Tag: police
Police arrest 46 cultists in Edo
The Police in Edo arrested 46 suspected cultists in Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State on Thursday. The…
Sallah: Monarch escapes assassination
Muslim clerics praying/caption] Alhaji Ahmadu Yakubu, the Ejeh of Ankpa and Chairman, Ankpa Area Traditional Council in Kogi, on Thursday,…
BREAKING: Olu Falae regains freedom
Former presidential candidate and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Chief Olu Falae, has been rescued from his captors…
Police boss meets security chiefs over effective policing in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta In order to effectively police Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, the State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmajid Ali, has met…
Eid el-Kabir: Tight security in Jos
Security was beefed up in many parts of Jos metropolis and Bukuru, Plateau, on Thursday as Muslims in Nigeria joined…
Police, APC executives frustrated Bayelsa guber primary – Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has accused the Bayelsa Police command and executives of his party the All Progressives…
Buhari orders police, security agencies to rescue Falae
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Inspector-General of Police, solomon Arase, and the security agencies to take necessary actions to…
Hard times await perpetrators of violent crime against women – IGP
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Solomon Arase has warned that hard times await perpetrators of violent crime against…
Police arrest fake soldier, Man,37, for defiling girl, 7
Yusuf Muhammed Police Detectives attached to Onipanun Division of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested Ayodele Adedeji of Jackross,…
Multiple explosion kills 54 in Borno – Police
The Police Command in Borno State on Monday confirmed the killing of at least 54 persons in the Sunday night…
Police nab 3 pickpockets as they share loot
The Police in Lagos have arrested three suspected pickpockets at a spot where they were trying to share their loot.…
Implement police reform report, NOPRIN tells FG
Eromosele Ebhomele The Network on Police Reform in Nigeria, NOPRIN, a network of 49 civil society organisations spread across the…
Kidnapped professor rescued, suspect arrested
Nasarawa State Police Command on Friday rescued Prof. Emmanuel Ogundele of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, who was abducted by…
Man whose wife police killed also dies in hospital from gunshot injuries
Cyriacus Izuekwe Akwa Ibom State-born, Godwin Ekpo, husband of a woman, Idongesit, who was shot dead by policemen at Ijegun…
Pipeline vandals becoming a threat — Olulade
Eromosele Ebhomele The representative of Epe Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, Segun Olulade, has condemned the…
Police arraign Corporal who shot woman to death
A Police Corporal who allegedly shot a woman to death on Wednesday at Isheri Oshun, a Lagos suburb, will be…
Man docked for refusing to pay his workers
A 34-year-old man, Benson Abayomi, who allegedly refused to pay the salaries of his workers, was on Wednesday brought before…
Dead man dumped on Ogun road
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Residents of Ago Oko area in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State woke up Wednesday morning…
2 men arrested for forging Customs clearing papers
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ajao Estate have arrested two suspects for their alleged involvement in forging the Nigeria Customs…
Don’t sit in the office, get on the street, Edo Police boss tells officers
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Edo State Commissioner of Police, Chris Ezike, has directed that office personnel in the state police command be…
9 robbery suspects arrested in FCT
The Police Command in FCT has arrested nine `one chance’ robbery suspects, who disguised as cab operators to rob unsuspecting…
Police must be well compensated, kitted for optimal performance – Oshiomhole
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo has called for the proper equipping of officers and men of the Nigerian Police for…
US cop faces death threats for denouncing ‘racist’ chief
Los Angeles (AFP) – A white US police officer who turned in his chief for allegedly making a series of…
Police to arrest unauthorised users of siren nationwide
The Nigeria Police Force said in Abuja on Tuesday that it would arrest any person not listed in the categories…
Police arrest 2 armed robbers in army uniform
The Kano State Police Command, said it had arrested two armed robbery suspects wearing army uniform on Kano-Maidiguri road and…
I-G of Police visits INEC, says Police is ready for elections
The Inspector General of Police, IGP Solomon E Arase, on Wednesday visited the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission…
Ogun Tribunal: APC,PDP supporters clash averted again in court
Abiodun Onafuy/Abeokuta What could have resulted in a serious violence was Tuesday averted by the police when supporters of the…
Ambode commissions 46 ambulances, hands over 10 Hilux vans to police
Kazeem Ugbodaga Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday commissioned 46 ambulances and handed over 10 Hilux vans and…
Swazi police confirm 13 die in crash en route to royal ceremony
Swaziland’s police have confirmed that 11 young women and two men died in a road accident at the weekend on…
Bayelsa Police repel pirates’ attack on passenger boat, recovers arms
The Bayelsa Police Command on Sunday said its Marine Division in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of the state had…