LAGOS — The police command in Lagos State says statistics have shown that armed hoodlums who operate on motorcycles, popularly known as Okada, are responsible for greater percentage of crime in the state. Hakeem Odumosu, the state Commissioner of Police made this known while appraising the security situation in the state at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Ikeja. Odumosu said that this was so because the hoodlums had found motorcycles as a veritable means...

YOLA —  The Police in Adamawa has confirmed the kidnap of a journalist, Mrs. Amra Ahmed, a Senior News Editor with the Adamawa State Broadcasting Cooperation (ABC). DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Yola. Nguroje said that the incident occurred at about 1 a.m. on Tuesday in Ahmed’s residence at Mbamba Ward in Yola South Local...

Gunmen in the early hours of Monday attacked the Nigeria Police Force Zonal Headquarters in Ukpo, Dukunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra state. The attackers who gained entrance into the zonal headquarters were said to have invaded the premises of the complex, from behind where there is an adjoining bush. As of the time of filing this report, the Police Force has not made any formal statement about the attack and has also not spoken...