Police

Police in Ondo State on Friday confirmed the kidnap of four Ikare-Akoko chiefs on Owo/Ikare Road on Thursday. According to reports, the chiefs were on a return trip home from Akure when they were attacked by assailants. “Police…

The timely intervention of the police in Lagos saved four persons from being lynched by a mob on the Eko bridge. The spokesman of the Lagos Command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, made this known on his verified Twitter handle. He said that…

Some unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits operating in the Lame/Burra forest in Bauchi State on Tuesday attacked the convoy of the Assistant Inspector General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 12 Bauchi, Audu Madaki injuring him and…

The Police Command in  Ondo State has confirmed the attack on its Okuta Elerinla Police Division Headquarters, Akure, Akure South Local Government Area. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Funmilayo Odunlali, in a statement issued on Monday…

The Police Command in Adamawa has arrested a 20-year-old housewife,  Caroline Barka, for stabbing her husband, Barka Dauda, to death. Mrs Barka is a resident of Angwan Tamiya in the Madagali Local Government Area of the state. This is…

The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has partnered with the Nigerian Police Force in the protection of people’s lives and property in the liberated communities of the Northeast. The partnership is in the provision of furniture…

The Police Command in Kaduna State says its operatives re-arrested a suspected Kuje Prison escapee in Kaduna on Sunday at about 1930hrs. The Command’s Spokesperson, DSP Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the re-arrest in a statement on Monday in…

To forestall the continuous disregard for traffic rules, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr Usman Baba has banned the use of SPY number plates by vehicle owners nationwide. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi…

The Police Command in Jigawa State has arrested 10 suspected drug peddlers and recovered 102 wraps of cannabis in Taura Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, DSP Lawan Shiisu,…

Ahead of the Saturday governorship election in Osun State, the police and other security agencies, including the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, have declared war on vote-buyers and mapped out strategies to checkmate their…