Police In Kano Arrest Notorious Armed Robber,

…Recovers N4, 986,000.00 Cash, 2 AK-47 Rifles, Ammunition The Kano State Police Command has arrested a notorious armed robber, Hassan Iliya, 35 years old, of Alhazawa Village, Musawa LGA, Katsina State, while attempting to escape on a motorcycle. The Command spokesman, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa in a Press Statement said the arrest followed a report on 05/08/2024 by a resident of Yandadi Village, Kunchi LGA, Kano State that armed robbers stormed his residence, attacked him,...

Arrests Made as 16 Persons Defraud Interswitch Of N3.9bn

A leading African digital commerce platform, Interswitch Limited has been defrauded of the sum of N3.9bn by 16 persons. However, the Nigeria Police Force National Cyber Crime Centre has so far recovered the sum of N3.9bn cash and properties from the suspects, with efforts ongoing to recover more. At a joint press briefing in Abuja on Monday, the Department of State Services’ spokesperson, Peter Afunanya, said the center made the arrest and recovery following a...

Over 30 Protesters Arrested for Flying Russian Flags

One Ahmed Tailor has been arrested for mass producing Russian flags that are being used by some protesters in Kano and some states in the North. As at the time of filing in the report, the Nigeria Police Force said on Monday that no fewer than 30 protesters flying the flags have been arrested and taken into custody. Protesters wielding Russian flags were seen marching the streets in major Nigerian cities including Kano, Kaduna, and...

Protest: over 600 arraigned in Kano for vandalizing public facilities

No fewer than 632 suspects have been arraigned in Kano for vandalizing public facilities and looting as the ongoing #EndBadGovernment protest continues in the state. Sanusi Dawakin Tofa, spokesman for the state governor who confirmed the arraignment of the suspects in a statement on Monday, explained that the 632 arraigned suspects were arrested for destroying public assets in parts of the city. He added that those found guilty of vandalism would face the full wrath...

Two Hackers Arraigned for Stealing N1.9bn From MTN Network

Two hackers, Timothy Oluwabukola and Anthony Odemerho who allegedly hacked into MTN Nigeria Communication Plc system and stole airtime and data valued at N1.9 billion have been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos. The Special Fraud Unit of the Nigeria Police arraigned the two men on a four-count conspiracy charge of unauthorized access into the company’s web-based Application Programming Interface (API) and unlawful conversion. The accused Oluwabukola, a student of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic...

Looting: Police In Kano Embarks On House-To-House Search

Following the looting of government and public properties by miscreants in Kano under the guise of the #EndBadGovernance nationwide protest, operatives of the Kano Police command have launched a house-to-house search in an attempt to recover some of the looted items. The protest which initially started in a peaceful mood, later degenerated into violent as hoodlums hijacked the protest and embarked on a looting spree in stores, houses, and government establishments, such as the yet-to-be-commissioned office...

Protest: 269 Suspects Arrested In Kano, 25 In Keffi, Nasarawa State

The Kano State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 269 suspects disguised under the nationwide strike engaged in looting and damaging public and private properties. Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, in a statement, said, these individuals engaged in acts of violence, destruction, looting, and causing harm to innocent civilians and resulting in the damage of public and private properties. “These individuals engaged in acts of violence, destruction, looting, and...

Protesters Carrying Weapons Will Be Treated As Criminals, NSCDC Warns

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Plateau State Command, has warned to treat protesters wielding weapons as criminals, ahead of tomorrow’s nationwide planned protest. The NSCDC Commandant in the state,   Mr. Alexander Barunde stated this while addressing officers and men of the command on Wednesday in Jos. The Commandant, who noted that citizens have the right to protest against government policies, however, urged the organisers not to give room for mischief makers to...

Hoodlums Vandalize NUJ Bus, Cart Away With Food Items

Hoodlums in Calabar, the Cross River State capital have vandalized an 18-seater NUJ bus conveying food items from the State Emergency Management Agency warehouse to the Ernest Etim Press Centre, Calabar. The hoodlums beat up the NUJ bus driver, Mr. Joseph Akpaenin, as well as the NUJ auxiliary staff, Mr. Saviour Ekpenyong. They also descended on journalists, critically maiming one of them, a Nigerian Tribune reporter, Joseph Abasi-Abasi. After beating up the journalists, the hoodlums...

Insurgents, Bandits Plans To Hijack Nationwide Protest In Yobe, Zamfara States

Intelligence reports received by the Yobe State Police Command revealed that indicates that insurgents are planning to exploit the planned protest to execute heinous acts in the state. The command, through its, DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the Command’s Public Relations Officer made the revelation in a statement issued on Sunday. The statement, while admitting that citizens have constitutional rights to peaceful assembly, affirmed that Yobe State may face additional security challenges following the activities of insurgents...

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