Tag: police
IGP has ordered Rivers CP to protect PDP council chairmen – Wike
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has ordered the Rivers State command to provide security for the…
Police promise to checkmate cultism in Delta
The Police in Delta said on Friday that it would checkmate cult members in the state. The Police Public Relations…
Don’t patronise illegal motor parks, garages – Ogun Police warns
Jamiu Yisa The Ogun State Police Command has warned the general public particularly, the residents of Ogun against patronising illegal…
Police arrest 28 suspected hoodlums in Gombe
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested 28 suspected criminals for various offences. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP…
Angry mob beats robber to death in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A suspected armed robber on Monday night met his waterloo in Benin, capital of Edo state, when an…
No woman involved in Ikorodu bank heist, says Suspect
Bright Agbojule, one of the suspected armed robbers that stormed Ikorodu to rob two banks has stated that the group…
PICTURES: Police parade Ikorodu bank robbery suspects
Photos By Idowu Ogunleye Shortly after Lagos Police Command announced the arrest of four members of the robbery gang that…
Police beef up security around churches, mosques, bans hawking
The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, has mandated Commissioners of Police to strengthen security at all mosques, churches and other…
New CP takes over in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The new Commissioner of police Lagos State CP Ajani Owoseni has taken over from Mr Kayode Aderanti. The…
Police, Clerk of NASS, meet over petition
The Police have met with the Clerk of the National Assembly, Alhaji Salisu Maikasuwa, and some principal officers over a…
Police arrest Ikorodu bank robbers
Four members of the robbery gang that raided two banks in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on 24 June, have been arrested,…
We have no plans to arrest Ekweremadu – Police
The Nigeria Police Force has stated categorically that it has no plans to arrest deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu or…
APC plotting to use police to force Ekweremadu out- PDP
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s biggest opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP raised alarm on Sunday that the ruling All Progressive…
New Rivers CP launches anti-kidnapping campaign, gets Wike’s support
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Chris Ezike, the new Commissioner of Police, for Rivers has launched an anti-kidnapping and armed robbery campaign…
Police flee as robbers gun bread seller down
Jethro Ibileke/Benin A petty bread seller was on Thursday night shot dead in Benin, captial of Edo state, by gunmen…
Police say only 10 dead in Borno multiple blast
The Police in Borno on Friday confirmed the killing of at least 10 persons after Thursday’s multiple suicide attacks in…
Police kill cultist, others seriously injured in gun duel
The Imo Police Command in Owerri said on Monday that one person was killed and several others seriously injured when…
Man, 40, beats up 71-year old woman over missing phone
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 40-year old man, Ikechukwu Offor has been arrested and charged before Magistrate’s Court, Ejigbo, for allegedly beating…
Ikorodu Robbery, The Police And Public Security
Tayo Ogunbiyi According to eye witness accounts, the Wednesday armed robbery operation, that threw a part of the ancient town…
Police IG, ICPC partner to fight anti-corruption
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Solomon Arase, on Wednesday urged the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC)…
Police, armed robbers exchange heavy fire in Ikorodu
HARRISON IYOHA Residents of Ebute and Ogolonto areas of Ikorodu Western Nigeria woke up Wednesday morning to be confronted by…
Police arrest 3 kidnapping suspects
The Police in Benue have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Makurdi, the Police Public Relations Officer, Austin Ezeani, has said.…
Kidnap: Police arrest Kogi politician, 44 others
The police have arrested a politician in Kogi state along with 44 others suspected to have connection with kidnapping, armed…
Ogun police bust ritualist den, find remains of 20-year old girl
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun state police operatives attached to Ishara division of Ogun State Command on Monday busted a den of…
Kashamu arrested, tried in UK – Police
The police, on Thursday, said the British High Commission in Nigeria confirmed that Buruji Kashamu (senator-elect), was arrested and tried…
Ogun Police rescue man, 97, from kidnappers, arrest ritualists at den
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Pa Iposiola Samaye, 97, who was kidnapped last Thursday at Isire village in Ijebu East local government has…
Edo police apprehend killers of Corps Member in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Two members of a suspected armed robbery gang who allegedly killed a member of the National Youth Service…
Police arrest 30 suspected in Ogun
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command has in the last one week arrested 30 suspected cultists at various locations in…
Lagos Police confirm 1 killed in cult clash
The Police in Lagos on Friday confirmed the killing of one person in Fadeyi area during a fight between two…
DHQ bans police, paramilitary agencies from wearing camouflage
The Defence Headquarters on Friday banned all security agencies other than the Armed Forces from using the military fatigue uniforms…