The Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Alausa, CSP Abaniwonda Tokunbo, was reportedly attacked recently by suspected armed robbers at the Otedola Bridge in the state metropolis....
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested three suspected armed robbers, who robbed and attacked a Divisional Police Officer, DPO, Alausa Ikeja, CSP Tokunbo Abaniwonda with...
A man with a sword has been arrested following reported stabbings and attacks on police officers in east London. The Metropolitan Police said officers got reports...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspects for allegedly breaking into the apartment of their victim and stealing property worth N15 million in Benin...
The Governor of Benue State, Rev. Fr. Hyacinth Alia, has stated that without adequate security in the state, Benue, as the ‘Food Basket of the Nation’,...
The Cross River State Police Command said it has rescued four kidnapped victims who were taken hostage by armed gunmen Sunday morning, at Nde 3 Corner...
Some unidentified gunmen have killed a pastor even as the police have rescued four abducted victims in Cross River State. The abduction happened on Sunday, April...
The Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged false impersonation, theft, unlawful possession of firearms, as well as arms dealing, and recovery of...
The Delta State Police Command has successfully rescued two individuals who had been kidnapped in Orogun, a community located in Delta State. This update was provided...
Leading civil society groups in the anti-corruption community, committed to anti-corruption and good governance, have condemned the recent action by the Inspector General of Police (IGP),...
The police in Abraka Division, Ethiope-East Local Government Area of Delta State, led by SP Fabian Ayameh, in collaboration with the Abraka vigilante and hunters group,...
The Police in Ovwian/Aladja Division, led by CSP Bulus Musa, have arrested a 44-year-old suspected armed robber, Anthony Odumegwu. They recovered from him an English Beretta...
Operatives of the Eagle-Net Special Squad Surveillance Team on routine patrol along the Oviri-Ogor road have arrested a 38-year-old motorcycle rider, Orji Timothy. He was nabbed...
A man identified as Azeez jumped into the Lagos lagoon and drowned while trying to evade arrest. Naija News reports that the incident occurred as he...
The Police Command in Lagos State says the Nigerian Army has handed over a dismissed soldier and three others to it over alleged impersonation. The command’s...
A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna has ordered the police authorities to pay a cumulative sum of N300 million to the parents of three Shiite...
Nomad Vigilante Group of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore has returned 267 pairs of uniforms, 102 black belts, and 189 infantry lanyards to the Nasarawa State...
The Osun State Police Command has confirmed that two persons died in a traffic collision in Osogbo on Saturday morning. The command’s spokesperson, Yemisi Opalola, revealed...
Police Operatives of the Enugu State Command, acting on intelligence-guided discreet investigations, have arrested two male kidnapping suspects allegedly involved in the abduction of a heavily...
Zamfara Commissioner of Police Muhammad Shehu Dalijan has presented cheques of N50.1 million to 27 families of deceased police personnel on behalf of the Inspector General...
The Katsina state command of the Nigerian Police force has arrested one Ahmadu Usman, 55, of Farfari village, Batagarawa LGA, Katsina, in connection with a suspected...
Chairman of the Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission, PCACC, Muhyi Magaji Rimin Gado has described the withdrawal of policemen attached to the agency as...
The Kano State Police Command has given reasons for the withdrawal of police officers from the state anti-corruption commission. Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the police spokesperson, in...
A notorious two-man robbery gang that allegedly targeted passengers in Umuahia met a near-fatal end when an enraged mob caught and nearly lynched them beside the...
The Kano State Police Command has reacted to the recent withdrawal of police officers from the state anti-corruption commission. A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson,...
The Oyo State Police Command has said it is detaining some of its officers in connection with the shooting at Ogbomoso which left one person dead...
Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command, in collaboration with local hunters, have rescued three kidnapped victims from captivity. The command equally killed eight bandits operating between...
The management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), situated in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has responded to the controversy surrounding the tragic killing of one...
The Rivers State Police Command, on Thursday said some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed one of its officers, Sunday Baba. The Command posted a brief statement on...
The Oyo State Police Command has declared that some officers involved in the alleged killing of a student, Damilola Iyanda, at a club in Ogbomoso, have...
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has made a clarification on the video clip circulating online depicting a robbery incident, which purportedly occurred in Abuja,...
