Police

Again, terrorists on motorbikes strike in Niger State, seize 200 students

Niger State is on the boil again as no fewer than 200 students of Islamiyya School at Tegina in Rafi council area have...

Policeman-lover, who insensately shot lover in the mouth, gets the boot, faces trial

  A jealous policeman-lover, who insensately shot his lover in the mouth following a quarrel, has been given the boot. Also, trigger-happy Sgt....

Breaking: Gun duel with cultists : Assistant Police Commissioner feared dead

  A bloody cultists’ war in Benin City, Edo State capital, has reportedly claimed the life of an Assistant Commissioner of Police (name withheld). Two rival...

Osun Deputy Chief of Staff, Binuyo, trapped in mesh of $120,000 fraud

  Abdullahi Binuyo, Osun State Deputy Chief of Staff has been caught flat-footed in a $120,000 fraud. The governor’s aide has been hauled up...

COVID-19: UK-based Nigerian robbed at Quarantine hotel

By Boye Ajayi   A Nigerian, who just arrived from the United Kingdom, has cried out for help after being allegedly robbed at a hotel...

Buhari signs historic Nigeria Police Bill 2020 into law

    President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday signed a major piece of Police legislation into law that establishes an appropriate funding framework for...

After 13 days in custody, MKO Abiola’s children freed

By Boye Ajayi Two sons of the late winner of the June 12, 1993 election, Chief MKO Abiola, have been freed after they...

Drunken sergeant knifes inspector to death in Lagos

    An overly drunken policeman, Okema Azuquo, who ran amok, has launched a machete attack on co-tenants in a tenement building in...

Tragedy: DPO, seven other policemen, women  killed in Kogi 

  Armed robbers struck at a branch of a first generation bank in lsanlu, Kogi State, on Thursday leaving a trail of murders of nine...

Police nab three dare-devil siblings for kidnap, murder of widow

  Three bloodthirsty siblings, who allegedly kidnapped and gruesomely murdered a 55-year old mother of five in Abuja and bolted to Imo State,...

UPDATED: Policeman commits suicide in Lagos cell

  Confusion, fright and grief has enveloped the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba, Lagos, following the discovery of a policeman, simply identified as...

Oyo Rep. Shina Peller “detained’’ in Lagos by Police

A member of the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has been reportedly arrested and detained by the Police in Lagos. Peller, who represents...

Police reject requests for APC rally in Edo state

  The Inspector General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, has directed the suspension of All Progressive Congress (APC), rally scheduled for Benin, Friday to...

Yuletide: FG assures availability of petroleum products, security for hitch free celebration

  The Federal Government has assured that there will be enough supply of petroleum products during the Yuletide season, for a hitch free...

Nigeria more stable, kidnapping, banditry scaled down — IGP

  Nigeria is more stable, banditry has been reduced to the nearest minimum and kidnapping has been reduced significantly, Police I-G Muhammed Adamu,...

Police Release NewsDigest’s Editor, Webmaster

…CISLAC Reacts   The arrested Editor and webmaster of NewsDigest, an Abuja-based online newspaper, Mr. Gidado Yushau and Mr. Adebowale Adekoya, have been...