Tag: police
Police never banned school devotion, says IGP
Contrary to recent reports, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Solomon Arase said on Sunday said that the Police Force did…
Police arrest 83 Biafrans in Bayelsa
Nigerian police said they arrested more than 80 members of a Biafran separatist movement on Friday during one of a…
Ambode gets thumbs up from Lagosians
Some Nigerians on Wednesday commended the Lagos State Government led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode and the Nigeria Police for the…
Kaduna: Police arraign 51 Yan Sara-Suka members
The Police Command in Kaduna on Tuesday said it had arraigned 51 street gang members, popularly known as ‘Yan Sara-Suka’…
Police foil attempt to steal child in Abia
Police Officers attached to Umuoba Police Station in Isiala Ngwa LGA of Abia, on Monday foiled an attempt by two…
Police arraign 3 teenagers for gang raping girl, 13
Three teenagers, Elijah Adebowale, Suleiman Balogun and Shefiu Adam, were on Thursday charged before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in…
40 families of deceased officers get N53m from Police
The Nigeria Police on Thursday presented cheques worth N53 million under the Police Life Insurance Scheme to families of 40…
VIDEO: Police officer violently arrests student, now under investigation
Police Brutality has made its way into schools. When will it end? #AssaultAtSpringValleyHigh Posted by BET on Monday, October 26,…
Employment scam: Man dupes 5 persons of N1.1m
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin, capital of Edo state, has arraigned one Olusanmi Kolawole before an Egor Magistrates’ Court,…
Nekede youth shot dead by suspected cultists
The Imo State Police command has confirmed the killing of a youth on Saturday at Nekede community in Owerri West…
Police confirm killing of 5 persons in Borno blast
The Borno Police Command on Sunday confirmed the killing of five persons in Saturday’s suspected suicide attack near Maiduguri. The…
Cattle rustling gang leader arraigned
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a 28-year-old man, Adamu Haruna, before a Senior Magistrates’ Court in Katsina for allegedly leading…
Police debunk reports alleging they killed Disu
The Police in Lagos have discredited reports attributed to the leaders of Okunraye Community in Ibeju-Lekki, alleging that the police…
NANS gives police 48hrs to arrest officers who beat up student
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta The Ogun state chapter of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Joint Campus Committee, NANS/JCC has given the…
Police creates Direct Complaints Department for Lagos, Ogun
The Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police on Tuesday said its Direct Complaints Department, created to handle the harassment…
Kogi: Police foil attempt to bomb Audu’s house
Kazeem Ugbodaga As the race to the Lugard House, Kogi State Government House, heats up, the political environment in the…
Police arrest fake Buhari adviser
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Monday said it had arrested a 70-year old fake Presidential Adviser on…
3 bank robbery suspects shot dead in Delta
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three suspected bank robbers were last Friday shot dead in Warri by operatives of Delta State Police Command.…
Police arrest 72, recover 818 cattle in Kano
The Police have arrested 72 suspected cattle rustlers in the notorious Falgore forest in Tudun Wada Local Government Area of…
Indian girls aged 2 and 5 ‘gang-raped’ – Police
Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight, with at…
Man, 53, stabs 75-year-old mom to death
A 53-year-old man, Bravok Indi, on Thursday at Jenta Mangoro in Jos North, stabbed and killed his 75-year-old mother, Wallong…
Chad police arrest 62 women for wearing full veils
Chad police arrested 62 women for wearing full veils in public as the country steps up security against extremism following…
Justice Okocha cries out over threats to judges’ lives
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Dispensation of Justice in Rivers state has become a highly perilous business and judges have become so…
4 days after: No word from kinapped corps member, 3 teachers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command is yet to establish contact with four persons including, a corps member, teachers…
Police foil bank robbery in Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A crack team of Special anti-robbery squad from the Rivers State Police Command at about 5:00 p.m…
3 kidnap victims rescued by hunters, police in Edo
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Three inter-state passengers who were abducted on Monday by suspected kidnappers along the Benin-Lagos express way have been…
Fuel scarcity looms in Rivers as NUPENG begins strike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The little respite being enjoyed by consumers of petroleum products in Rivers State since the Department of…
Court orders remand of 17 suspected killers of Lekki Free Trade Zone boss
An Ebute-Metta Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday granted the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) leave to remand in custody, 17 suspects…
Police arrest two suspects over Nyanya, Kuje bombings
The Nigeria Police on Tuesday said it had arrested two suspects in connection with the October 2 bombings in Nyanya…