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BENIN CITY – The Assistant Inspector-General, AIG, of police deployed to zone 5 Command has assumed duty in Benin City, the Edo State Capital. He is AIG Isaac Akinmoyede. The AIG who assumed duty on 19th April, 2021, was prior to his deployment to Zone 5, the AIG in-charge of …

LAGOS – Nine Nigerian inmates recently escaped during a jailbreak at the Owerri Correctional Centre in Imo State have been arrested while trying to enter Ghana after arriving in a boat at weekend. It would be recalled that on April 5, over 1,884 prison inmates were said to have escaped …

BENIN CITY – The police in Edo said they have rescued 19 children and six women trafficked from different parts of the country to Benin City. The police also stated that the rescue operation was carried out in synergy with local vigilante in Evboutubu area, Ekehuan road, Benin City on …

OBE – An Edo resident, Omachionu Catrina has petitioned the Edo State Police Command alleging threat to her life by one Madam Sarah and her cohorts. In the petition, Omachionu Catrina, who is a grandmother residing at Obe, Benin City said that her life and that of her grandson Endurance …

LAGOS – More evidences have started to emerge on how soldiers and Police shot protesters at Lekki Tollgate during the last year ENDSARS protests as one of the coordinators, Serah Ibrahim submitted items to the Lagos Panel investigating the alleged shooting. During the presentation of the evidences, Sarah claimed that …

LAGOS – Barely two weeks after a Madrid, Spain-bound trafficker, Okonkwo Chimezie Henry, excreted 113 wraps of Cocaine after his arrest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, two others nabbed by the operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), at the same airport have excreted a total …

Ese-Odo(Ondo State) – The Interim Administrator (IA) of Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) rtd Col. Milland Dikio says the era of violence and arms struggle in the Niger Delta region is over. Dikio made this known on the graduation of 200 delegates of PAP at in Bradama International Skill Works Ltd., …

ADO EKITI – The Police in Ekiti on Friday confirmed that gunmen had kidnapped Oba David Oyewumi, the Obadu of Ilemeso in Oye Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. ASP Sunday Abutu, the spokesman for the police in the state, confirmed the incident and described it as “unfortunate and …

…says APC, Buhari have failed Nigerians BENIN CITY – The Youth Party has urged the federal government to step up efforts to tackle insecurity, review some of its monetary policies and take urgent measures towards reforming key sectors of the Nigerian economy so as to tackle rising inflation and alleviate …

BENIN CITY – A middle aged mother of four, Dorathy Umukoro Obedeti has petitioned the Edo State Police Command alleging persistent threat to her life by one Modukpe Abiodu. In the petition, a copy of which was given to newsmen, the petitioner said that Modukpe Abiodu had earlier threatened her …