A Nigerian man who is a Lekki resident has shared a harrowing account of his encounter with police officers in Lekki, accusing them of brutality, harassment,...
Samuel Amah-Ugbor, Enugu The Enugu Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested Mr Mfonobong Udoudom, a lecturer at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), who...
Edo State Police Command has paraded 21 suspects arrested for alleged armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, unlawful possession of firearms, conspiracy, pipeline vandalism, house breaking, stealing,...
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command has deployed officers to the Leads British International School in Abuja over alleged bullying of a 16-year-old student identified...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspected kidnappers in Mararaba. The suspects, identified as Babangida Abdullahi (29), Mohammed Abubakar (27), and...
The Ogun State Police Command has made a breakthrough in the case of the recent attack at the Ajadeh Event Centre in Iperu Remo, along Sagamu...
Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of operations in Cross River State Police Command, Kabiru Ibrahim has said that they will support the establishment of an...
The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the death of five children by suffocation in a car on Sunday in Minna. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Police...
The Police Command in Lagos State has said that at least 1,802 suspects have been arrested in raids at different black spots in the state within...
The Police Command in Ogun has confirmed the killing of a lecturer with Babcock University, Mr Yinka Olowojobi, by gunmen and the abduction of two others...
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has called on the Federal Government to merge the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and the Federal...
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested the owner of A1 Pure Water situated behind 132KVA in Omisanjana area of Ado Ekiti for operating unlawfully and...
A 49-year-old woman, identified as Idowu Victoria, in Ogun State has tragically taken her own life. Reports obtained by Naija News on Monday morning revealed that...
The Nasarawa State Police Command said it has received uniforms and other materials from the outlawed Kungiyar Zaman Lafia Nomad Vigilante group. Police spokesman, Ramhan Nansel,...
The Lagos State Police Command has initiated a thorough investigation following the tragic death of Anosikwa Patrick, who was reportedly stabbed by a police officer at...
The Katsina State Police Command, in a joint operation with the military, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, vigilantes, and the Katsina State Community Watch...
The Abia State Police Command has paraded suspected criminals involved in various crimes in different parts of the state. Among those paraded was Victor Emmanuel, a...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has recovered 1,473 illegally acquired security materials from banned ethnic vigilante groups and other organisations in the state. Among the items...
The Abia State Police Command has apprehended an officer who killed an Abiriba-born business man, Emmanuel Michael Okocha, in Aba. This comes on the heels of...
The Abia State Police Command has arrested some suspects in connection with the death of a 23-year-old man, Hope Chinedu Prosper, who was taken to an...
The Nigerian Union South Africa (NUSA) has refuted claims made by the South African Police Service (SAPS) of the alleged involvement of eight Nigerians in the...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State has condemned the killing of an Aba-based businessman, Mr Emmanuel Okocha, by a policeman, describing the incident as...
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested one Usman Adamu, a 34-year-old final-year student of Law at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, for...
An unidentified officer of the Nigeria Police Force has reportedly stabbed a man at Sky Mall on the Lekki-Epe Expressway in the Sangotedo area of Lagos...
An aged man from Gbeganu Area in Minna, the capital of Niger State, Alhaji Muftau Mohammed, has tragically collapsed and died at Morris Police Division. Reports...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four men for allegedly stealing three tricycles from an Ojota-based mobility company. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed...
A female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello has been arrested and detained by the Nigeria Police Force. DAILY...
The Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) has said Nigerians are responsible for hatred affecting security officers in the country. Naija News reports that the National Chairman...
The Lagos State Police Command has intercepted some bags of substances suspected to be Indian Hemp at a jetty in Ojo area of Lagos A suspect...
Police operatives in Katsina State have foiled an attack on Sabuwa town, headquarters of Sabuwa local government area of the state, neutralising one suspected bandit. The...
Abia State Police Command has said that it has apprehended one Emmanuel Victor, the principal suspect in the murder of Emmanuel Uche, a student of Abia...
The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspected drug dealers, Kelechi Ekeopra and John Aburodo, from whom were recovered large quantities of weeds suspected to...
Enugu State Commissioner of Police, CP Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu has been dragged to the Federal High Court, Enugu Division, over alleged unlawful arrest and torture of...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected motorcycle snatcher, Ibrahim Isiaka, following an incident in Masaka. The arrest was carried out by Police operatives...
