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By Raymomd Osho ABEOKUTA – Operatives of Ogun Police Command said it had on Sunday, November 1, 2020 arrested five members of a dreaded cult group who allegedly unleashed terror on the people of Ifo in Ifo Local Government area of Ogun State. The Command’s spokespersons, Oyeyemi Abimbola made this …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – Raheem Toheeb, One of the suspected burglers of Iseyin Police Station in Oyo state, on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, confessed to the Oyo state Police Command that he took a generating set and two cartons of beer at a Police station during the crisis. The …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABEOKUTA – The Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has said that the need for reform in the police must start with the establishment of the state and community police. Abiodun stated this on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at a peace consolidation meeting of stakeholders organised by …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – The Executive Governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 said that he had signed a document for the immediate recruitment of 1,500 officers to kickstart the Southwest Security Network codenamed – “Amotekun” corps in the state. This was disclosed during …

ABUJA – In the finest spirit of democratic, citizen-centred and community policing, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has today, (October 11, 2020), dissolved the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) across the 36 State Police Commands and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) where they hitherto existed. According to …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga IBADAN – The Oyo State Police Command on Thursday, October 7, 2020 said it has arrested no fewer than eight suspected fraudsters who have been defrauding some members of the public of their hard-earn money. The suspects were arrested for defrauding some members of the public through …

By AbuSatar Hamed ABUJA – The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), has condemned the increasing maltreatment of the youths by the police, saying, “I’m very concerned, in fact, very angry about what I see, happening to young men and women who are arrested, in some cases maimed or killed …

ABUJA – The Inspector-General of Police, IGP M.A Adamu, NPM, mni has banned the personnel of the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) and other Tactical Squads of the Force including the Special Tactical Squad (STS), Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Anti-Cultism Squad and other Tactical Squads operating at the Federal, Zonal …

BENIN-CITY – The Private Sector-led Coalition Against COVID-19 (CACOVID) has petitioned the Edo state government over alleged misappropriation of its food palliatives worth over N465 million by a member of House Representatives from the state, Dr. Omoriege Ogbeide Ihama, who represents Oredo Federal Constituency, Benin, Edo state. CACOVID, a coalition …

By Seyifunmi Odunuga ILE -IFE – A middle-aged woman, Alhaja Aishat Popoola has on Monday, September 28, 2020 dragged her husband, Alhaji Popoola Ogundoyin to High Court of Justice, sitting in Ile-Ife, Osun State, over the sale of a four bedroom flat apartment. Startrend Int-l reports that Alhaji Popoola Ogundoyin …