hoodlums

Barely two days after some security officers were killed in Enugu State, another team of four policemen on stop-and-search duty at the outskirts of Enugu metropolis have been shot dead by armed hoodlums. The latest incident happened at…

Some residents of Agric community in Ojo Local Government, Lagos state, are bemoaning the increase in armed robbery attacks at their major bus stops. The residents also alleged that the hoodlums sell and smoke hard drugs with reckless…

The Police Command in Ogun said on Friday it will not tolerate any act of hooliganism and brigandage before, during and after the state congress, organised by All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state on Saturday. Police spokesman in…

The Commissioner of Police in Plateau, Mr Edward Egbuka, said those behind the attack on commuters in Jos on Aug. 14 were miscreants and hoodlums who wanted to take advantage of the security situation in the state “to cause trouble and…

Hoodlums sent policemen, detainees and natives scampering for safety before setting a police station ablaze in Imo State Thursday night. Reports say the affected police formation was the Aboh Mbaise Divisional Police Headquarters, which…

Armed hoodlums have shot dead a mobile policeman in Delta State and carted away his rifle. It was learnt that the incident occurred Friday afternoon along the popular Jakpa Road. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Delta…

Some suspected hoodlums who participated in the looting, vandalism of warehouses and other public and private property during the #EndSARS protest in Plateau have returned their loot and sought forgiveness. The repentant persons were led…

The looting and arson that trailed the hijacking of peaceful #EndSARS protests by hoodlums across the nation cost the private sector N5 trillion in loss of investments and assets. The Nigerian Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA)…

The Inspector-General of Police Committee on EndSARS Protest Damage Assessment says policemen have been hanging around like Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) since their stations were destroyed in the unrest that trailed the protests.…

Former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba says his house looted and set ablaze in Calabar, Cross River State took 18 years to build. The house located at  Asari Eso Calabar layout was vandalised after hoodlums hijacked peaceful #EndSARS…

The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State, Mr. Philip Maku, says hoodlums in the guise of EndSARS protesters have killed a policeman, Inspector Egu Omini and cut off his manhood. This was disclosed in a Thursday statement signed by…

Serving Overseer of the Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known as Latter Rain Assembly, Pastor Tunde Bakare says Nigeria needs tactful and not obstinate leaders. He disclosed this in a State of The Nation address in his…

Policemen fired teargas but that was not enough to deter hoodlums bent on looting warehouses in the Idu Industrial Estate, Abuja  on Sunday. The looters invaded the industrial estate and immediately began to loot warehouses located…

The Lagos State Ministry of Justice has arrested 229 suspects that allegedly took part in the mayhem in Lagos State in the aftermath of the Lekki Toll Plaza incident on Tuesday night. The ministry said in a statement said that it would…

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate mobilisation of all police operational assets and resources to stop criminal elements masquerading as protesters in some parts of the country. He said they…

Afenifere and Ohanaeze Ndigbo sociocultural groups say some unscrupulous elements are perpetrating violence to drive a wedge between Yoruba and Igbo people. The groups stated this in a joint statement while reacting to the hijack of the…