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The Commissioner of Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT, CP Benneth C. Igweh says the command has received the N20 million bounty earlier placed on two notorious...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has commenced enforcement of the Executive Order No. 1 of 2024 signed by the state governor, Abdullahi Sule, banning all ethnic...
Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have rescued a newborn baby abandoned along Alhaji Masha Road in Surulere, Lagos. The baby, left inside a polythene...
Netizens express their disgust at the Nigerian police after a video of them conducting a thorough search on singer Bella Shmurda and his crew members surfaces....
Speed 0.8xSpeed 1.0xSpeed 1.2xSpeed 1.5xSpeed 2.0x Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State has called on the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) to modify its dress code to...
Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has urged the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, to weed out corrupt officers from the Force. Naija News reports that...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two robbery suspects whose gang invaded and attacked guests at a hotel in the Alagbado area of the state....
Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested 46 suspected cultists in Ilorin, the state capital, DAILY POST reports. They were arrested after what police...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested Blessing Ogunu, a staff member of Bliss Legacy Limited, a real estate company based in Benin City,...
The Nigerian Police has successfully apprehended the leader of a notorious “one chance” robbery gang in Abuja, accused of a heinous attack on a pregnant woman...
Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Monday his team’s Champions League quarter-final second-leg clash against Paris Saint-Germain would be similar to the first-leg thriller. The five-time champions...
A notorious kidnap kingpin, Aralu Chukwudi Charis has been apprehended by the Imo State Police Command Anti-Kidnapping Unit. Naija News understands that the 40-year-old suspect hails...
Shop owners at the Federal Housing Estate in Sharada, Kano, have expressed grave concerns over alleged harassment and illicit land grabs by individuals posing as federal...
The death of a one-year-old baby has been confirmed by the Lagos State Police Command following an attack at Egan Oriomi, in the Otto Awori Local...
Lagos State Police Command said it has arrested a total of 1,019 hoodlums in a week-long raid of criminal hideouts in different parts of the metropolis....
The Zone 13 of the Nigeria Police Force, comprising Anambra and Enugu States, has announced the venue and time for both General Duty and Specialist Constable...
The Bauchi State Police Command has intercepted a truck allegedly stolen with over N30 million groundnut oil in Toro Local Government Area of the state. The...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a suspected cultist, one Endurance Ezeigbe Otansowe, with gun. DAILY POST reports that the spokesperson of the...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old, Francis Obina Okoye, for alleged possession of arms and ammunition. DAILY POST reports that the Public Relations...
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have apprehended a suspected robber who hijacked a trailer truck carrying 35 tons of groundnut oil valued at approximately...
The son of the District Head of Miri in Bauchi State, Malam Hussaini Abubakar, was murdered in a violent clash between two groups during Eid-el-fitr. Muhammadu...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have uncovered fake websites created to defraud candidates planning to sit for the...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have uncovered fake websites set up to defraud candidates planning to sit for...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six suspects who are allegedly connected to youth restiveness that led to the deaths of two...
Self-acclaimed activist Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, has distanced himself from the invasion of the Oyo State Secretariat in Ibadan, the state capital. Daily Trust had...
The Oyo State Police Command has said that no fewer than 20 suspects have been arrested in connection with the invasion of the Oyo State Secretariat...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested an officer, PC Prince Chima, for allegedly threatening a civilian with AK-47 riffle in Benin City, Edo state capital....
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the police have issued a stern warning to candidates preparing for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME,...
The Edo State Police Command has arrested a police constable, Prince Chima, attached to the Department of Operatives (DOP) for allegedly threatening some persons in their...
Police operatives in Adamawa State have arrested 15 young men, belonging to a group called Shila Boys, who specialized in snatching phones and other belongings from...
The Nigeria Police Force says it has made salient achievements in combating crimes across the country over the past five weeks in its bid to make...
The Imo State Police, in collaboration with local vigilantes, have apprehended a notorious armed robbery suspect, Izea John Chukwuebuka, 23. Naija News reports that the suspect...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has apprehended six individuals over alleged involvement in the vandalism and theft of a transformer at Tipper Garage, Mpape...