Tag: police
Police, DSS did a shoddy job on Oruru – Kano Govt
Kano State Government has noted with concern the news of the alleged abduction, forced marriage and conversion to Islam of…
Police kill 3 armed robbers, arrest 4 others in Kano
The Police in Kano on Monday killed three suspected armed robbers and arrested four others believed to be behind the…
Police nab child trafficking couple in Asaba
Jethro Ibileke/Asaba Operatives of the Delta State Police Command, have arrested a child trafficking couple, Emeka Odili and his lover…
Police set to organize road safety seminar
Yusuf Muhammed The Oyo State Police Command Ibadan, Southwest, Nigeria have concluded arrangements to hold a road safety seminar in…
Lagos charges residents to assist police flush out criminals
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has charged residents of the state to assist the police in flushing out bad…
Police confirm killing of armed robber in Port Harcourt GRA
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers Police Command has confirmed the death of a suspected armed robber Jude Ihediachi of Ugwu Chukwu…
Police arrest robbers’ informant in Lagos
Yusuf Muhammed The Police at Iju division, Lagos State, Southwest, Nigeria have arrested a seven-man robbery gang including two female…
Military, Police collaborate on security in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Nigerian military and the Lagos State Police Command have reiterated their commitment and readiness to partner in…
Police redeploy Delta DPOs over misconduct
The Nigeria Police Force said it had redeployed all Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) in Delta Command over professional misconduct. The…
Police arrest robbery suspects, firearms maker
YUSUF MUHAMMED The Police stationed along Moniya area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, southwest Nigeria, have arrested Olalekan Abiodun,…
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…