lagos and other electricity facilities across the...

Police said a suicide attack in Afghanistan’s central Parwan province killed four police officers and nine civilians on Monday. General Mohammad Mohammadzai, the province’s Police Chief, said the Taliban militant attack also left 17 people wounded and most of them were civilians. He said...

Mr. Osung Ekpo, an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP), yesterday, reportedly lost his life mysteriously while swimming in an undisclosed hotel in Ajah while celebrating Valentine. The Guardian gathered that Ekpo who was in company of his friends, had gone to celebrate St. Valentine’s Day...

A group of armed men believed to be cultists have blown up a gas facility in Akala Olu village, Ahoada West Local Government Area of Rivers State for the arrest and continued detention of a suspect, Mr. Emmanuel Odum. The attack on the gas facility, according to a statement signed by the...

The planned peaceful demonstration embarked upon by the medical practitioners in Imo State turned awry, yesterday, as a Consultant Family Physician in the Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Dr. Bende Azudialo, was allegedly shot in the head by a policeman. During a press conference in Owerri...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a diploma holder, Samuel Onochie, for allegedly sexually assaulting a pregnant woman, (name withheld), in Jakande, in the Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state. It was learnt that the woman, said to be eight-month-old pregnant, was passing...

A 43-year-old man, Opeyemi Adesina, who allegedly paraded himself as a consultant gynaecologist with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba was arrested on Tuesday by the Alakara Police Division in Alapere, Ketu area of Lagos state. PUNCH gathered that Adesina, who hails from Ekiti...

An explosion struck the main tourist hub in Turkey’s largest city Istanbul on Tuesday, leaving at least ten people dead and 15 wounded, the Istanbul's Governor's office reported. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear but a Turkish official said that “terrorism links are suspected.”...

A woman, identified as Esther Williams, has been arrested by the Isheri division of the Lagos State Police Command for pouring hot water on her neighbour, Mabel Enwongomfon–Umoh, who is a nursing mother, PUNCH Metro reports. Williams, who is said to be in her late 30s, was said to have emptied...

Gunmen killed three policemen and three civilians during an attack on some foreign workers in the Guba Shango axis of Gombe state on Saturday. A security source confirmed the attack to TheCable, saying it happened around 9pm. The source said the attackers trailed the workers from a construction...

The Senate Committee on Police Affairs has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately investigate and prosecute of illegal withdrawals to the tune of N701, 489,494,960.61, from the Natural Resources Fund for purposes outside what the money was meant for, Leadership reports. The monies...

According to Dailypost, a certain herbalist, identified as Musiliu Otun was arrested over the weekend by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly keeping arms, ammunitions, and making charms for suspected armed robbers. Confirming the arrest, the Police...

A heavily armed man and woman in their 20s died in a shootout with police after killing 14 people at a Christmas party in California in America’s worst mass shooting in three years, authorities said. Police identified the pair as Syed Farook, a 28-year-old US citizen who worked for the local...

The kidnapped mother of Samson Siasia, Nigeria’s Under 23 coach, has regained her freedom. Madam Beauty Siasia, aged 72, was kidnapped about two weeks ago at her Odoni country home in Sagbama local government area of Bayelsa State by three armed men. It was gathered that the septuagenarian...

From extortion at checkpoints to extra-judicial killings and accidental discharges, Nigerians now love to hate a Police Force they need so badly Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar probably wrote his name in gold as Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, IGP, when he ordered the dismantling of police...

The Police in Lagos said on Friday they had circulated some help-lines to improve service delivery to Nigerians and to make policing more transparent. This is contained in a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Lagos, DSP Joseph Offor. Provost Marshal –...