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SaharaReporters earlier reported that hundreds of civilian protesters were attacked and raided from the venue by lawless operatives of the Nigerian police.    At least six vehicles loaded with masked operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have taken over the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja where the #Endbadgovernance protest started on Saturday.      SaharaReporters earlier reported that hundreds of civilian protesters were attacked and raided from the venue by lawless operatives of...

SaharaReporters learnt that the arrested youths were forcefully taken at their places of residence in Damaturu, Potiskum and Gashua areas of Yobe State. No fewer than 11 youths and residents In Yobe State were arrested on Saturday morning as operatives of the Nigeria Police Force began clamping down on the #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest.   SaharaReporters learnt that the arrested youths were forcefully taken at their places of residence in Damaturu, Potiskum and Gashua areas of Yobe...

The protesters and journalists had assembled calmly before the police violently disrupted them with teargas canisters on Saturday morning.    Hundreds of protesters who gathered at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja in continuation of the #Endbadgovernance protest are currently being arrested by the Nigerian police.      The protesters and journalists had assembled calmly before the police violently disrupted them with teargas canisters on Saturday morning.      Human rights activist and convener of...

Police defuse grenades, as herdsmen chop off farmer’s hands in Borno

The Borno Police Command said it has discovered six projectile grenades allegedly abandoned by terrorists at Ajilari Cross area in Maiduguri. The  Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Yusuf Lawal, who disclosed this on Saturday while providing a situation report to the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, said the projectiles were discovered on Friday. Lawal said that the personnel of the Explosive Ordnance Device, Base 13, deployed to the scene to assess the...

Obey court order on venue restriction, Kwara police tell protesters

The Kwara State Police Command has warned those wishing to join the ongoing #EndBadGovernanceInNigeria protest to comply with the recent court order restricting the protest to the Metropolitan Square, Asa Dam Road, Ilorin, the state capital. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ejire-Adeyemi Toun, on behalf of the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Victor Olaiya, on Friday, the Command said the warning was necessary to prevent the protest from being hijacked...

Police detain ARM Pension executive director over sexual assault claim

The Lagos State Police Command has detained an Executive Director at ARM Pension Managers (PFA) Limited (name withheld) following allegations of sexual assault levelled against him by a colleague. The female colleague (name also withheld) reported to the police that the incident occurred on the night of July 18, 2024. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, told PUNCH Online, on Friday, that the accused is in custody. “The said director at ARM Pension...

House help admits killing Justice Ajumogobia’s daughter – Police source

One of the domestic workers of Aribemchukwu, the slain daughter of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, has owned up to being involved in the murder of her boss, a police source exclusively disclosed on Thursday. PUNCH Metro reported that the deceased, popularly called Chuchu, was reportedly killed in her Parkview Estate residence in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State. Although a family source said she was killed Tuesday night, her lifeless body was discovered on Wednesday morning...

Police arrest six, exhume body of Ekiti varsity ex-DVC

The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Mr Adeniran Akinwale, said on Thursday that the police had arrested six prime suspects in connection with the kidnap and killing of the former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Prof Olorunfemi Olaofe. Olaofe was taken away by armed men from his residence at the Federal Housing Estate, Ado Ekiti, alongside his security guard, on July 9, 2027. He was discovered dead and buried in a...

Four nabbed as hoodlums burn police compartment at FCT checkpoint

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command, on Thursday, said hoodlums burnt a police container compartment at the Nyanya checkpoint. The command also said there was an attempt to vandalise the Tipper garage Police Post at the Nyanya area of the FCT. This was contrary to viral reports claiming that the Nyanya Divisional Police Headquarters had been razed by hoodlums. The command in a statement by its spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said four suspects who attempted to...

Two students arraigned for hacking MTN computers

The Police Special Fraud Unit has arraigned students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, and Resign Regal Academy, Timothy  Oluwabukola and Anthony  Odemerho, for allegedly hacking MTN Nigeria Communication Plc’s computers and stealing airtime and data valued at N1.9bn. Oluwabukola and Odemerho who were arraigned before the Federal High Court in Lagos on Tuesday are facing four counts bordering on conspiracy, unauthorised access into the company’s web-based platform known as Application Programming Interface and unlawful conversion, preferred...