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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has announced that five suspects have been charged to court in connection with a false kidnapping report involving students of Oron Secondary School in the state. The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, disclosed this at the command headquarters...

BRUSSELS, Dec 2 - Belgian police on Tuesday detained former European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and a current senior EU diplomat as part of a fraud investigation that included raids at several sites, three sources familiar with the probe said...

The Lagos State Police Command has suspended an Egungun festival scheduled to hold in the Oregun area on Friday and Saturday, citing security concerns and the circulation of materials deemed capable of inciting fear among residents. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, said several individuals had been arrested in

Commissioner of Police for Niger State Command, CP Adamu Abdullahi Elleman, Police Issue Update on Bandits’ Abduction of Secondary School Students in Niger The Niger State Police Command has confirmed that armed bandits invaded St. Mary’s Private (Catholic) Secondary School, Papiri in Agwara Local Government Area, abducting an as-yet-unascertained number of students from the school’s

News Investigators/ The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), FCT Command, on Wednesday sealed off the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national secretariat, Wadata Plaza, Abuja, using barbed wire. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the police also blocked all the access points to the party secretariat with patrol vehicles...

By Abel Daniel, Lafia The Nasarawa State Police Command has intercepted a large cache of firearms and ammunition in Keana Local Government Area, a community bordering Benue State. Commissioner of Police, Shettima Jauro, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the Command’s headquarters in Lafia. He explained that the operation, which he personally

Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a girl missing from near Wollongong. Holly RUDD, aged 15, was last seen on Arrow Avenue, Figtree, about 9.50pm on Sunday (21 September 2025). When she was unable to be contacted, officers attached to Wollongong Police District were notified today (Monday 22 September 2025) and commenced inquiries

Elizabeth Merrill Close Elizabeth Merrill ESPN Senior Writer Elizabeth Merrill is a senior writer for ESPN. She previously wrote for The Kansas City Star and The Omaha World-Herald. Paula Lavigne Close Paula Lavigne ESPN Investigative Reporter Data analyst and reporter for ESPN's Enterprise and Investigative Unit. Winner, 2014 Alfred I. duPont Columbia University Award; finalist