Tag: police
Police recover truckload of PMS, arrested suspects in Benin
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis has caught up with some criminals who hijacked a truck laden with substances and diverted them to…
Lagos Police nab 47 robbery suspects, 34 cultists
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr Fatai Owoseni, says 47 suspected armed robbers and 34 cultists were arrested in…
Police seize 33 bags of marijuana, 34 bags of other hard drugs
Femi Adi/Kaduna The Kaduna State Police Command has intercepted 33 bags of Indian hemp and 34 baskets of hard drugs…
Osun security council commends police, others for foiling robbery attack
The Osun State Security Council has on Monday commended the police and other security agencies that foiled the bank robbery…
James Ibori: UK MPs probe police corruption during trial
Embattled Metropolitan Police chief Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe will be grilled by MPs next week over bombshell claims that Scotland Yard…
Bauchi Police arrest three kidnappers
The Bauchi Police Command said on Sunday that it arrested four suspected kidnappers who abducted two teenagers in Bauchi metropolis.…
Police kill suspected kidnapper, rescue 3 victims
Police in Kogi on Friday shot and killed a suspected kidnapper and rescued three kidnap victims at a border area…
Cash crunch stalls recruitment into police – Arase
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase, said police had not commenced recruitment due to lack of finance. Arase…
Police kill two suspects on bank robbery operation
Men of the Osun Police Command on Friday killed two suspected armed robbers in Ikirun area of the state, while…
Police, NSCDC to hold grounds in liberated areas – Minister of Defence
The Nigeria Police Force and Nigeria Security and civil Defence Corps will henceforth hold ground in the areas that have…
Dambazau praises Lagos over N4.8bn security equipment for police
Kazeem Ugbodaga Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Lt. General Abdulrahman Dambazau (retd.) on Wednesday described the security equipment purchased by the…
Police boss, NOA, NDE agree to collaborate in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, has assured two Federal Government agencies, National Orientation Agency, NOA,…
Police officers to be accountable for their actions, says IGP Arase
The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has restated his commitment to make officers and men of the Nigeria Police…
Police arrest 4 suspects, recover 5 AK-47 rifles
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Detectives from the Rivers State Police Command Tuesday at about 5 am stormed the criminal hideout in…
Police rescue 2 kidnapped victims, nab six suspects
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command successfully rescued Mr. Austin Ajah and Mrs. Winifred Frank in the early…
I had never wanted to be a police officer— Lagos PPRO Badmos
Dolapo Opeyemi Badmos, a Superintendent of Police (SP) who was recently appointed as the new Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO)…
Perm. Sec. in Police net over alleged attempt to sell baby
A serving Permanent Secretary in Bayelsa, Dr Wisdom Sawyer, has been arrested by the Police over alleged attempt to sell…
Police shoot doctor during peaceful protest in Owerri
A member of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Imo State branch, participating in a peaceful demonstration against the concession of…
Deployment of policemen to North-East underway – Arase
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase has said that the deployment of policemen to liberated communities to re-establish civil…
Police detain officer for defiling girl, 7
The Ebonyi Police Command says it has detained an officer, Ndubisi Ewerem for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old girl. Commissioner of…
Police arrest 2 over fire at media centre
Two middle-aged men were on Sunday arrested over a fire that affected a thatched hut at the Media Centre of…
Police arrest traffic robbery suspect
The Lagos Police Command Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on Sunday said it had arrested a traffic robbery suspect whose gang…
Remains of late I-G Adewusi arrive Ogbomoso
The remains of former Inspector-General of Police, Chief Sunday Adewusi, arrive Ogbomoso, his country home on Friday. NAN reports that…
46 suspected cultists arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Forty-six members of seven cult groups who have been on the rampage in Benin City, capital of…
Army, Customs boss visit Lagos CP
Yusuf Muhammed The Brigade Commander 9th Mechanize Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General Bulama A. Biu paid a working…
We didn’t arraign Biafra protesters half-naked – Police
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has denied the arraigning 10 pro-Biafra protesters half naked in court as illustrated…
Police foil bullion van robbery
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Several persons were injured and vehicles parked in front of an old generation bank branch at Mile…
Police arrest pipeline vandals
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Two suspected pipeline vandals were arrested by the police detectives attached to Ogijo Division of the command on…
Police to restore civil authority in Northeast
The police force management team has taken a step towards the restoration of civil authority in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe,…
Rivers police arraign 10 suspected pro-Biafran agitators
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has arraigned 10 suspected pro-Biafran protesters arrested between January 16-18, 2016. They…