By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – In its efforts to enhance security in the state, the Zone 15 Police Command and Borno State Police Command have organized a critical security stakeholders meeting to discuss emerging security challenges and proffer practical solutions to reduced crime in the state The critical stakeholders...
Police
Police Command in Anambra has apprehended four suspects, including a lady, belonging to a kidnapping gang in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Awka. Ikenga said...
Police Command in Anambra has apprehended four suspects, including a lady, belonging to a kidnapping gang in Uke, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Tochukwu Ikenga disclosed this in a statement on Saturday in Awka. Ikenga said...
By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna– Governors of the 19 Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF) and top traditional rulers met in Kaduna and called for urgent, coordinated action to tackle the rising wave of insecurity, economic challenges, and infrastructure deficits confronting the region, as a result called for creation of state...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos State Police command has detained a 25-year old suspected ritualist for allegedly being in possession of human organs in Odomola community, Epe. Command spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Friday in Lagos. He said operatives from the Odo-Noforija...
Police Command in Imo has launched a “coordinated manhunt for criminal elements”, who allegedly attacked commuters on the Okigwe-Owerri Road in the early hours of Thursday morning. The command’s Spokesman, DSP Henry Okoye, disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Owerri on Thursday. The News Agency...
BASSEY EFFIONG, Uyo – Akwa-Ibom State Police Comman has arrested six suspected kidnappers terrorising Eket Local Government Area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Timfon John, revealed this in a statement issued in Uyo on Thursday. “Following credible information regarding a planned kidnapping targeting key...
The Police Command in Edo has rescued 37 kidnapped victims, including the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Esan West Local Government Area, in series of daring operations across the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, disclosed this in Benin on Wednesday during a press...
Nigeria Police Force has arrested two suspected internationally wanted fugitives over human trafficking and armed robbery. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi said this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Adejobi said that one of the suspects was a ringleader of a human trafficking syndicate wanted...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – Plateau State Police Command has recorded a significant breakthrough in its efforts to combat crime, with the recovery of 500 rounds of live ammunition in Jos North Local Government Area. Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Olugbemiga Adesina, disclosed this during a press briefing held at...
By ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Police Command has arrested a notorious gun runner along Sokoto-Gusau highway and recovered illegal arms and ammunition in his possession. A statement by the spokesperson of the Police Command, ASP Ahmed Rufai said officers attached to Tureta police station acted on credible...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano– An 18-year-old female resident of Farawa Quarters, has been arrested by the police in Kano State for allegedly cutting the throat of her husband, Salisu Idris. The Kano State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued in Kano on...
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, has set up a 5-man committee to probe the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Elemoro Division for alleged attempting to jail two innocent mechanics. Jimoh, made this known in a statement by the command’s spokesperson, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin in Lagos...
By AUSTINE TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – Bauchi State Police Command has deployed tactical teams to Mansur village in Alkaleri Local Government Area following a recent attack by armed bandits. The incident, which occurred on May 4, 2025, resulted in the loss of several lives, including members of a vigilante group...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia- Nasarawa State Police Commissioner, Shetima Jauro-Mohammed, has ordered an investigation into the death of five children in the Agyaragu community of Obi Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. CP Jauro-Mohammed gave the directive in a statement issued on Monday in Lafia by the police...
Police Command in Kebbi State has detained three police officers for alleged murder of an arrested suspect in connection with stealing. The Spokesperson of the Command, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, made this known in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi on Saturday. “On April 15, based on a complaint of...
Police Command in Edo has arrested 95 suspected cultists and recovered multiple firearms and ammunition during a week-long operation targeting cult-related violence in the Benin metropolis. The command’s Public Relations Officer, CSP Moses Yamu disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi– Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have intercepted a trailer loaded with over 1,000 bags of 25 kilogrammes of iodized salt worth N10 million suspected to have been diverted. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, stated this in a statement made...
Police Command in Jigawa has successfully averted a potential fuel tanker explosion after a truck carrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) overturned in Ringim Local Government Area of the state. Its spokesperson, SP Lawan Shiisu,, in a statement on Thursday in Dutse, said there was no death or serious casualty...
By CHRISTIANA LOT, Jos – A former member of the House of Representatives for Jos South/Jos East Federal Constituency, Dachung Musa Bagos, has called for urgent reform of Nigeria’s security system, warning that the persistent killings in Plateau State reflect a deep failure in the country’s security architecture. Speaking...