Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers and recovered toy pistols and illicit drugs during a security operation in Ibadan, following credible intelligence from members of the public. A statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, Ayanlade Olayinka, said the operation was carried out after...
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Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, CP Miller Dantawaye, as directed by the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, has redeployed and reshuffled Divisional Police Officers (DPOs) across the Federal Capital Territory ahead of the FCT Area Council Elections coming up on Saturday, 21st February, 2026. CP Dantawaye...
Kebbi State Police Command has confirmed that 33 persons lost their lives following an armed cattle rustling incident on 18th February 2025 in Bui District of Arewa Local Government Area of Kebbi State. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued...
Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has entered into a partnership with the Nigerian Police Cross River State Command to flush out criminals in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the Cross River State Command, ASP Eitokpah Sunday, stated this at the Enerst Etim Basssey Press Centre, Calabar,...
FCT Police Command has announced a large-scale security deployment ahead of the 2026 Area Council Elections scheduled for Saturday, February 21, 2026. The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, said the operation is being carried out in collaboration with sister security agencies, including the Nigerian Army, Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force,...
Kaduna State Police Command has dislodged several bandits’ camps and arrested 17 suspected criminals during a four-day clearance operation across parts of the state. The operation, conducted between February 10 and 13, 2026, targeted identified criminal hideouts in Kajuru, Tafa, Igabi and Kauru Local Government Areas. According to a...
Labour Party has petitioned the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun over what it described as the “complicity” of security operatives in the invasion and occupation of its National Secretariat in Utako, Abuja. In a statement signed by Dr. Ayo Olorunfemi, Deputy National Chairman of the party, the...
Armed bandits have demanded N100 million ransom to release the wife of a forest guard killed during a deadly attack on Oba community in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State. The gunmen invaded the community around 8 p.m. on Wednesday, shooting dead Raimi Ogunrinde, a forest guard recently...
Residents of Danhonu II community in New Millennium City, Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, on Monday protested at the Millennium City Divisional Police Headquarters over recurring kidnapping incidents in the area. The protesters blocked the major access road leading to the police station, chanting and demanding urgent...
Benue State Police Command has arrested a criminal suspect and recovered ammunition in Ukum and repelled an attack in Apa Local Government Area of Benue State. The arrest occurred on Friday, February 6, 2026, when the operatives of the Command, received credible information regarding the movement of a male...
Justice J. K. Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, On Thursday, February 5, 2026, ordered the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, and the Department of State Services, DSS to investigate his court Registrar, Nasiru Onimisi Zubairu as well as the 2nd defendant in an alleged N10billion fraud, Daudu...
Mr. Bassey Ewah has officially assumed office as the 46th Commissioner of Police in Plateau State, promising to consolidate peace and enhance security across the state. Ewah took over leadership of the Plateau State Police Command on Thursday, succeeding Mr. Emmanuel Adesina, who recently retired from active service. Addressing...
Police nab suspected kidnappers identified from previous gun duel, foil kidnapping attempt in Igarra
Police nab suspected kidnappers identified from previous gun duel, foil kidnapping attempt in Igarra
Edo State Police Command has recorded significant successes in the fight against kidnapping through proactive patrols and sustained intelligence-led operations in Igarra and its environs, in line with the crime-fighting strategies of the Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Monday Agbonika, fdc. The Command’s spokesman, ASP Eno Ikoedem,...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has helped the Ebonyi State Police Command track and arrest the Coordinator, Amasiri Development Centre, Afikpo, Mr Anya Baron-Ogbonnia, and two traditional rulers ,in connection with the recent beheading of four persons in Edda Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. SP Joshua...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has raised security concerns over a planned peaceful protest by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), FCT Council, scheduled for Tuesday, 3rd February 2026, warning that the demonstration could be hijacked by criminal elements. In a statement issued on Tuesday by the FCT Police...
A traditional ruler in Orokam and Owukpa in Ogbadibo Local Government Area of Benue State, His Royal Highness, Chief Joseph Onyirokwu Ikwuje has lauded the collaborative efforts of the Commissioner of Police in Benue State in the fight against crime. Speaking in Makurdi during the formal presentation of a...
Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of five persons and the abduction of several others following a violent attack on a commercial passenger bus along the Oshokoshoko/Agbede Highway, near a military checkpoint in the state. Security sources, according to Zagazola Makama, disclosed that the incident occurred at...
Kaduna State Police Command has arrested seven suspected bandits and recovered five firearms with live ammunition in separate intelligence-led operations across the state. In a press statement issued in kaduna by the Command’s spokesman, DSP Mansir Hassan, said the arrests were part of its sustained crackdown on banditry and...
Nasarawa State Police Command has foiled an armed robbery operation in Akwanga Local Government Area of the state, and arrested two suspects. The arrest followed a distress call reporting that suspected armed robbers, attacked Mobil filling station, along Keffi road at the outskirt of Akwanga town. The state’s Police...
Taraba State Governor, Mrs. Agyin Kefas, on Wednesday met with 17-year-old Miss Iwasen Terhemba, who was allegedly mutilated by Ramatu Abbas in Donga Local Government Area of the state on January 21, 2026. Miss Terhemba was reportedly attacked following allegations that she rebuffed advances from the suspect’s husband. Ramatu...