Tag: police
Police arraign 25-year-old applicant for impersonation
The Police, on Tuesday, arraigned an applicant, Idris Obara, at a Wuse Zone 2 Chief Magistrates’ Court for a two-count-…
UPDATE: Police confirm two more explosions in Maiduguri
The Borno Police Command on Friday confirmed two more explosions after a separate suspected suicide bombing in Maiduguri. Mr Damian…
BREAKING: 9 killed as Shiites clash with police
Eight members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) and one policeman have died during a clash between police and…
Police set up panel to investigate IDPs abuse
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has set up a special investigation panel to investigate cases of alleged sexual…
Police discovers ritualists’ den
The Zone 2 Police Command says it has discovered a ritualists’ den in Abule Ifa, Siunin, Obafemi Owode Local Government…
Counsel accuses police of delaying justice
Mr Kimi Appah, counsel to an 84-year-old man, Muazu Isa accused of serially raping a 10-year-old orphan in Kaduna, on…
Police arrest 5 kidnappers in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigerian Police have arrested five kidnappers who have carried out kidnapping activities at Isheri area…
Police intensify search for kidnapped landlords
The Police in Lagos, Ogun and Zone-2 Command have intensified search for four landlords abducted by unknown gunmen in Isheri,…
DSS, police must apologise for demanding postponement of Edo Election-CPPM
The Committee for the Protection of Peoples Mandate (CPPM) has demanded a public apology from the Nigeria Police Force and…
Police arrest house guard who killed employer in Ajah
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Tanko Abdulateef, a 22-year old house guard who allegedly killed…
Police arrest kidnappers of Indian expatriate in Benue
The Nigerian police have arrested four suspected kidnappers who abducted an Indian expatriate and others recently in Benue State. The…
Police raid gay wedding ceremony in Nigeria
A tip-off received by Nigeria’s intelligence officers led to police raiding a suspected gay wedding ceremony on Saturday in the…
Abused 4-year-old child tells police her name is ‘Idiot’
The little girl was abused so badly she had a black eye, dried blood in the corner of her mouth…
Police arrest kidnappers of National Assembly lawmaker
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Nigeria police have paraded three suspected kidnappers who allegedly kidnap a member of the National Assembly, Sani…
Man scaling Trump Tower in New York rescued by police
A man who scaled the Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan on Wednesday for more than two hours using what looked…
Police arrest robber, recover locally-made pistol
Kazeem Ugbodaga The police in Lagos have arrested a suspected armed robber with a locally-made pistol at Maroko area of…
Breaking News: Gun battle rages as militants engage police, soldiers in Igando
Igando area of Lagos State, Southwest Nigeria was turned into a battle ground early today as Niger Delta militants engaged…
Police arrest killers of business magnate, Ogunranti
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the murderers of late Olalekan Ogunranti, Managing Director, Todays Prints Ltd. The late Ogunranti…
Police on trail of abductors of monarch-Lagos CP
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni on Monday said the police are on the trail of the gunmen who…
Police dislodge kidnap gang in Kogi, rescue victims
The Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) has smashed more notorious kidnap gang that have been terrorizing Kogi State and…
Zakzaky vs Police: Court adjourns to September 20
The case between Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky and the police slated for hearing today at the Federal High Court in Abuja…
Police arrest more #shutdownzimbabwe protesters
Civil servants took heed for a call to strike Wednesday after their wages went unpaid for a third time in…
Police refute alleged pipeline attack in A/Ibom
The Commissioner of Police in Akwa Ibom, Mr Murtala Mani, on Thursday refuted an alleged explosion of pipelines at Ikot…
Angry husband sets wife ablaze in Benin
A middle-aged man simply identified as Onya, has been arrested by the police in Benin, Edo State, for allegedly setting…
Police are liars, we paid ransom for our freedom-APC Chieftains
Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Kwara State, Ishola Balogun-Fulani has described the Nigeria Police as liars over claim…
NUJ threatens to boycott PDP, police activities over attack on journalists
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council has condemned the unwarranted attack on journalists who…
Police arraign 2 for theft
The police in Ogun on Monday arraigned two men, Jelili Alabi, 48 and Babatunde Mufutao, 60, in an Ota Senior…
Gov declares war on kidnapping, gives police vehicles
Kogi Government said it had donated 12 vehicles to security agencies in the State to assist them in curbing kidnapping,…
Rivers police ready for PDP convention
The Rivers Police Command says it is ready for Saturday`s National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) scheduled to…
Strike: Police deploy personnel to flash points in Kano
The Kano State Police Command on Thursday deployed security personnel to strategic places to prevent possible breach of peace during…