Niger State Police Command has been thrown into shock following the death of a senior officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Isah Abdullahi, popularly known as Kunkuri, who reportedly shot himself inside the armoury under his supervision in Minna. Abdullahi, attached to Mobile Police Force (MOPOL) 12, allegedly took...
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Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a carefully staged kidnapping plot after arresting five suspects, including a 15-year-old schoolboy, over a fake abduction that led to the extortion of N1.7 million from the boy’s mother. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on...
President Bola Tinubu has renewed his call for far-reaching security and governance reforms, insisting that the establishment of state police and the full implementation of local government autonomy must move from debate to action. Speaking on Thursday at the 14th meeting of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Caucus...
Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has apprehended high-profile internet fraud suspects involved in targeted cyberattacks against the email systems of major corporate organisations through the deployment of phishing links and malicious software. The Force spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in...
The planned resumption of enforcement of the motor vehicle tinted glass permit policy by the Nigeria Police Force has reignited a major legal and constitutional controversy, with critics warning that the move amounts to a direct challenge to the authority of the courts and a dangerous erosion of the...
Nigeria Police Force has announced the resumption of full enforcement of the Tinted Glass Permit policy, citing growing security concerns and the urgent need to protect lives and property across the country. The Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, who announced this in a statement issued on Monday,...
Borno State Police Command, under the leadership of the CP Naziru Abdulmajid, has recorded another operational success with the recovery of an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) in Maiduguri, thereby averting a potential explosion and threat to public safety. Police Public Relations Officer, Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, announced...
The number of people killed in the latest violent attack on Tse-Ajogo vihttps://www.nationalaccordnewspaper.com/17-returning-IDPs-feared-dead-8-injured-as-militia-attack-taraba-community/llage in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba State has climbed to 19, with women, children and elderly returnee Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) among the victims. Residents of the community said the attack, which occurred on Wednesday,...
A 49-year-old man has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly killing his 15-year-old son and secretly burying him within their family compound. ASP Eno Ikoedem, the command’s Public Relations Officer, revealed the shocking incident in a statement shared with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A mortuary attendant in Upper Sakponba, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, has been arrested following allegations of organ harvesting from a corpse at Akugbe Mortuary, sparking outrage among the deceased’s relatives. According to reports gathered by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), tensions escalated when family members...
Enugu State Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its fight against cultism with the arrest of six suspects accused of forcefully initiating victims into a secret cult group in Enugu metropolis. The suspects were apprehended in a forest around Ugwu Peak, Iva Valley community, in Enugu North...
Senate on Wednesday mandated its Committee on Police Affairs to investigate claims that President Bola Tinubu’s directive on the withdrawal of police escorts from VIPs is being enforced selectively. The decision came after Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) took the floor during plenary, raising a point of order under...
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have arrested a suspected ammunition supplier believed to be working for bandit groups terrorising parts of Zamfara State. The suspect, 32-year-old Ahmed Abubakar, originally from Gusau but residing in Anguwan Dodo, Gwagwalada, was picked up by the Command’s Tactical Team...
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday in Abuja said the directive to redeploy police officers working with VIPs, VVIPs and ministers was not negotiable, admonishing all ministers to ensure immediate compliance. Speaking at the opening of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting in the State House Council Chamber, the President...
In a coordinated security operation, measurable successes have been recorded in decimating the activities of resurgent banditry in Kwara state. Shortly after the arrest of arms courier and recovery of 100 rounds of live ammunition along Gbugbu/Patigi road on Friday, a member of the kidnapping syndicate has also been...
In what security operatives have described as one of Imo State’s most chilling criminal discoveries in recent years, the Imo State Police Command has uncovered a hotel and an adjoining mortuary allegedly used as a base for kidnapping, ransom collection and organ harvesting in Ngor Okpala. The operation, announced...
Security forces in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have carried out a sweeping night-time operation that led to the destruction of kidnappers’ camps and the rescue of several abducted residents across multiple communities. The coordinated mission—led by troops of the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Department of State Services...
Anambra State Police Command says it has thwarted a planned cult clash in Enugwu Ukwu, leading to the arrest of two suspects believed to be part of the plot. In a statement on Saturday, the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said officers acted on timely intelligence pointing to a...
In an extraordinary twist straight out of a village folktale, a High Court in Uyo has ruled in favour of a masquerade who was arrested by police for performing traditional rites during the festive season. The masquerade, identified as Mr. Effiong, found himself on the wrong side of an...
A police inspector attached to the Ekiadolor Area Command was on Friday shot dead by gunmen who opened fire during a routine stop-and-search operation in Benin, the Edo capital. CSP Moses Yamu, spokesperson of the Edo Police Command confirmed this via a statement made available to the News Agency...