The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed the death of Gibson Reuben, a Netherlands national and Managing Director of the Rivers State Cassava Project Limited. Rueben drowned after his vehicle plunged into the Aleto-Eleme River while attempting to escape from his abductors. The command’s spokesperson, SP Grace Iringe-Koko, confirmed the incident in a statement issued … Read more
Spanish police briefly detained and later released Sevilla defender Kike Salas on suspicion of alleged illegal betting practices. Recall that the Police have been investigating Salas after a series of yellow cards that have aroused suspicion. According to Spanish outlet El Confidencial who first reported the arrest, the 22-year-old Spaniard is under investigation for deliberately … Read more
The Benue State Command of the Nigerian Police Force says it has uncovered two gun manufacturing factories in Guma and Kwande local government areas of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Steve Yabanet, made the disclosure in a statement on Tuesday in Makurdi. Yabanet said that following the peaceful Christmas and New Year celebration, … Read more
The Nigeria Police Force spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has urged Nigerians to expose its operatives engaging in illegal stop and search of citizens’ phones. Henzodaily recalls that the Force had banned its operatives from illegal phone searches. Despite the ban and strict warning from the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, many police officers continued … Read more
The Federal Capital Territory on Tuesday, designated 17 areas in the nation’s capital as criminal black-spots. The areas are Apo-Dutse Panteka; Diplomatic Zone; New PDP Secretariat; Kabusa Panteka; Ajakaita (Tungan-Maje); Abuja-Kaduna Road; Jabi Panteka; Apo-Waru Panteka; Area 1 (Monkey Village) and Durumi Village. Others are Gwarimpa; Angwan Tivi; Mpape (Mashafa and Shishinpe villages) … Read more
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has banned scavengers from operating in the territory. The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Olatunji Disu announced the ban while briefing newsmen after the FCT Security Committee Meeting in Abuja on Monday. Disu said that the scavengers were allowed to operate only on dumpsites located in the … Read more
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has approved the dismissal and prosecution of two Assistant Superintendents of Police (ASP) due to alleged misconduct, dishonesty, corruption, sabotage, and behaviour unbefitting of public officers. The Commission also approved the demotion of six other officers for similar offences. Among those affected are two Superintendents of Police who have been … Read more
The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Ondo State, Mr Wilfred Afolabi, has called for peace in Iwaro, Akoko South-East LGA following clashes among youths of Oka-Odo, Ebo and Owake communities during which two persons died. According to reports, the three communities are in Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo state. Afolabi, who made the … Read more
The police stormed Peoples Democratic Party, PDP secretariat on Monday as two national secretaries resume duties. The scribes Samuel Anynawu and Ude Okoye, whom the Court of Appeal declared as the authentic National Secretary of the party is expected to resume work today. Both Anyanwu and Okoye are laying claim to the office … Read more
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested seven suspects for allegedly killing two uber drivers in the Lekki and Ajah areas of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Olarenwaju Ishola, confirmed this on Saturday while briefing newsmen on the recent achievements recorded by the command. He said that the … Read more