Tag: police
PDP Using Police, FG Agencies To Terrorise APC Members
Kazeem Ugbodaga The All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, of using the Nigeria Police Force…
Wine-tasting US couple ‘left toddlers in freezing car’
A couple allegedly left their two toddlers marooned in a car and strapped into their seats in near-freezing temperatures while…
Boko Haram ‘bomb maker’ arrested – Police
A man suspected of being behind the manufacture of explosives used in a series of Boko Haram suicide attacks has…
Army takes over stadium for PDP, as police confirm attack on APC venue
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Rivers state, backed by a full compliment of detachment of combat-ready soldiers…
Impress Nigerians, don’t be partisan – IG tells Police
One of the ways the Police can impress voters and Nigerians during the forthcoming elections is to discharge their duties…
I’ll restructure the army, police, says Buhari
The presidential candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), General Muhammadu Buhari, has promised to restructure the Nigeria Army and…
Package sparks false alarm in London
Police said a suspect package found in the City of London on Tuesday was declared safe after briefly closing streets…
French police make arrests over Marseille transfers
French police on Tuesday arrested about 10 people, including player agents and suspected crime figures, as part of an inquiry…
Police arrest 10 for looting at scene of bombing in Gombe
The police in Gombe on Friday arrested 10 youths who tried to take advantage of a suicide bombing incident to…
Indian police probe politician for claiming Paris massacre justified
Indian police said Friday they were investigating a regional political leader who reportedly justified the massacre at France’s satirical weekly…
Police ready for 2015 elections, says Abba
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, on Monday, pledged the readiness of the force to tackle all security issues…
Fayose And 2015 Elections: Open Letter To The Army And The Police
By Joe Igbokwe “In the speech of Mr. Ayo Fayose he said propaganda would only waste time and that attack…
Police task Lagos residents on information sharing
In a bid to fight crime effectively, the Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday appealed to residents to volunteer information…
Manhunt in Los Angeles for suspect who shot at police
Los Angeles police launched a citywide manhunt after two suspects shot at officers in a patrol car, officials said Monday.…
French police kill knife-wielding man who shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’
French police on Saturday shot dead a man who attacked them with a knife in a police station while shouting…
Police IG to promote junior officers with higher qualification
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Suleiman Abba, has given approval that junior officers with higher qualification should be considered and…
Police defuse bomb at Kano market
The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said it had diffused “a high-calibre bomb” discovered at the Dawanau International Grains…
Police alert public on activities of impersonators
The spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Mr Ken Nwosu, has advised members of the public to be wary…
Bizman Arrested For Selling Aswani Market For N83m
Cyriacus Izuekwe A businessman has been arrested by the police after he reportedly sold four plots of Aswani Market land…
Police Shut Kidnappers’ Den In Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police in Lagos have shut the house where kidnappers kept their victims until a ransom was paid…
Senate sets up committee to investigate police raid on NASS
The Senate on Wednesday set up a seven-man committee to investigate the Thursday’s security breach at the National Assembly by…
Rivers Police Arrest Nine Cultists
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers State Police Command has nabbed nine suspected cultists and has paraded them at the headquarters along…
Tambuwal: Keyamo accuses police of committing illegality
Eromosele Ebhomele Nigerian Human rights lawyer, Festus Keyamo, on Monday said the Nigeria Police Force committed illegality for shutting the…
APC warns police IG, Jonathan against arresting Tambuwal
Eromosele Ebhomele The All Progressives Congress (APC) on Saturday warned that the reported plan hatched by the Presidency to arrest…
Tambuwal to police IG: I’m ready for your arrest
Eromosele Ebhomele Embattled Speaker of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has told the country’s police boss, Suleiman Abba, that…
PDP wants full investigation into National Assembly fracas
The National Working Committee (NWC), of the PDP has called on the Inspector General of Police to investigate the circumstances…
Tinubu blames Jonathan’s devious style for National Assembly chaos
Former Lagos state governor, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has blamed President Goodluck Jonathan’s devious style for the chaos that ensued at…
Ogun Police Arrest ex-Soldier, Four Others for Kidnapping
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with some suspected kidnappers who have been terrorizing Ogun state as men of the Special…
Outrage Over Police Blockade Of National Assembly
Kazeem Ugbodaga & Eromosele Ehbomele Nigerians have expressed total dismay and outrage over Thursday’s invasion of the National Assembly, Abuja, by policemen and…
Why we stopped Tambuwal, others from National Assembly – Police
The Nigerian police claimed it sent its men to the premises of the National Assembly in Abuja today after it…