Nigerian Police

Presidential Order: Police Recall Officers from VIP Duty

Following a directive from President Bola Tinubu, the Nigeria Police Force has ordered the immediate withdrawal of all officers currently assigned to protect...

Tinubu orders mass withdrawal of Police from VIPs, redeploys officers to frontline security duties

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered the immediate withdrawal of police officers assigned to guard Very Important Persons (VIPs) across the country, directing...

Just In: PDP Crisis: Police Take Control of National Secretariat in Abuja

Amid heightened internal tensions, the Nigeria Police on Wednesday, November 19, sealed off the National Secretariat of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) at...

Tragedy as Lagos DPO Dies During Fibroid Surgery

The Lagos Police Command has been plunged into grief following the sudden death of one of its dedicated officers, CSP Matilda Ngbanoyen, the...

Alleged Age Falsification: Absence of Ex-Police Officers Stalls Arraignment

The arraignment of five retired senior police officers at the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, scheduled for Thursday, September 25, was...

Age Falsification Scandal: Police Prosecute Retired AIG, 4 Commissioners

Five retired senior officers of the Nigeria Police Force including an Assistant Inspector General have been hauled before a court in Abuja for...

Alleged N400m Job Scam: Police Ask Court To Issue Arrest Warrant Against Andy Uba

The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has formally requested a Federal High Court in Abuja to issue a bench warrant for the...

IGP Egbetokun Elevates NPF Legal Section to Directorate

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Kayode Egbetokun, has upgraded the Nigeria Police Force’s Legal Section to the Directorate of Legal Services as part...

Activist Sowore to be arraigned for alleged forgery, cyberstalking

Activist Omoyele Sowore is to arraigned in the court over alleged forgery, cyberstalking, and other infractions, the police have said. Sowore, who was...

Omoyele Sowore Released from Police Custody Amid Public Outcry

Human rights activist and former presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, has been released from police custody following a public outcry over his detention. Sowore,...

Decentralized Police System Can Curb Jungle Justice, Extrajudicial Killings -Tietie

Mr. Frank Tietie, Executive Director of Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER) and lawyer, has proposed a decentralized police system as...

Tragedy Strikes in Ogun as Police Inspector Dies from Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound

A tragic incident occurred at a ceramics company in Igbesa, Ogun State, where Police Inspector Ajele Oloyede, who was stationed as a security...

FCT Police begin enforcement of mandatory third-party vehicle insurance, effective Feb. 1

The Federal Capital Territory(FCT) Police Command has commenced enforcement of the mandatory minimum Third-Party Motor Vehicle Insurance, effective February 1, 2025. This move...

Just in: Betty Otimenyin assumes duty as Edo’s first female police commissioner

Mrs. Betty Otimenyin on Monday assumed duty as the first female Commissioner of Police in Edo State, taking over from CP Umoru Ozigi,...

FCT Police raid drug hotspots, recover live ammunition, hard drugs

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has announced that its anti-narcotics unit operatives have successfully carried out series of coordinated raids on...

Retired police inspector allegedly caught conducting stop-and-search operation

A retired police inspector, reportedly in his late 60s and identified as Linus Monday, has been apprehended for allegedly extorting motorists and motorcyclists...