Tag: Nigerian Police
Nigerian police thwart suicide bomb attack in Maiduguri
The Police in Borno said on Thursday that security operatives had foiled an attempted suicide bomb attack in Alikaramti near…
Nigerian police urged to use social media platforms to project image
An ICT expert, Mr Chuks Ugwu, has urged the Nigeria Police to use social media platforms to project positive image…
Police warn hospitals of robbers disguising as patients
The Police Command in Lagos State on Wednesday alerted management of hospitals in the state to be wary of suspected…
U.S. counter-terrorism squad trains 200 Nigerian Police, others
The U.S. Government’s Anti-terrorism Assistance Programme (ATA) has conducted a mass casualty exercise to culminate a yearlong training programme with…
Stakeholders To Form Zonal Task Force Against Sea Pirates
Reuben Bojor/Calabar The Zone 6 Command of the Nigerian Police, Calabar, southern Nigeria, has formulated means of curbing the upsurge…
Kidnappers of Oshiomhole’s cousin arrested
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A crack team of Edo State Police Command have arrested two persons suspected to be kidnappers of a…
Set Up Checkpoints, Face Arrest, Police Boss Tells Cops
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Dan Bature, has ordered the immediate arrest and prosecution of any policeman…
Police Assure Lagosians Hitch-Free Elections
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Police in Lagos have assured residents of the readiness of the Command to work in collaboration with…
Banks shut again in Ijebu-Ode
Abiodun Onafuye/Ijebu-ode Commercial banks in Ijebu Ode, Ogun state in western Nigeria remained shut for the second day today, over…
My parents took me to Boko Haram: Confession of a female bomber
A 14-year-old Nigerian girl who was arrested with explosives strapped to her body told journalists Wednesday that her parents volunteered…
Amnesty Releases Report On Torture In Nigeria
Nnamdi Felix/Abuja Global watchdog, Amnesty International, Thursday in Abuja released a report detailing incidences of torture and other ill treatment…
News Analysis: Police save Kano from multiple bombing plots
But for the vigilance of Nigerian policemen, many people would have died today if terrorists had succeeded in their plans…
Police stop terror charge against 12 APC members
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja In a dramatic twist on Wednesday, the scheduled arraignment of the Ekiti state Commissioner for Integration…
Police probe monarch for alleged fraud
A monarch in Abia state,eastern Nigeria, Chief Kenneth Uga, is under investigation by the Enugu State Police Command over alleged…
Jos blast was a car bomb – Police
An explosion that killed at least three people in the central city of Jos was hidden in a car, police…
Police jack up number of captured Nigerian schoolgirls
On a day President Goodluck Jonathan set up a panel to verify the number of captured Nigerian schoolgirls, in Chibok,…
Abia government denies editor’s arrest
The Abia government, on Sunday, said it was not aware of the arrest of the Associate Editor of the Sun…
Police set to crack riddle of 2 lawyers death
How did two Nigerian lawyers die locked inside a vehicle? The police command in Delta state has commenced investigations to…
Court affirms police powers of arrest
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday dismissed a suit filed by an oil marketer, Oluwaseun Ogunbambo, seeking to…
Police hunt kidnappers of wife, daughter of transporter
The Nigerian Police Command in Edo state on Wednesday confirmed the abduction of the wife and daughter of a transport…
Police boss sends officers on promotion, election security courses
In continuation of the preparations for the 2015 general elections, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, has sent…
Police probe Nigerian house of horror
Nigerian police said they have opened a murder probe after the discovery of rotting bodies and skeletons in an abandoned…
Police rescue kidnapped lawmaker, girl killed
A 10-year old girl was on Friday killed as police engaged kidnappers in a bid to rescue the abducted member…
Police parade cleric, 38 others for robbery, kidnapping
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command Tuesday paraded 39 suspected kidnappers, robbers, and cult members. One of the suspects who…
Nigerian police cracks attack on Enugu Government House
The Nigerian police in Enugu state said the identity of those who attacked Enugu State Government House on Saturday would…
Finger-in-vagina Pastor arrested
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta A Nigerian pastor has been arrested in the western Nigerian state of Ogun after the police were told…
Nigerian dad sues police over son’s lost limb
A Nigerian Federal High Court in Jos, in the central state of Plateau, has fixed March 26, to hear a…
APC accuses Nigerian police of double standards
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the police of engaging in a selective enforcement of its ban on political,…
Police set up probe team for Ogun APC fracas
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Assistant Commissioner of Police in the western Nigerian state of Ogun, Aminu Alhassan has been assigned to…
APC governors condemn police for recklessness on Rivers
Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressive Congress, APC, Governors, under the aegis of Progressive Governors’ Forum, PGF, rose after an emergency…