Tag: police
Jonathan sacks Inspector General of Police, appoints replacement
President Goodluck Jonathan has sacked the Inspector General of Police, Suleiman Abba. The announcement of the sack was made public by presidential spokesman, Dr....
Gunmen kill Delta NBA Chairman
Gunmen on Thursday night killed Austin Icheghe, the Ughelli branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association in Delta State.
Icheghe’s niece, Egunor Uviesa, said...
Fashola Rewards Police Lady For Disarming Robbers
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola SAN, Thursday, rewarded Sergeant Mercy John, a female Police officer who through her bravery, professionalism single handedly disarmed...
Security operatives rescue abducted INEC officers
SOME youth corps members serving in Nasarawa State, alongside ad-hoc staffers, who were abducted, on Saturday, during the elections, by the villagers in Assakio,...
Prominent Zamfara emir kidnapped
Unknown gunmen on Friday night invaded the headquarters of Bukkuyum Local Government Area of Zamfara state, shooting sporadically, chasing away residents and whisking away...
Don’t stay back at polling booths to protect your votes –...
The Inspector General of Police Suleiman Abba, on Thursday urged Nigerians to go home and not stay back to protect their votes at the...
Amaechi said I should release hardened criminals, Rivers CP alleges
The Commissioner of Police, Rivers State Command, Dan Bature, has reacted to a statement credited to the state Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, that the state...
Police Rescue 78 Year Old Man From Kidnapper’s Den
The Oyo Police Command has uncovered a kidnapper’s den in Ajia village on the outskirts of Ibadan under Egbeda Local Government arresting 7 people...
Okada rider rapes pregnant NYSC member
Men of the Ondo State Police Command have apprehended a 20-year old suspected rapist, Tumi Ayileka, who allegedly raped a two months old pregnant...
Oshiomhole to Police: Arrest politicians buying PVCs
Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has called on the Police and other security agencies in the state to investigate and apprehend some desperate...
Traffic and Patrols Directorate Warns Motorists against Tailgating
According to statistics released by the Abu Dhabi Police Traffic and Patrols Directorate, as many as 227 traffic accidents occurred last year due to...
Police discover 19 high-caliber bombs in Adamawa bush
The Adamawa State Police Command on Friday said it had uncovered 19 high-calibre bombs in a bush near Yola, the state capital.
The Commissioner of...
Nigerian Senator, Saraki wanted for alleged money laundering
The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police may soon declare former Governor Bukola Saraki wanted over what it called fresh facts that...
Director of South Africa IT firm charged with attempted police bribe
An executive director of South Africa's Pinnacle Holdings has been charged with offering a $460,000 bribe to a senior police official to win an...
3 killed, 12 injured as gunmen attack mosque in Kano
The Police Command in Kano State on Wednesday confirmed that gunmen killed three persons and injured 12 others in Kwankwaso village, Madobi Local Government...
Al Jazeera says three journalists held in Egypt after hotel broadcast
Al Jazeera said Egyptian security forces arrested three of its journalists after the interior ministry accused the Qatar-based television channel of broadcasting illegally from...
