Police
Carjacking in FCT: Police recover Land Cruiser Prado after high-speed hot chase
In a swift response to a distress call, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command says it has recovered a 2012 black Toyota...
Police raid criminals’ hideouts in FCT, arrest 85 suspects, recover weapons, foreign currencies, motorcycles
In a streak of coordinated raid exercises between March 31 and April 4, 2024, the FCT Police Command operatives stormed some identified black...
We’ll frustrate illegal sales, thefts at Ports – Police
In a bid to curb illegal activities at various ports and around the economic hubs in Nigeria, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has...
Again, Police neutralize kidnappers, gunrunners, recover arms
In a bid to rid the country of criminals, including kidnappers, the Intelligence Department-Intelligence Rapid Response Team (FID-IRT) of the Nigeria Police Force...
Amnesty International denounces Police misusing of rubber bullets worldwide!
Amnesty International has warned that the use of rubber bullets and other projectiles against peaceful protesters has become increasingly routine worldwide, leading to eye...
Policeman goes beserk, shoots “mistress”, self dead
A police officer on Thursday in Ilorin, Kwara State capital went berserk, shot a woman believed to be his “mistress” fatally at a...
2023 polls: Police, EFCC, others to go after vote buyers, deploy 400,000 operatives
The Inspector-General of Police (IG), Usman Alkali, said on Thursday that 400,000 personnel of the various security agencies will be deployed during the...
Mysterious noonday fire wrecks Kano police headquarters
A noonday fire has engulfed the headquarters of Kano State Police Command headquarters with many offices and files razed. The office is located...
Assault of police orderly: Prof. Abiola, domestic staff, granted bail after 12 days in custody
After 12 days in custody for allegedly hurting a policewoman grievously, a lawyer and wife of the late Chief MKO Abiola, Prof. Zainab...
Alleged assault on policewoman: MKO Abiola’s widow and lawyer, Prof. Duke-Abiola, remanded in prison
For allegedly assaulting a policewoman, Prof. Zainab Duke-Abiola, lawyer and human rights activist and one of the widows of Chief MKO Abiola, was...
Kuje prison escapee arrested in Ogun
One of the inmates who fled the Medium Security Correctional Centre, Kuje in Abuja, following an attack on the facility by terrorists, has...
Ceaseless terrorists’ onslaughts in Zamfara: Carry guns, defend yourselves, Governor tells citizens
Grieved by the rack and ruin in Zamfara State unleashed by terrorists, Gov. Bello Matawalle has directed citizens of the state to henceforth...
Amira Safiyanu staged her own abduction, say Police
The Police have faulted the claim of Amira Safiyanu that she was kidnapped in Abuja by some “unknown police officers”. The Force headquarters,...
Man arrested in Kano with 114 cartons of fake, expired tin milk
By Ajuma Edwina Ameh A 24-year-old man, Shamsu Salisu, is currently cooling his heels in police cell in Kano for allegedly peddling adulterated...
Acting IGP Alkali Baba confirmed
Barely two months after his appointment as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Usman Alkali Baba, was on Friday confirmed. The Police Council presided over...
