Four young men have been arrested by the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly abducting and gang-raping a 12-year-old girl in Sakwa District, Zaki Local Government Area of the state. The suspects were arrested following a complaint by the victim’s 50-year-old father, who reported the incident at the Sakwa Divisional Police Headquarters on Thursday. The
By Christopher Ameh, Bauchi The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old man, John Umar Shehu, for allegedly impersonating a Nigerian Army personnel, assaulting a prospective employer and stealing his vehicle in Bauchi. He added that the suspect allegedly presented himself as Private Umar Shehu, with service number NA/22/82/1064, claiming to be attached to the 7 Division, Maimalari Barracks, 134 Special Forces Battalion, Borno State.
Police say the girl pushed the child into a water tank after being scolded by his mother over a chocolate
A 29-year-old tricycle rider who defiled a 3-year-old girl he conveyed to and from school has been sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment by the Wa High Court. The case was prosecuted by State Attorney Miriam Amoako.
The Zamfara State Police Command on Saturday said security operatives repelled an attempted attack by bandits on Bukuyum town in Bukuyum Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Yazid Abubakar, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
By Dayo Johnson, Akure A 46-year-old businessman, Akinbolusere Kayode, has reportedly died by suicide in Ondo Town, Ondo State. Abayomi said the two empty bottles suspected to have contained Sniper insecticide were recovered from a nearby bush during the police investigation.
Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), and the Ekiti State Police Command have given conflicting accounts of an incident at a restaurant in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, on Friday. Abutu said the operatives rescued the AAC presidential candidate and took him to the Police Hospital, Ado-Ekiti, where he was receiving treatment.