Nigeria Police

Nationwide protests: Police assure residents of safety

Ahead of the proposed nationwide protest by organized labour, the Nigeria Police Force has assured protesters of its commitment to ensuring their rights,...

Suspected kidnapper in abduction, murder of Nabeeha, 3 others in Abuja nabbed

Operatives of the Nigerian Police in Abuja have apprehended a suspected kidnapper involved in the kidnapping and murder of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar and three...

Ceaseless blackmail on NNPCL leadership: Arewa Youth Assembly berates sponsors, petitions Police, DSS

Perceived ceaseless attacks against the top management of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL) especially its Group Chief Executive Officer, Mallam Mele...

Ak-47-bearing Abuja Pastor detained, Inspector attached to church may be dismissed

The Presiding Pastor, House on the Rock, Abuja Chapter, Uche Aigbe, has been detained by the Intelligence Response Team, Force Intelligence Bureau, Garki...

Horrific! Decomposed bodies of kidnapped Taraba monarch’s two wives, five children found in the forest

Exactly 21 days to Nigeria’s elections, a reign of terror by bandits and kidnappers has claimed the two wives and five children of...

Christmas Day tragedy: Blood-thirsty ASP shoots fatally female lawyer in Lagos

In spite of 2020 #EndSARS nationwide protest against police brutalities and killings, Police have again killed another well-meaning Nigerian, a female lawyer, Omobolanle...

Mopol Police Inspector assassinated in Lagos

Gunmen have snuffed a mobile police inspector on Lagos road in a broad daylight, a police source said on Thursday. The officer was...

Police High Command orders aerial surveillance on Abuja-Kaduna road, mobilizes for Ekiti, Osun polls

Miffed by the incessant banditry and kidnappings on Abuja-Kaduna highway, the Police High Command said in Abuja that it has strengthened patrol and...

Southeast kidnappers go haywire again, seize head of Methodist Church in Nigeria, bishop, assistant in Abia

Insecurity in the Southeast has again claimed a senior Christian cleric, the head of Methodist Church in Nigeria, Prelate Samuel Kanu Uche, who...

Why we killed NYSC member, Terungwa Stephanie — female abductor, other suspects confess

Fresh facts have emerged why the 26-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Terungwa Stephanie, was killed in Abuja and her mutilated body...

Police bust bandits with arms, ammunition tucked in bags of beans

BY SAM OGBEIFUN The Police Force Headquarters has put all commercial drivers and management of motor parks nationwide on red alert on vehicles...

Police IG orders mass promotion for policemen on same rank since 2017

Inspector General of Police Usman Alkali Baba on Wednesday ordered mass promotion for all rank and file policemen across the country who have...

Kano court remands elderly woman, teenager for plucking boy’s eyeball for “juju” (charms)

A woman believed to be in her 70s, Furera Abubakar, and a teenage boy are to cool their heels behind bars for allegedly...

Breaking: Policewoman assaulted, beaten black and blue in Lagos by businessman

  A policewoman, who is in her forties, has been beaten black and blue by a businessman in the Okota area of Lagos...

Julius Berger’s workers’ protest turns bloody as cop shot dead one, injured others

  “He promised to meet the management of Julius Berger and the workers in order to resolve the crisis” Unwarranted interference by the...

Woman, husband poison 10-year-old step-son fatally over alleged witchcraft

  By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A woman, Rita Umoh, and her husband Akan Umoh, have been arrested by the Akwa Ibom State Police...