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…