Tag: police
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…
Police kill 2 suspected kidnappers, arrest 11 others
The police in Akwa Ibom say they have killed two of a three-man suspected kidnap gang in a gun battle…
Oyo police recover 16 exotic cars
The Oyo State Police Command says it has recovered 16 exotic cars stolen by suspected armed robbers. The Commissioner of…
Police foil robbery attack, kill two in Ogoniland
The Rivers State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery attack at a petrol station along East-West road by Etohu…
Rivers Police in gun battle with robbers, kill two
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police patrol team Wednesday had a gun duel with suspected armed robbers, killing two while…
Police offer scholarship to four children of woman killed by cop
The Nigeria Police Force on Monday offered scholarship to four children of a woman, Comfort Idongesit Udoh, who was murdered…
AIG says police winning war against cultism
Bala Hassan, the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2 Police Command, Lagos, says the police are…
Police recover prohibited drugs worth N1.2bn in Kano
Kano state Police Command recovered prohibited drugs worth N1.2 billion from dealers between October 25 and December 31, 2015. DSP…
#BayelsaDecides: Police confirm arrest of ballot box-snatching suspects
The Police in Bayelsa said it had commenced investigation on the alleged snatching of ballot box during Saturday’s supplementary governorship…
Mum of Nigerian tennis player killed by police for burial Friday
Taiwo Adelu The remains of Beauty McLeod, mother of Nigerian tennis junior champions, Angel, will be laid to rest Friday…
Abuja Commissioner of Police vows to nab Abubakar’s killers
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Federal Capital Territory, Wilson Inalegwu on Wednesday vowed that the Police would fish out the…
Ogun police arrest three fraudsters with charms
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Three suspected fraudsters were arrested on Saturday, 2 January in Ota, Ado Odo/Ota local government area of Ogun…
IG prohibits officers from illegally accessing mobile phones
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase, has warned police officers who are in the habit of indiscriminate checking of…
Police raid suspected robbers, cultists
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Scores of suspected robbers and cultists were arrested in various black spots across Ogun State on New Year’s…
Police promote 15 officers in Bayelsa Command
The Police Service Commission has promoted 15 officers serving in the Bayelsa Police Command, the Commissioner of Police in the…
Rivers Police rescue two kidnap victims
The Rivers Police Command said it had rescued two persons kidnapped by gunmen at Ogbakiri in Emohua Local Government Area…
60-year-old man arrested for defiling girl, 12
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Adewale Enoch, 60, has been arrested by the police from Abigi Division, in Ogun Waterside Local Government Area…
Police arrest pastor for burying charm in church premises
The police in Benin arrested one Apostle Ikenna Okafor on Sunday for allegedly burying charm in his church premises in…
Police, hunters to provide security in Ogun
The Ogun Police Command says it is ready to partner with local hunters to provide adequate security in the state.…
Ogun police bust pipeline vandals, recover boats,vehicles
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Luck ran out for a gang of pipeline vandals on Wednesday as police crack team attached to some…
Police arrest pipeline vandals, recover boats, vehicles
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Luck ran out on a gang of pipeline vandals on Wednesday as police teams attached to some commands…