ABUJA, Nigeria — In a major crackdown on digital misinformation, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested a 27-year-old university graduate for allegedly fabricating and circulating a viral false alarm claiming that financial tech giant OPay Digital Services Limited was shutting down its operations across Nigeria. Tripod Times reports thatContinue Reading
ABEOKUTA — Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have successfully apprehended five teenagers allegedly responsible for a series of retail break-ins and recurring theft within the Ado-Odo axis of the state. Tripod Times reports that the operations, executed swiftly by local divisions, led to the arrest of the suspects—allContinue Reading
SOKOTO — Tragedy struck Sokoto State Police Command when a senior officer, Inspector Adamu Isah, collapsed and died shortly after participating in the command’s mandatory weekly physical fitness exercise. Tripod Times reports that the incident occurred at the State Command Headquarters in Sokoto. Inspector Isah, a highly regarded officer attachedContinue Reading
CALABAR, NIGERIA — The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old male suspect following the fatal stabbing of a 20-year-old man, Uwem Daniel Akpan, during an altercation in the Akamkpa Local Government Area. Tripod Times reports that the tragic incident unfolded at approximately 7:30 PM on Sunday alongContinue Reading
The Ondo State Police Command has detained a man, Samuel Akoade, over the alleged killing of his mother, Olufunke Akoade, with a machete in Ore, the headquarters of Odigbo Local Government Area. The incident was said to have happened on Sunday around 5pm in the Powerline area of the community.Continue Reading
Lagos Police have raided two fake-drug repackaging warehouses and arrested two suspects in a cross-border syndicate, Commissioner Fatai Tijani told reporters Monday in Ijora Olopa. Police nabbed Eze Okwudilichukwu, 52, and Chukwudi Mba, 42, during a targeted raid at an Otto Causeway warehouse, where the pair were repackaging adulterated drugsContinue Reading
A male pedestrian was killed after being struck by a hit-and-run tipper truck along the Onitsha-Awka Expressway in Anambra State. The driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, fatally knocked down the victim before fleeing the scene. Confirming the incident in a statement on Thursday, the Managing Director of theContinue Reading
