Tag: police
Police arrest fleeing robbers knocked down by trailer at MFM
Yusuf Muhammed Police operatives attached to Ibafo Division of Ogun state Police command have arrested two suspected armed robbers on…
Police recover guns, live ammunition at Alaba market
Cyriacus Izuekwe There is tension in the furniture section of Alaba International market in Ojo local government after the police…
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NFF Crisis: Keyamo asks IGP to arrest Giwa
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos lawyer, Festus Keyamo has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase to immediately arrest and prosecute…
Police declares landlady wanted for setting tenant’s apartment ablaze
Cyriacus Izuekwe Lagos police has declared Mrs Nike Azeez wanted for setting her tenant’s apartment ablaze in order to eject…
Police sanction 20 officers for misconduct – Official
Twenty police officers of various ranks have been sanctioned for misconduct between November 2015 and March this year. CSP Abayomi…
Robber burnt to death as two others escape
Cyriacus Izuekwe It was a sad end for an armed robber who fell off a motorcycle while escaping after an…
UPADATE: Final year UNIPORT student shot dead
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Students of the of the University of Port Harcourt have accused the police of shooting and killing…
Boy, 20 lands in prison for giving Police false information
Paul Iyoghojie The Police at the Onikan Division, Ikoyi, Lagos,Western Nigeria have arrested a 20-year old boy, Sarduna Onum who…
Rivers: Police anti-kidnap unit nabs seven, recover arms
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Anti-kidnapping detectives of the Rivers State Police Command at about 1:30 am on Saturday April 9 stormed…
Police declare state of emergency in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command on Tuesday declared a State of Emergency to stem rising cases of kidnapping in the…
Zamfara: Police arrest village head, 4 others for killing 13 persons
The Police Command in Zamfara has arrested Alhaji Muhammadu Danmliga, the Village Head of Wabi in Maru Local Government Area,…
Recruitment of 10,000 policemen commences April 1
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has warned its staff against compromising the recruitment of 10,000 policemen which begins nationwide on…
Chief, 2 others arraigned over alleged false information
Paul Iyoghojie Operatives of the X Squad of the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Department, FIID, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos, have…
Edo govt, police silent over death of Oshiomhole’s ADC
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Eight days after the Aide-De-Camp (ADC) to Governor Adams Oshiomhole, CSP Ibrahim Abdullahi, reportedly died of hemorrhoid, otherwise…
Police rescue boy from kidnappers, arrest suspects
Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory Police Command said it had rescued an eight-year-old, Prosper Arinze, a primary two pupil of China…
Man butchers middle-aged woman in Agbor
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba A middle-aged woman (name withheld), has been allegedly gruesomely murdered last Saturday, by a man who’s name was…
Northeast: Buhari begins reconstruction of schools, police stations
The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr David Lawan, says the Federal Government led by President Muhammadu…
Police arrest man who sold 17-month old baby for N200k
Bauchi State Police Command has arrested three women suspected to be “specialists” in child trafficking including one who sold a…
Lagos CP collaborates with Air Force
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, has reiterated his commitment to work with all other…
Four dead in Uyo cult clash – Police
The Divisional Police Officer in Eket, CSP. Abdulkadir Jamal, on Friday, confirmed that four persons died in a cult clash…
Police arraign man who defiled girl, 5
Jethro Ibileke/Benin of The police in Benin on Thursday arraigned one Ogbe Moses, before an Evbouriaria Magistrate’s Court for unlawful…
Queen’s College sex scandal: Police boss summons principal, teacher
Cyriacus izuekwe Lagos State Commissioner of police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, has summoned the principal and a teacher of Queen’s College,…
Bloody Rivers: Army, police confirm 4 dead, 22 arrested
The Commander of 2 Brigade, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Brig.-Gen. Stephenson Olabanji, has confirmed the arrest of the Secretary to…
We impersonate police, army to seize motorcycle and resell —Suspect
Kazeem Ugbodaga A member of a three-man motorcycle stealing syndicate, Goodness Allison, has disclosed that his members disguise as policeman…
Police confirm two electrocuted in Nsukka
The Police Command in Enugu on Sunday confirmed the electrocution of a paint factory owner and an electrician in Nsukka.…
#RiversRerun: Police confirm one dead, 12 arrested
The Police Command in Rivers state has confirmed that one person died while 12 others were arrested during Saturday’s legislative…
Kidnappings: Police train school guards in Lagos, Ogun
The police in Lagos and Ogun states have embarked on the training of security guards in schools in order to…
#RiversRerun: Situation in polling units calm – Police
The police in Rivers have said that there has not been any adverse security report in the on-going re-run legislative…
FG to prioritise reform, re-orientation of police force – Osinbajo
Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, has promised that the Federal Government would prioritise the reform, re-orientation and re-equipment of…
Rivers Rerun: Police restrict movement
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Ahead of the Rivers State rerun election on Saturday, the State Police Command has announced restriction of…