Tag: Nigeria Police Force
Amotekun Corps a huge success
Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, argues that the establishment of Amotekun, a welcome move by south West Governors,…
Court slams N10m fine on Police for detention of Anambra businessman
The Court, presided over by Justice D. A. Onyefulu also awarded N200,000 as cost of litigation in favour of the…
2023 elections: Police to deploy 10,000 new recruits
Baba, said in the attainment of community policing goals, the recruits would all be posted back to their various local…
PSC: 745 senior police officers promoted, 10 punished
PSC promoted two Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSP) to the rank of Superintendents of Police (SP) and 696 Assistant Superintendents…
‘How Ibadan fraud syndicate stole N16.1m from POS’
The POS fraud which involved unlawful access to a computer network and manipulation of a POS network was busted by…
Police fault judgment committing I-G Baba to 3-month imprisonment
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, committed Usman Baba, to a three-month imprisonment over alleged refusal to…
Insecurity: IGP Alkali Baba deploys 3 armed drones ( Photos)
The newly acquired drones will surely assist the Police in monitoring active crime scenes, coordinating response operations, and providing armed…
Police bust illegal refinery in Edo, nab 2 suspects, 3 trucks
The raid on the illegal facility was carried out by operatives of the Inspector General of Polic3 Special Task Force…
I am ashamed of you: IGP Alkali Baba tells policemen brutalising, extorting public
According to Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Baba warned that further incidences of brutality or extortion would not…
Hackers attempting to steal N3.4bn from company’s account busted
Police equally arrested a notorious arms dealers and two kidnap suspects in Kaduna leading to the release of two kidnapped…
Have you seen them? Police declare ‘Stone,’ 11 others wanted for Anambra murder
They are wanted in a case of conspiracy, murder, armed robbery, act of terrorism, kidnapping, cultism and unlawful possession of…
NPF partners Actors Guild, seeks better portrayal in movies
The Nigeria Police Force has partnered with the leadership of the Nigeria Guild of Actors, and other relevant associations in…
Nigeria Police Force acquires five new drones
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba said the drones will improve surveillance operations to checkmate criminal activities in…
Police react to alleged plan by personnel to embark on strike
“The men and women of the Nigeria Police Force are fully aware that a strike action or other deliberate disruption…
40,000 police officers recruited in 4 years: Buhari
Indeed, since the commencement of the current democratic journey in 1999, no government had shown so much commitment to the…
Police speak on ‘crashed’ Bell 429 helicopter
In a statement by Commissioner Frank Mba, the police said the helicopter was involved in a controlled safe landing at…
Interpol nabs 11 Nigerian cyber scam kingpins, one with 800K web credentials
At least six of the suspects to belong to “SilverTerrier,” a syndicate accused of employing a range of malware variants…
Police acted like terrorists in arresting Uche Nwosu: HURIWA
The human rights advocacy group, therefore, demanded that the Police Service Commission (PSC), investigate the unprofessional police conduct.
Schoolboy lured with computer training, then kidnapped for N1.5M ransom
Mba said the suspect lured the boy out of his school premises under the pretext that he was told by…
Buhari approves new deal for policemen, with better pay, juicy allowances
The Council approved a tax waiver in the sum of N18.6 billion for junior officers of the Police to increase…
Police bust abductors of Catholic Priest, 45 other criminals
The Nigeria Police Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has arrested two (2) suspects in connection with the abduction of a…
Police smash 34 deadly kidnappers, others, recover 11 grenades, firearms
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Special Tactical Squad have arrested a nine-man syndicate of high-profile kidnappers that specializes in the…
Nigeria Police Force set to recruit 20,000 junior officers: IGP Alkali Baba
The IGP said that the recruitment exercise would not only expand the capacity of the force in combating crime, but…
ICYMI: Court orders release of detained IPOB woman Ngozi Umeadi
The Court consequently awarded exemplary and aggravated damages of N50 million against the Police as reparation.
Police arrest 3 church thieves, 4 South West highway robbers
The suspects revealed to the Police team how they broke into 50 churches and executed 50 highway robberies
Faces of captured abductors of 121 Kaduna school students
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday paraded three of the suspected kidnappers of 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School,…
IGP Alkali Baba unveils new policing vision
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba has unveiled a new policing vision and crime fighting strategies for the Nigeria…
Censors board lauds Police role in fight against piracy
The Executive Director, National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Alhaji Adedayo Thomas, has extolled the Nigeria Police for its…
Pregnant cop: Ekiti sues Nigeria Police Force
The Ekiti State government has filed a suit against the Nigeria Police Force over the sack of Olajide Omolola, a…
Oluwo receives Osun Police boss, begs force to resume full operation
The Oluwo of Iwo, Oba Abdurrosheed Adewale Akanbi Telu 1 has appealed to the Nigerian Police Force to resume full…