The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two male suspects, identified as Umeh Thankgod, aged 32, and Sunday Ozor, aged 24, and recovered a stolen blue Toyota Camry following a distress alert from operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps during a routine vehicle registration verification exercise. PUNCH Metro learnt that the police investigation revealed
The Ogun State Police Command says it has neutralised a suspected member of a robbery syndicate and recovered two vehicles, a locally made pistol and several other items following a robbery attempt in the Onipanu area of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area. In a statement issued in Abeokuta, the state capital, the Police Public Relations Officer, Oluseyi Babaseyi, said the patrol team arrived at the scene in Ijaba, Iyesi, Ota, at about 1:45am.
By Edwin Philip, Lafia The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested three persons over the alleged forgery of an identity card bearing the name of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) and recovered an unregistered vehicle suspected to have been stolen. The suspects were identified as Mohammed Umar, Mohammed Nuhu and Ibrahim Suleiman.
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.
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.
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.
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a suspected serial burglar, Nasiru Abiodun, over alleged burglaries at four residential apartments in Ibadan, with stolen items valued at N16.22m recovered. The suspect was arrested on Saturday at about 9:45 am at a residential apartment in the Ejiooku/Iyana Offa area of the state capital.