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Ondo State Police Command nabbed a driver who killed a policeman at a checkpoint on the Benin-Owo Expressway in Ifon, Ose Local Government Area, on Sunday. The motorist, whose name was unknown, allegedly hit an Assistant Superintendent of Police and was apprehended by the Nigeria Army at Sobe in Edo State. The command denied that the highway kidnappers killed the cop. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Funmilayo Odunlami, verified the officer’s death as...

At Lagos’ Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), the Nigerian Air Force officers apprehended a thief breaking into armoured cables that belonged to the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). One of the three vandals was caught, while the other two escaped, according to a press release issued by Abdullahi Yakubu-Funtua, head of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection. He asserts that there may be some connection between the vandals and those responsible for the recent vandalism...

Eight people were detained, according to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps agents, on Tuesday in Ajah Beach in Lagos State while being suspected of transporting stolen petroleum products. According to reports, the suspects were captured during a routine patrol of the agency’s state command’s anti-vandal unit. Abolurin Oluwaseun, the command’s public relations officer, revealed that the product was thought to be adulterated diesel. “The operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,...

Chief David Edebiri, the Esogban of Benin, passed away at a local hospital after a brief illness. On September 2, 2023, he would have been 94 years old. He passed away at 12:20 p.m., according to a family source, who also added, “He has not been too strong and we rushed him to the hospital a few days ago. He passed away today (Thursday) afternoon. The family will adhere to the formal announcement’s protocol. The...