Tag: police
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…
Chaos as Police, DSS stop Tambuwal from entering premises
There is chaos at the National Assembly after policemen and Department of State Security operatives stopped the speaker of the…
Police hunt for tiger on the loose
Police and firefighters are desperately hunting for a tiger on the loose near Paris Thursday after a local resident spotted…
Police arrest 26 murder suspects in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 26 suspects in connection with the murder of a…
Police investigating Jacob Zuma over home spending
South African police are investigating President Jacob Zuma over a $23 million taxpayer-funded refurbishment project at his rural homestead, according…
Police Investigate Synagogue Building Collapse
Henry Ojelu CSP Haruna Alaba, the Divisional Police Officer, Ikotun Police Station, today said the police is investigating the September…
Rivers Police Kill Two Robbers In Front Of Bank In Port Harcourt
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Two persons suspected to be armed robbers who were attempting to rob Eco bank branch by Agip…
Mubi: Police warn residents against rumour mongering
The Adamawa Police Command on Friday warned residents of the state against spreading unfounded rumour that often leads to panic.…
Rivers Police orders 24 hours surveillance on PDP Secretariat
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The Rivers state Police Commissioner, Dan Bature, has ordered round the clock surveillance of Peoples Democratic Party,…
Police Recover 16 Cars From Syndicate
Cyriacus Izuekwe The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Kayode Aderanti, has paraded five members of a car snatching syndicate…
Rivers Police confirm rescue of Diezani’s sister from kidnappers
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers state Police Command has confirmed that Osiya Agama, sister of the Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani…
NURTW Members Sue Police
Akin Kuponiyi Three members of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Lagos State Chapter, Mustapha Adekunle, Fatai Ali…
Police Arraign 2 Lawyers For Forging Dead Man’s Will
Jethro Ibileke/Benin The police in Benin have arraigned two lawyers and a 50-year old man before an Oredo Magistrate Court…
AIG pledges to support JTF to fight oil thieves
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 5, Benin, Musa Daura, has pledged the support of the…
Police warn residents against rumour mongering
Alhaji Shaibu Gambo, Commissioner of Police in Sokoto State, on Friday appealed to residents to avoid rumour mongering, to enhance…
Five dead in Bauchi bus station blast – Police
A bomb blast at a bus station in a north Nigeria area previously targeted by Boko Haram killed five people,…