Tag: police
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…
Police parade criminals with arms
The Taraba Police Command has arrested 10 suspected criminals with large cache of arms and ammunitions during separate operations. The…
Police to fight for women abused
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had created a ‘public friendly’ gender unit across the country to prosecute anyone culpable of…
Police parade 6 suspected homosexuals in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin: The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Zone, Benin, AIG Musa Daura, Thursday announced the arrest…
Police arrest 18 for burning senator’s house
For burning the personal house of Senator Kabiru Gaya in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano during a protest, the…
Police quiz councillor over nephew’s death
The police in Anambra have arrested a councilor, Mr Chidiebere Onyema, representing Nsogwu Umunze Ward 2 in the Orumba South…
Police save frustrated woman from suicide
The Police in Imo have rescued a female staff of the Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education, Owerri, from committing…
Police extends deadline for tinted glass permit to July 31
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has announced that the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase has extended…
Family of Ekiti doctor who died in auto crash, writes Police IG over death threats
The family of late Dr. Tunde Aladesanmi, one of the medical doctors who died in a ghastly motor accident along…
359 police officers killed, 272 injured in active service, says Arase
Jos, April 30, 2016 (NAN) No fewer than 359 policemen were killed on duty between January 2014 and April 2016,…
Anisulowo: Police Boss, Others Relocate To Ilaro
Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta. To ensure safe and speedy release of the abducted former Minister of State for Education, Senator Iyabo…
Lekki Unrest: Lagos asks IG of Police to take over Disu’s killing
The Lagos State Government at the weekend released a White Paper on the report of the Tribunal of Inquiry into…
Police launch health care scheme for officers in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe In line with the vision of the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arese, the police have launched a…
Female witness abducted in court by gunmen
Cyriacus Izuekwe A female witness in a criminal matter before the Ejigbo magistrate court has been abducted in the court…
Shiite Muslims threat to Nigeria – DSS, Police
Nigeria Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) on Wednesday said that the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) wing…
Ejigbo women torture: Absence of police witness stalls trial
Henry Ojelu The trial of leaders of Oba Morufu International Market, Ejigbo alleged to have tortured Julian Agoma and two…
Rivers Rerun: Police arraign 37, promise justice
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has dismissed rumours that the suspects arrested during the re-run elections in Rivers…
Police introduce monthly jogging
The Enugu State Police Command has commenced a monthly jogging and other physical exercise for its officers and interested members…
2 policemen killed in Imo by suspected robbers
Armed men, suspected to be robbers on Tuesday shot and killed two policemen at Umuagwo in Ohaji/Egbema area of Imo.…
Clergymen, police pressurizing me to drop case – Late gospel singer’s husband
…alleges his wife was drugged by pastor Jethro Ibileke/Benin Husband of Yvonne Omoarebokhae, the Benin-based gospel singer who was found…