Tag: police
PDP defends police action against APC in Ekiti
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has stated that police action against members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ado-Ekiti…
Gov. Fayemi, Senator Ojudu attacked by police in Ado-Ekiti
Men of the Ekiti State Police Command, led by the state Commander of the Mobile Police Unit, Gabriel Selekere, on…
Police, strikers clash in Brazil World Cup host city
Brazil’s World Cup preparations endured a rough Friday, as police clashed with striking subway workers in Sao Paulo, massive traffic…
Lagos Police To Clampdown On Illegal Siren Users
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Police Command says it is beginning full scale clampdown on illegal users of siren in…
Chibok Girls: We’ve not banned protests in Nigeria, Police say
Contrary to the directive of Joseph Mbu, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT police commissioner yesterday, the authorities of the Nigeria…
Man kills self after gunfight with police
A jobless murder suspect was found dead after exchanging fire with Hong Kong police at a high-rise residential block early…
Police arraign 2 women for beating up neighbour
The police on Monday arraigned two women, Patience Osunji, 35, and Stela Ali, 38, in a Chief Magistrates’ Court in…
Unknown Traffic Controllers Invade Lagos
Police in Lagos have intercepted a strange group of usurpers posing as traffic officials on Lagos roads. Dressed in grey…
Turkish police teargas protesting workers on May Day
Turkish police used water canon and tear gas on Thursday to disperse thousands of protesters who tried to defy a…
Police, SSS, Army In Joint Patrol In Rivers State
A special patrol team, comprising the Police, Army, Navy, Air force and the Department of State Security, has been set-up…
Lawyers Boycott Courts Over Quarrel With Police
The Chairman, Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Katsina State branch, Mr. Murtala Kassim, said on Tuesday that members of the branch…
Father Kills 2-Year-old Son
Cyriacus Izuekwe The police at Ejigbo division have begun a manhunt for a man who allegedly beat his 2-year old…
Baby making ‘factory’ uncovered in Ogun state
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Ogun State Police Command, in western Nigeria, today discovered a “Baby Factory” where young girls have been…
Police Demolish 500 Houses In Lagos
More than 500 buildings were destroyed this morning at Polome Village/Community, Mowo Phase II Badagry, Lagos State, western Nigeria, on…
Soldiers, policemen bar APC protesters from INEC office
Armed soldiers and policemen deployed around the Abuja headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, this morning prevented leaders…
APC Slams Police For Continued Detention Of Election Observers
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described as totally inexplicable and unjustifiable the continued detention of the 182 election Observers…
Police Now Armed Wing Of PDP —APC Governors
The Progressive Governors Forum, PGF, has described the police as the armed wing of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following…
Police Recover Abandoned Baby
The Police Command in Benue has recovered a newly born baby abandoned in a bush near the Gboko General Hospital.…
Police Ban Public Rallies In Kaduna
The police command in the northern Nigerian state of Kaduna on Tuesday announced indefinite ban on any form of public…
District head arrested for robbery, rape
The Police Command in northwest Nigerian state of Zamfara on Monday arrested the Acting District Head of Keta Village in…
Suspected Receiver Of 30 Stolen Vehicles Charged
Police in Lagos State, southern Nigeria, have charged the suspected Lagos-based big time receiver of stolen vehicles from armed robbers,…
Construction worker on the run over murder of lover
The Nigerian Police in Bayelsa State Command has begun a manhunt for a construction worker suspected to have murdered a…
Fasheun’s OPC, Police Clash
Seven members of the Frederick Fasheun-led faction of the Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, were arrested by the police yesterday after…
2 student cultists kill fellow student
The Nigerian Police Force in Cross River state has arrested two students of the Army Day Secondary School, Eburutu Barracks…
Man Stabbed Over N10
The police at Idimu Police Division have arrested and charged a 24-year old man, Kunle Oyebanji, before Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court,…
Police: ‘Chidi Lloyd Helping Us’
Chidi Lloyd, majority leader at the Rivers State House of Assembly, detained since yesterday in Abuja, is still being held…
ACN To Police: Probe Into Rivers Crisis One-Sided
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has urged the police to be more circumspect and avoid being partisan in their…
Police Rescue 2 Chinese Nationals
Two Chinese nationals who were abducted on Monday near the Military Cantonment in Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun, have…
Kakawa Robbery Gang Smashed
The police at Area ‘A’ Command, Campbell Street, Lagos Island, southwest Nigeria have arrested three robbery suspects and recovered three…
Police Exhume Slain UNIBEN Student For Post-Mortem
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Following public outcry and demand by family members of Ibrahim Momoh, the final year Laboratory Science student of…