Oyo State Police Command has recorded another significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to combat cultism and other violent crimes across the State with the arrest of two confessed members of a secret cult group. Command spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
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FCT police command have arrested suspected k!dnappers seen in a viral video openly brandishing AK-47 rifles, ammunition, and walkie-talkies, while dressed in military camouflage. Confirming their arrest to newsmen, the FCT Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Sanusi, said immediately he received the viral video and pictures, he directed a...
Delta State Police Command has intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking with the arrest of three suspected traffickers and the seizure of large quantities of illicit substances in separate operations carried out across the state. A statement issued by the command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, said the arrests, which...
Significant progress has been made towards establishing state police, with a constitutional amendment expected soon, following months of consultations among the Executive, the National Assembly and security authorities. The Chief of Staff to the President, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this on Thursday while briefing State House Correspondents after a consultative meeting on state police convened by the Presidency, held at...
Oyo State Police Command has debunked the viral messages currently circulating across various social media platforms alleging that the pupils and teachers abducted from Ahoro Esiele and Yawota Communities in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State have been released by their abductors. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka,...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismissed reports of a purported kidnapping at Phase 1 Primary School in Gbagalape, Abuja, clarifying that no abduction took place. In a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, the police said officers attached to the Nyanya Division swiftly responded...
Yobe State Police Command has uncovered an illegal firearms fabrication site in Potiskum and arrested seven suspects in what it described as another significant breakthrough in its renewed strategy to combat crime and criminality across the state. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim,...
Sokoto State Police Command has successfully thwarted a bandit attack on Imasa Matankari village in Tureta Local Government Area, recovering 25 cattle stolen during the raid and ensuring that no lives were lost. The operation was carried out by operatives of the Command’s Violence Crime Response Unit (VCRU) and...
The Kaduna State Police Command has foiled two separate cattle rustling and kidnapping attempts in Igabi and Kudan Local Government Areas, recovering no fewer than 245 rustled cattle. The command said the operations, carried out on May 31, 2026, were made possible through coordinated efforts involving police operatives, local...
Imo State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged murder of a twenty one year old student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Chinedu Chibuzor Christogonus, whose death occurred under suspicious circumstances on the 30th May, 2026. This is contained in a statement...
Operatives of Owode-Egba Division of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old security guard, Friday Ayuba, for allegedly stealing motor spare parts belonging to his employer at Ita-Asu Village, via Owode-Egba. The command’s spokesman, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta....
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, following intelligence gathered after the abduction of a female victim earlier this month. The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer,...
Former Senate Minority Leader and APC Senate candidate for Plateau North, Simon Mwadkwon, has called for the urgent establishment of state police to address recurring attacks and worsening insecurity in Plateau State. Mwadkwon made the call during a media engagement at his campaign office on Metropolitan Crescent, Tudun Wada,...
Operatives of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force have uncovered a major drug trafficking network in Lagos, seizing suspected illicit drugs valued at over ₦7.8 billion during a sting operation in Mende, Maryland, reject a five hundred million naira bribe. The operation, carried out jointly by...
African Democratic Congress (ADC) on Friday accused the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) of intimidation after senior leaders of the party were denied access to former Kaduna State governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja. The opposition party also expressed concern over...
The tragedy unfolding in Yawota, Alawusa and Ahoro-Esinele villages in Orire LGA, Oyo State, is deeper than the numbers already making headlines. While over 45 children, teachers and residents were abducted after terrorists invaded the communities, families are now revealing another painful layer of the crisis, the stories of...
Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) Idi-Ayunre, while also debunking false reports circulating on social media alleging a mass abduction within Ibadan and surrounding communities. The incident occurred on Monday, 19th May, 2026, at about...
Detectives of Mowe Division, Ogun State Police Command, have successfully arrested a husband and wife, namely Oluwarankami Kehinde Ugochukwu ‘F’ and her husband, Ugochukwu Mathew ‘M’, over their involvement in child stealing and rescued three stolen children in Mowe area of Ogun State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP...
Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Ogun State Police Command, have neutralized a kidnapping kingpin during an intelligence-led operation at a criminal hideout located within the Orile Ilugun Forest axis along the Abeokuta–Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen...
Detectives of Agbado Division, Ogun State Police Command, have arrested one Adeshola Muyiwa ‘M’, aged 23 years over his involvement in serial fake bank transfer fraud within Agbado axis and its environs. The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Monday in Abeokuta....