The police in Taraba State on Wednesday paraded 49 suspected kidnappers in the state. Taraba State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Alkasim Sanusi while parading the suspects before newsmen at the command headquarters in Jalingo said their arrest followed the launch of ‘Operation Forest Storm’ an initiative of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu. Alkasim … Continue reading Police parades 49 suspected kidnappers in Taraba →

Three ex-convicts — Femi Olasupo, Musbau Oloyede and Ahmed Akinsanya — who were arrested by men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad in 2011 for allegedly terrorising residents of Iwo Road area of Ibadan, Oyo State, were, on Wednesday, sentenced to 40 years each. Some neighbours of Olasupo had reported him to the security agents … Continue reading Three ex-convicts bag fresh 120-year jail term →

Two Nigerians, Isaiah Ogunleye, 34, and Colin Mawagi, 37, have been arrested by the Samata Nagar police in India for allegedly stealing money from Automated Teller Machines. According to Indian website, Mid-Day, Ogunleye and Mawagi used a skimmer machine and micro camera to steal data from the ATM cards of people using ATMs at a gallery. The duo … Continue reading Two Nigerians arrested in India for allegedly robbing ATMs →

The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC), has warned against the establishment of state police as panacea for the rising spate of insecurity and banditry in the country. Alhaji Ibrahim Olaniyan, the National Vice Chairman, South/West of PCRC, gave the warning in an interview with newsmen in Ado Ekiti. Olaniyan said that PCRC was opposed to … Continue reading State police will ruin Nigeria, create anarchy — PCRC →

The UK "can't afford not to" spend an extra £3bn on fighting organised crime over the next three years, the head of the National Crime Agency has warned. Lynne Owens said the threat from criminal gangs is "staggering" and that the public will "feel the consequences" if the extra funds are not found. She said … Continue reading NCA: ‘Double our budget to fight organised crime’ →

The threat of organised crime is "chronic and corrosive" to the UK and more money is needed to tackle it, according to the National Crime Agency. Head of the agency Lynne Owens said organised criminals were killing more citizens per year than terrorism, war and natural disasters combined. She said offenders took advantage of the … Continue reading Organised crime chronic and corrosive to the UK – National Crime Agency →

The Senate said on Tuesday that Nigerians felt great relief when Zainab Aliyu and Mr Ibrahim Abubakar returned from Saudi Arabia where she was detained for four months by the country’s authorities. The Senate said this following a Point of Order raised by Senator Kabiru Gaya at plenary on Tuesday. Zainab Aliyu, a student of … Continue reading Zainab Abubakar returns from Saudi Arabia: A great relief to Nigerians’ —Senate →

The Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday ordered the immediate release of a commercial bus driver, Jones Ofori, who was detained for alleged robbery without trial since 2013. The court also ordered the police to pay him damages in the sum of N10m for his unlawful detention. Justice Muslim Hassan, who gave the judgment … Continue reading Driver detained for six years wins N10m against police →

The family of Kennedy Nwashindi, a lawyer who was abducted in the Asaba area of Delta State, has lamented the silence of the kidnappers after ransom was paid for his release. The 54-year-old was kidnapped by gunmen on April 6 on his way to his residence in Okpanam, Asaba, around 7pm. The kidnappers were said … Continue reading Abductors keep mute after taking N3m for kidnapped lawyer →

  There was tension in PPL community,  in the Ojo Local Government Area, Lagos State, on Saturday, after some gunmen shot dead a trader, Binaebilayefa Dawudu. The deceased’s family called on the Lagos State Police Command to conduct thorough investigation into the events that led to Dawudu’s death and apprehend his killers. PUNCH Metro gathered that … Continue reading Gunmen shoot trader to death during Lagos robbery →