By Our Correspondent Police have arrested three suspected armed robbers, believed also to be Eiye secret cult members, recovering guns from them in Benin, Edo. The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Benin. Nwabuzor said the Anti-Robbery Team arrested the dare-devil armed robbers and members of […]
The perpetrator of Sunday’s deadly bomb attack which killed six people and injured 81 others here has been arrested by police, said Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu early Monday. “`The person who carried out the attack and left the bomb was detained by the teams of our Istanbul Police Department,” the state-run Anadolu agency quoted […]
The Inspector-General of Police (I-G), Mr Usman Baba, has ordered the immediate distribution of uniforms, kits and anti-riot equipment to police personnel ahead of the 2023 general elections. CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, said in a statement on in Abuja that the items were provided to prepare the force personnel ahead of […]
South African Police say they have arrested 140 suspects and recovered more than 300 unlicensed firearms and 2,800 rounds of ammunition in the last two weeks in Gauteng Province. The unlicensed firearms were recovered from Oct. 11 to 24 in Gauteng Province, said police spokesperson, Dimakatso Sello. “The police in Gauteng continue to recover unlicensed […]
By Our Correspondent Lagos State governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Thursday reiterated the need for the creation of state police in Nigeria. Sanwo-Olu made the call when the Commissioners of Police Service Commission (PSC), led by the acting Chairman, Retired Justice Clara Ogunbiyi, paid him a courtesy visit at the Lagos House, Marina. He said […]
By Our Correspondent The Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Dr Kadri Hamzat, on Sunday said that the state government has placed a high premium on the security of lives and properties. Hamzat made the remarks said in his keynote address at a symposium organised by the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) Lagos State […]