Tag: Nigeria Police
Kidnapped Lebanese released
A Lebanese national kidnapped by gunmen more than two weeks ago in Benin City, capital of Edo state in southern…
US donates bomb disposal robots to Nigeria
The US government has donated bomb disposal robots to Nigeria’s police to strengthen its capacity in tackling terrorism and other…
How kidnapped Briton was rescued by police
A special squad of the Nigerian police in Lagos State has rescued a Briton, Lee Dixon, who was kidnapped in…
Mbu, Rivers police boss under probe
Nigeria’s Minister of Police Affairs, retired Navy Capt. Caleb Olubolade, said that the Federal Government was investigating the Commissioner of…
Police find Biafra war bombs, rocket launcher
The Nigerian police in Imo on Tuesday announced the recovery of weapons abandoned during the Nigerian Civil War, 43 years…
2 abducted Chinese freed in Nigeria
Two Chinese nationals who were abducted on Monday near the Military Cantonment in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun state,…
Civil groups want Rivers police boss removed, demoted
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Nigeria’s Niger Delta Civil Society Coalition, NDCSC, has called for the removal of Mr Mbu Joseph Mbu,the…
Slain UNIBEN student shot in the chest
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Claims by the police in Benin that Ibrahim Momodu, student of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, who was…
Police quiz more officials over WAEC fees fraud
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Over 20 officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology have been arrested by…
Ogun Uncovers N200m WAEC Fees Fraud
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Four officials of the Ogun State government, in western Nigeria, are now assisting the Police at the…
10 Arrested Over OOU Students Protest
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta No fewer than ten students were arrested by the police Monday when students of Olabisi Onabanjo University,…
No contact yet with Justice Rhodes-Vivour on kidnapped wife
The Nigerian Police in Edo State said its men have launched a manhunt for the abductors of the wife, daughter…
11 police commissioners get new postings
Nigeria’s Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Mohammed Abubakar, on Tuesday ordered the redeployment of 11 Commissioners of Police to different…
Medical doctor kidnapped in Abakaliki, guard killed
A Nigerian medical doctor in the eastern Nigeria state of Ebonyi has been kidnapped. Police said Dr Pius Mauyike, a…
8550 cops for Kogi council election
The Nigerian police command in the central Nigerian state of Kogi said it was deploying no fewer than 8,550 officers…
Police yet to confirm Nwike’s murder
The Nigerian police in Delta state on Friday confirmed the recovery of three corpses along the Benin-Onitsha Expressway in Agbor,…
4 Nigerian journalists detained by police
Nigerian police have detained four journalists after they refused to disclose the source of an alleged presidential document that calls…
Imprest for Nigeria police stations less than N2,000 daily
If one ever wonders why Nigerian police stations do not have incident registers or complaints papers, or money to fuel…
The controversy over ban on tinted glass vehicle
BY CSP FRANK MBA The Police High Command has observed with concern the unnecessary controversies that have trailed the recent…
ACN: Arrest of Ekiti Chairman abuse of federal might
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has described as a gross abuse of federal might and a blatant misuse of…
Police foil attack on Gombe station
The Police in Nigeria’s Gombe State have confirmed the killing of two gunmen, who attacked Kumo Police Division in Akko…
Police Warn Motorists Against Use Of Tinted Glass Vehicles
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has warned motorists to desist from indiscriminate use of vehicles with tinted glasses. He…
Court registrar killed in Kano
A high court registrar in Kano, northern Nigeria’s largest city, has been shot dead by gunmen. Usamatu Badawi, the high…
I Never Wanted To Join The Police
Chief Superintendent of Police and Chairman, Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit, Lagos State, , Bayo…
Court Protects Tokyo From Arrest
Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Tambari Yabo Muhammad, former Oyo State Commissioner of Police, now in charge of Zone 3.…
Who killed Nasarawa Varsity students as Army, police deny?
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Contrary to widespread reports, the Nigerian Army on Wednesday denied that its men were involved in the killing…
Kano buries cop killed by gunmen
MADUABUCHI NMERIBEH/Kano The remains of the late Superintendent of Police, Dahiru Ibrahim Majia who was killed by gunmen Monday night…
Nigeria Police Dislodge Terrorist Cell
The police said on Thursday in Abuja that they have dislodged a terrorist cell in Minna, Niger State. Mr. Suleiman…
Nigeria Police Rescue Kidnapped Pastor
Mr Emmanuel Agbesi, the kidnapped Pastor of the South-East Regional Headquarters of the Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries at…
Nigerian Pastor Arrested With Human Parts
The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a pastor and his accomplice with fresh human parts. They allegedly concealed…