Senate on Wednesday passed a bill seeking to amend the 1999 Constitution to allow the establishment of State Police Services across Nigeria. The proposed law introduces a dual policing system made up of the Federal Police Service and separate State Police Services. The bill scaled second and third readings...
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Oyo State Police Command has recorded a major success in its ongoing fight against armed robbery, following the arrest of suspected members of a five-man robbery gang operating in Ibadan. The breakthrough came after credible intelligence revealed that a resident, Ezekiel Inije, was attacked and robbed at gunpoint along...
Federal High Court of Nigeria in Lagos has ruled that the Nigeria Police Force acted unlawfully by declaring human rights activist and Sahara Reporters publisher Omoyele Sowore wanted in 2025. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Musa Kakaaki said the action violated the Constitution and awarded ₦30 million in damages...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command on Friday said CP Dantawaye Miller, psc, has assumed duty as the 34th Commissioner of Police, FCT Police Command. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh. SP Adeh said CP Miller takes over from...
Mamman Giwa, has assumed duty as the 29th Commissioner of Police in the Nigerian Police Force, Enugu State Command. Giwa who succeeds the former Commissioner, Mr Kanayo Uzuegbu, who was recently promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) and redeployed, resumed duty on Tuesday. This is...
The Biu Police Area Command has detained two suspects in connection with the murder of a 50-year-old woman accused of witchcraft practices. The Commissioner of Police, Borno Command, Mr Yusuf Lawan confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) via telephone interview on Saturday. Lawan said the...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has banned scavengers from operating in the territory. The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Olatunji Disu announced the ban while briefing newsmen after the FCT Security Committee Meeting in Abuja on Monday. Disu said that the scavengers were allowed to operate only on...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State, Auwal Muhammad, has disclosed that no fewer than 18 personnel serving under the Command, have been disciplined for various misconducts from January to December, 2024. CP Muhammad said this included the dismissal of one constable, demotion of four...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – Sokoto State Police Command has arrested no fewer than over 575 suspected criminals in 2024. The command’s spokesman, Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Ahmad Rufai, stated this in a statement signed by the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad Musa and made available to newsmen...
By TYAV SAM TYAV, Makurdi – The Commissioner of Police, Benue State Police Command, CP Steve Yabanet, has assured the Benue people of his commitment to protect lives and property during and after the yuletide. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Benue State Command Sewuese Catherine...
The Commissioner of Police, Kogi Command, CP Bethrand Onuoha, visited the scene of the boat mishap at Danbo Village to assess the situation . The CP, in a statement on Tuesday in Lokoja by SP Williams Ovye Aya, the Police Public Relation Officer, Kogi Command, urged the villagers to...
The Police Command in Akwa Ibom on Monday said it has rescued five children who were allegedly abducted by unknown person from their parents in Mbiakpan Ikot Idim village, Obio Ibiono area of the state. The Commissioner of Police, Joseph Eribo, disclosed this at news conference in Uyo on...
The Rivers Police Command has busted a job racketeering syndicate that allegedly specialises in advertising non-existent employment vacancies to defraud unsuspecting job seekers. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Olatunji Disu, disclosed this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. Disu said that operatives from the...
The Police Command in Rivers has apprehended five suspects over the alleged killing of Chief Ndidi Livingstone, a former Community Development Committee (CDC) Chairman, Mgbuoshimini, Rumueme, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Disu Olatunji, told newsmen in Port Harcourt that after the killing, the command launched...
Edo State Police Command has said gunmen involved in the attack on Monday Okpebholo, APC Governorship Candidate for Edo and the state’s reinstated deputy governor, Philip Shaibu, have gone into hiding. The Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye said this on Monday while giving an update on the investigation...
The police in Oyo is advising citizens to ignore a viral video by suspected separatist groups which surfaced on social media issuing eviction ultimatum to herders in Igboho area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Adewale Osifeso, made the call in...
The Commissioner of Police (CP), FCT Command, Benneth Igweh shas said all the victims of the two-storey building that collapsed n Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, FCT, in the early hour on Saturday were rescued alive. Igweh told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), that the rescue team was...
The Police Command in Ogun has confirmed that one person was shot and another kidnapped by suspected gunmen at Delabo axis on the Sagamu-Ijebu Ode-Benin expressway. SP Omolola Odutola, the Command’s Spokesperson, who disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Monday, said that the incident occurred...