Tag: police
19 students arrested for cultism in Ekiti
The police in the Nigerian western State of Ekiti Monday arrested 19 students of All Souls’ Anglican Grammar School, Ado Ekiti,…
‘Civil Society Members Are Corrupt’ —Abiodun Aremu
The secretary of Joint Action Committee, JAC, Comrade Abiodun Aremu made a frank statement at the weekend in Lagos State,…
N21b Fraud: Saraki Loses Bid To Stop Police
Attempts by former governor of Kwara state and senator representing the Kwara Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, Senator…
63-Year Old Grandma, Accomplice, Sent To Prison Over N200m Property Damage
A 63-year old grandmother, Funmilayo Ajayi and Adebola Kehinde, 44, have been arraigned before the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, Lagos for…
Lagos Oba Loses N18m To Fake Journalist
A suspected fake journalist has been arrested by the police in Lagos State for allegedly duping a Lagos monarch to…
Police Arrest 45 Armed Robbery Suspects In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command on Wednesday said that 45 suspected armed robbers, including a 62-year- old ex-military man, were…
Lagos denies Okada ban
Despite the continued arrest of commercial motorcycle operators also known as Okada riders in some parts of Lagos by the police, the…
Robbers Shoot Policeman, Snatch N3.5m
A gang of armed robbers Monday morning shot a police officer when they opened fire at a police post in…
Lagos Lawmaker Loses Car To Robbers
A lawmaker at the Lagos state House of Assembly and current Chairman, House Committee on Local Government Administration and Chieftaincy…
Okada Menace On The Rise In Lagos
As he groaned on his bed in his apartment and pain shot sparks from his broken leg bound in Plaster…
Lagos To Clamp Down On Illegal Aliens
Security agencies in Lagos State may soon clamp down on illegal aliens as the state police command strategises on the…
Robbery: Nigerian Banks Opt for Armoured Vehicles
Nigerian banks, targets of incessant robbery attacks, are to acquire Amoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) for the escort of cash while…
Time To Clean Up The Mess In Police Pension Office
Once again, the Police Pension Office, PPO, is in the news, not for any altruistic reasons but the most odious.…
NHA Coordinator Denies Media Report
The Special Investigation Bureau, SIB, Lagos State Police Command recently invited the National Coordinator of the National Hoteliers Association of…
Nasarawa Killings: Police Arrest Herdsmen With Ammunition
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a herdsman with 20 rounds of AK 47 ammunition and one cartridge of…
Lagos Organises Seminar For Security Personnel
Security personnel, including the police, soldiers and others are fond of breaking traffic laws on roads in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.…
Gunmen On Boats Kill Four Policemen In Bayelsa
Suspected pirates in speedboats killed four policemen on Thursday after opening fire on a marine police checkpoint in the creeks…
Police Chief Seeks Okada Riders’ Cooperation In Crime Control
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Mr Nicholas Nkemdeme, has solicited the cooperation of members of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle…
Policeman Kidnaps Girl, Shoots Sister
A police Corporal, Mr. Emmanuel Okoye, attached to the Ifako Police Station in Lagos, has allegedly kidnapped a 17-year old…
Abubakar Warns Cops Against Intimidating Nigerians
The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has restated that the Police Force under his leadership would not tolerate indiscipline,…
Bizman Faces Alleged N80m Fraud
The police on Wednesday arraigned a businessman, Adeloye Olukemi, at the Federal High Court, Lagos, for allegedly defrauding Mr. Buba…
Who Killed Citizen Adedeji?
As it has strangely become one of its hallmarks, the Nigeria Police has yet another case of extra-judicial killing on…
Police Parade Robbery Suspects In Lagos
The Police in Lagos on Tuesday paraded two suspected armed robbers, who allegedly robbed two bankers of $12,800 (about N1.92m)…
Sit Up Now, IGP Warns Police Chiefs
The Acting Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, has told Deputy Commissioners of Police (DCPs) to live up to…
Police Arrest Suspected Rapist
The police in Lagos on Monday confirmed the arrest of a suspected rapist, who they said had evaded many earlier…
Agenda For The New IGP —Tayo Ogunbiyi
Eventually, the former Inspector General of Police (IGP), Hafiz Ringim, lost out in the battle to keep his job. Throughout…
Now That Abubakar Is In Charge
The appointment of Mohammed Abubakar as the Acting Inspector-General of Police came at a time Nigerians had lost faith in…
Fresh Fear In Kano As Police Discover More Explosives
The latest discovery of abandoned explosives in parts of Kano city, Northwest Nigeria, confirms the fear that the Boko Haram…
Police Arrest 4 Pipeline Vandals
Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring unit, Force headquarters Annex, Lagos, southwest Nigeria have arrested four suspected pipeline vandals…
Man Stabs Girlfriend To Death
The Lagos State police command on Wednesday announced the arrest of a resident, Kabiru Ogunlana, who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend…