Tag: Nigeria Police
Reps to investigate report of 90,000 slain policemen
The House of Representatives on Wednesday resolved to investigate recent revelation by Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase that 90,000…
Bail is free in Nigeria – Police CRU
Nigeria’s Police Complaint Response Unit has stated that bail is free in Nigeria negating the widely held belief that people…
Festac bank robbery: Police begin finger print analysis
Nigeria Police have said that the finger prints it lifted from the scene of Tuesday’s robbery in two banks in…
Court stops NDLEA, Police, others from arresting, extraditing Kashamu
Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court, Lagos, on Wednesday barred the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and 11…
UK lauds Nigeria Police for Jeffery Okafor murder conviction
The United Kingdom has praised Nigeria Police for ensuring that justice is served in the murder case against Jeffery Okafor,…
Police confirm abduction of Rivers LG boss
The Nigerian Police Command in Rivers state has confirmed the abduction of Chief Cassidy Ikegbudu, Chairman, Caretaker Committee of Ahoada…
Nigeria police needs N24bn to maintain vehicles, says IG
Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba, has explained that for the police to effectively fuel and maintain its vehicles in…
Oil Thieves Invade Police Station, Kill 2 Policemen
Damilare Okunola & Yusuf Mohammed At least two police officers attached to the Owutu Police Division, Owutu, Agric, Ikorodu, Lagos…
Joseph Mbu ‘The Lion’ redeployed to Lagos
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Sulieman Abba, has redeployed Joseph Mbu and 27 other Assistant Inspectors General of Police…
New reform has improved Nigeria police, says minister
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigeria’s minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Abdul Jelili Adesiyan, has said that the ongoing reform in the country’s…
Police confirm release of Chibok girl
The Nigeria Police has announced the release of one of the remaining 219 girls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in…
Why I Wrote Book On Police, Criminal Justice —Abdul-Fatai
Kazeem Ugbodaga A lawyer with the Lagos State Ministry of Justice, Mr. Muheeb Abdul-Fatai, has explained why he wrote a…
35 Nigeria police ‘missing’ after Boko Haram raid
Thirty-five Nigerian police officers deployed to a training academy in the remote northeast are missing after a Boko Haram attack…
Amaechi cautions politicians against arming youths
Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers on Friday advised politicians against arming youths with dangerous weapon to perpetuate electoral violence. He…
Police To Promote 6 AIGs To Work With New IG
Oluokun Ayorinde/Abuja Following the appointment of Suleiman Abba as Nigeria’s new acting Inspector-General of Police, there are indications that the…
Fafunmi: Nigerian Police Needs Overhauling
To make the Nigeria Police more effective and goal-oriented, the force needs to be reconditioned and given a facelift, Dayo…
4 dead, 7 injured in Kano suicide attack – Police
The Nigeria Police has confirmed four persons dead in the suicide attack at Nigerian National Petroleum commercial city of Kano…
Civil Defence officer arrested for gun running
Nigeria Police detectives attached to Niger State Police Command have arrested an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
Nigeria: Police issue bomb plot alert
The Nigeria Police High Command said it has uncovered multiple plots by terrorists to attack the Abuja transport sector. Anchoring…
Police bust car snatching chain, ask victims to reclaim vehicles
Police detectives attached to the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad, (FSARS) Force CID Annex, Lagos, busted a deadly armed robbery gang,…
Police Ambush Civil Defence Officers, Aid Vandals
The Anti-vandal Team of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have been attacked by Nigeria Police officers in…
CHIBOK KILLINGS: Police Aware Of Attacks On Christians
Two weeks before Boko Haram Islamists attacked a series of churches on Sunday near Chibok, the northeast Nigeria town where…
A Curious Type Of Transformation At NRC
By Akido Agenro The political leadership in Nigeria has always found it difficult to grapple with the country’s huge population…
Police begin anti-terrorism campaign in Abia
The Abia Police Command has commenced an anti-terrorism campaign as part of measures to sensitise and raise the security consciousness…
Nigeria Police the best in world – Gambari
Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, former Under-Secretary General of the United Nations, has described officers of the Nigeria Police Force as the…
Police charge 12 APC supporters with terrorism
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Ahead of the forthcoming governorship election in Ekiti state, southwest Nigeria, the federal government has slammed…
Police arrest man with human head
The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 38-year old man for allegedly being in possession of a fresh…
Manko cautions media on reporting security issues
The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Umar Manko, has urged the media to be cautious in its reportage of…
Police recover four bodies from collapsed building
The Police in Anambra have recovered four corpses from rubbles of the collapsed uncompleted four-storey building at a church premises…
Police eject dead officers’ wives from barracks
Josephine Odum-John Widows and children of dead officers living at the Police Mobile Force, 20 Squadron (MOPOL 20), Ikeja, wept…