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Delta Police Arrest 69-Year-Old, Teen Accomplice for Arms Smuggling

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 07 Mar 2025 13:00:31 +0000

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 69-year-old man and his 17-year-old accomplice for illegal possession of firearms and ammunition during a routine stop-and-search operation along the Asaba-Benin Expressway. The suspects were allegedly transporting the weapons to Kaduna when they were intercepted. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, officers from the Dragon Patrol Team [...]

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Lagos Police Arrest 2,176 Suspects in Four Months, Recover Firearms

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Sun, 12 Jan 2025 12:00:05 +0000

The Lagos State Police Command announced the arrest of 2,176 suspects between September 2024 and January 2025 for various offenses, including murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, and cultism. Commissioner of Police, Olanrewaju Ishola, disclosed this during a press briefing on Saturday, highlighting the Command’s achievements over the period. Breakdown of Arrests Murder Cases Uber Driver Murder: [...]

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Benue Farmer Remanded for Trespass, Intimidation, and Firearms Possession

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 20:00:55 +0000

A farmer from Benue State, Imoter Tarkighir, was remanded in custody on Friday on charges of criminal trespass, intimidation, and unlawful possession of firearms. The case, which has drawn attention due to its serious nature, was brought before Magistrate Kelvin Mbanongun at a Makurdi court. However, the defendant’s plea was not taken as the court [...]

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Bauchi State Police Recover Firearms in Successful Raid

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 18 Jul 2024 20:30:16 +0000

The Bauchi State Police Command has recovered firearms from hoodlums following a successful raid on black spots in the Mai-Ari-Arewa area of Alkaleri Local Government Area. A locally made revolver and ammunition were seized from the hoodlums, who fled into the bush with injuries after a shootout with the police. The police displayed superior firepower, [...]

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Police Arrest Suspected Kidnappers Of Ogun Monarch, OOU Students

Abiodun A. — Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:02:34 +0000

The police authorities have arrested some suspected kidnappers of a community leader, Chief Tajudeen Omotayo and some students of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ayetoro in Ogun State. While the two female OOU students were abducted on March 14 at their hostel, the monarch was kidnapped on March 20 on his way from a meeting in [...]

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Police Arrests 50 Crime Suspects, Recovers Numerous Firearms

Abiodun A. — Tue, 16 Mar 2021 22:33:39 +0000

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested 50 criminal suspects who are members of various notorious criminal gangs and networks across the country. The arrests were carried out by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team and the Special Tactical Squad of the Force attached to the Operation Puff Adder II, a series of tweets [...]

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The Influx Of Firearms Is The Reason Behind Too Many Violence – Abdulrahman Dambazau

David Folami — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 00:10:09 +0000

Abdulrahman Dambazau, has blamed the increase of violence in the country on the influx of firearms as well as drug trafficking and abuse. He said, “One of the issues that came up in the communiqué was the issue of the proliferation of small arms and drug trafficking and abuse. “We also found out that these [...]

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The Firearms Have Not Been Directly Linked To Nnamdi Kanu – Ifeanyi Ejiofor

David Folami — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 00:28:51 +0000

The Federal Government has accused leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, of being the brain behind the importation of the 2,671 pump action rifles seized at a Lagos port. The Tin-Can Island Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted 2,671 pump action rifles imported from Turkey two months ago. During a [...]

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Residents, Politicians Must Not Carry Firearms – Fatai Owoseni

David Folami — Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:03:25 +0000

Mr Fatai Owoseni, Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, on Friday warned residents especially politicians, against carrying firearms during and after the Saturday local government elections. Owoseni gave the warning at a meeting he held with all stakeholders at the POWA hall, Oduduwa, Ikeja. He said that flouting of the rules meant `suicide’ for the [...]

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