The Police Command in Kwara on Thursday in Ilorin confirmed the killing of a traditional ruler in the state, Oba Peter Aremu, the Onikoro of Koro-Ekiti in the Ekiti Local Government Area.
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ASHENEWS reports that the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Kayode Egbetokun has ordered restriction of movements in 26 states, ahead of Saturday’s re-run and by-election.
The Police in Ondo State have arrested a 22-year-old man, Bakare Ayobami, for allegedly buying a car with fake bank alert.
ASHENEWS reports that the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says its operatives have arrested the suspected killer of a final-year student, Nabeeha Ariyo who was kidnapped alongside her sisters in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
The police, in a statement by its spokesperson, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi on Thursday, said following a recent trend on social media where some individuals who identify as queer were visibly encouraging and associating themselves with activities perceived to be unnatural in light of Nigerian Laws.
The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) said the explosion that occurred near a refuse dump outside the Bureau of Public Enterprise premises in the Maitama area of Abuja was not bomb related.
The Police Command in Nasarawa says it has arrested 38 protesters in Lafia for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment which upheld the election of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the state.
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has asked the Police Commissioner, FCT Command, to establish two additional Police Divisions in Gwagwalada Area Council of the territory.
Rescued after a heated gunfire exchange on Thursday, the spokesperson of Kaduna Command, ASP Mansir Hassan, said the kidnappers were taking Akinyemi from Abuja to Kano state when the operatives swooped on them.
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Inspector-General (IGP) of Police to pay a woman, Mrs Mary Kajo, the sum of N100 million over the arrest, unlawful detention, torture and alleged death of her husband, Mark Kajo.