The three suspects involved in the killing of Fatinoye couple and their only son have been paraded by operatives of Ogun state police command at the command’s headquarters in Eleweran, Abeokuta. The suspects are Lekan Adekanbi, Ahmed Odetola, and Waheed Adeniji, who were paraded alongside Lekan’s mother and girlfriend who were arrested as accomplices to the crime. Briefing newsmen, Friday, Read More
The Rivers state governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike, CON, has donated the sum of N70m to families of three slain police and injured officers on active duty at the Okoro nu Odo (Rumuokoro) Flyover in December, 2022. Governor Wike presented the cheque of N20m to the widows of each slain officer and N10m to the injured officer at the Nigerian Police Read More
Kwara state police command Saturday said it has uncovered plots by some hoodlums to attack bank facilities in the state owing to tbe crisis emernating from the new naira notes policy. The command however, warned that it has the capacity to deal decisively with any one or group of persons planning to cause trouble in the state. A statement by Read More
The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-Cultural In the Diaspora (AEISCID) said it condemned strongly the reported assassination attempt on the life of the Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state, Prof. Benard Ifeanyi Odoh, describing the attack as ‘cowardly.’ Prof. Odoh’s convoy was attacked while returning from a campaign rally at Ezzaegu community, Ishielu Local Read More
Gunmen have attacked the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra state. Confirming the incident, Anambra state police spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said security had been reinforced in the areas. He said, “Anambra state police command today 1/2/2023 has reinforced security deployment in the state, following an attack on the Read More
Campaigns ahead of the presidential elections February 25 get hotter with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, pledging to open borders and give $10 billion dollars revolving loan to business communities if voted into power. He said the All Progressives Congress (APC)-led federal government’s policy on borders closure had brought untold hardship and crippled business activities in Nigeria. Atiku, Read More
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, Abuja has nullified the retirement of some police officers. The court which was presided by His Lordship, Hon. Justice O. O. Oyewumi delivered the judgment in Suit No. NICN/ABJ/51/2022 – ACP Adesina Olunlade & Anor (For themselves and as representing all members of Course 21 (Force Entrants) of the Police Academy) vs. Police Service Read More
In preparatuon for the general elections, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has trained officers attached to the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Unit on protocols for safe explosives disposal and preventive measures. A press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Sunday in Abuja, said: : The NPF have effectively concluded the Read More
The Divisional Police Officer (DPO), of Jahun Local Government Area, (LGA), Jigawa State, SP Abubakar Musa has slumped and died in his office. This was disclosed by the Spokesman of the Jigawa state police command, DSP. Lawan Shiisu Adamu in a statement on Saturday. He wrote, “SP. Abubakar Musa died yesterday around 9:00pm while closing from his official duty.” He Read More
The Police Command in Nasarawa State has confirmed the alleged killing of 27 pastoralists in an ‘airstrike’ in Doma Local Government Area of the State. DSP Ramhan Nansel, the Command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed the development and casualty figure to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lafia. Nansel said that preliminary investigation revealed that the pastoralists Read More
Move by the Police to exit the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), generated heated debate for and against, among stakeholders at the Public Hearing organised by the Senate Committee on Police Affairs last Friday. TAIYE ODEWALE reports Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS), managed by the National Pension Commission (PenCom), was brought about by the reform of Nigeria’s pension Read More
Imo state Police operatives have commenced operations in Oguta and its environs aimed at tracking down the hoodlums who killed a police officer Friday night at the Oguta Police Station. The newly posted Command’s spokesman, ASP Henry Okoye, who confirmed the incident Saturday evening, said there had been ongoing operations in and around Oguta to track down the hoodlums since it Read More
Nasarawa state Police in collaboration with other security agencies, have rescued two females among the six pupils that were abducted on Friday, at LEA primary school, Alwaza village, Doma Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. A statement by the command’s Public Relations Officer DSP Ramhan Nansel and made available to newsmen on Saturday, in Lafia said the rescued persons Read More
The Minister of Police Affairs Mr Mohammed Dingyadi said Wednesday that the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Alkali Usman Baba is not expected to leave office before the 2023 general elections. The minister said this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. He said the Read More
The Nigerian Police Force have reportedly laid siege at the residence of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin on Tuesday night. A source had disclosed that the police were there to ensure that the apex bank governor appear in court over the $53m Paris Fund Debt. However, the Force headquarters in a statement on Tuesday night Read More
The Northern Christian elders Tuesday expressed concern over continued killings and kidnappings in the North ahead of the general elections, and tasked government at all levels to support security agencies to nip the situation in the bud. Speaking under the aegis of Northern States Christian Elders Forum (NOSCEF), the senior citizens urged the federal government and various state governments to rise in Read More
Ohanaeze Youths Movement has called on the Nigeria Police Force to bring all the perpetrators of the dastardly act on Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere country home to book. The group in a statement signed by its Secretary General, Nwada Amaka frowned at the comment ascribed to the Governor of Imo state, in which he claimed to have known of some meetings between the Read More
I arrived in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, January 10th, 2023, for a 48-hour visit. The last time I visited, three years ago, was at the heart of the heavy, Southern Nigerian rainy session, and the plane’s landing had been quite scary. A few weeks earlier, we were also forced into the Port Harcourt Airport because our flight to Uyo couldn’t Read More
The Lagos state government has arraigned the Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Drambi Vandi, for the alleged killing of a Lagos-based lawyer, Omobolanle Raheem, on Christmas day, December 25, 2023. Vandi was arraigned on Monday, January 16, 2023, on a one-count charge of murder before the Lagos state High Court. After the charge was read to him, Vandi pleaded not Read More
The headquarters of Nigeria Police Command located in Kano state has been gutted by fire from a yet to be identified source. Blueprint gathered that the fire though was intense, it was mostly curtailed around the administrative and finance section of the building. No life was reportedly lost as at the time of filling this report with the Police authorities Read More
The Police command in Nasarawa state on Friday said its operatives have rescued 30 kidnapped victims in the state. This was contained in a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer DSP Ramhan Nansel and made available to newsmen in Lafia. “On 12/1/2023, information was received that suspected kidnappers were sighted at Sardauna forest of Toto LGA , Nasarawa Read More
The Nigerian police are set to arrest a man who was captured in a viral video smoking marijuana and putting it in an infant’s mouth.Force spokesperson, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, in a tweet, sought more information about the unidentified man from the public. He said, “ Every one of us can see this again. How did he get the baby? His son? Read More
Men of the State Security Service have alledgedly arrested Mr. Godwin Meliga, President of Middle Belt Youth Vanguard who was part of the coalition of groups who exposed the plot by the agency to frame the CBN Governor for terrorism financing. Family members of the activist who confirmed his arrest to newsmen reportedly said the men from the SSS Headquarters Read More
The Lagos state police command has confirmed the death of a yet to be identified man when its operatives clashed with Yoruba nation agitators. The police spokesperson in the state, Benjamin Hundeyin, who gave the confirmation on Monday said the incident happened in Ojota area. He said operatives of the Command had been deployed it’s men to the scene to Read More
The Zamfara state police command has rescued 15 victims, who were abducted on the Tsafe-Gusau federal road last Monday. The command public relations officer, SP Muhammad Shehu, disclosed at a press conference, Thursday. According to him, the joint task search and rescue operatives comprising vigilante and police rescued the victims after an intensive search and rescue operation. “After chasing the Read More
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