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January 8, 2022 No Responses

Police Pledges To Rescue Kidnapped Retired Customs Officer

The Police Command in Kwara State on Friday pledged to do everything humanly possible to rescue a retired Customs officer, Mohammed Zarma, abducted in the state. The command Spokesman, SP Ajayi Okasanmi, in a statement explained that as part of...

September 3, 2021 No Responses

Police Recover Stolen Dangote Truck, 900 Bags Of Cement

The Delta Police Command has confirmed the recovery of an articulated vehicle laden with 900 bags of cement which was allegedly stolen last Tuesday by robbers at Okpella in Edo. Command spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe explained in a statement on Thur...

August 11, 2021 No Responses

FG Approves N4b For Fuelling Police Vehicles

The Federal Government approved over N4 billion in the 2021 budget for fueling of police vehicles, Minister of Police Affairs, Alhaji Muhammad Dingyadi has disclosed. A statement issued on Tuesday by Head of Press and Public Relations in the Minis...

June 24, 2021 No Responses

Customs Seeks Cooperation With Police

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit, Zone B, has solicited increased synergy with the police in tackling smuggling activities and general performance in Sokoto. The Comptroller of the unit, Mr Ba...

June 18, 2021 No Responses

Police Arrest Man For Allegedly Raping 85-Year-Old Stepmother

The Police Command in Ekiti State on Thursday said it has arrested a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly having canal knowledge of his stepmother. A statement by the command’s Spokesperson, Mr Sunday Abutu, in Ado-Ekiti, said Ogundel...

May 11, 2021 No Responses

Akwa Ibom Donates N60m To Families Of Slain Policemen

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has donated N60 million to families of slain policemen by unknown gunmen in the state. The state governmentr’s donation was contained in a statement issued by the Commissioner for Information and Str...

May 5, 2021 No Responses

Another Journalist Kidnapped

The Police in Adamawa have confirmed the kidnap of a journalist, Mrs Amra Ahmed, a Senior News Editor with the Adamawa State Broadcasting Cooperation (ABC). DSP Suleiman Nguroje, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, confirmed the deve...

April 11, 2021 No Responses

Police Dismantles Road Blocks On Lagos-Badagry Expressway

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Hakeem Odumosu, on Saturday ordered the dismantling of all illegal police road blocks on Lagos-Badagry expressway. The state police command’s Spokesperson, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, explained in a statement...

March 5, 2021 No Responses

Lagos Airport Police Smash Fake COVID-19 Certificate Racketeers

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID), of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has arrested five suspected syndicates, forging fake COVID-19 certificates. The Commissioner of Police, Airport Command and Aviation Security (AVSEC ) CP Uma...

December 3, 2020 No Responses

Kidnapped Chinese Expatriate Regains Freedom, N100m Ransom Paid

The Chinese expatriate, kidnapped in Ekiti State last week during which a policeman was killed, has been released, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. The expatriate, one of the contractors engaged by the Ekiti State government to construct the...

October 10, 2020 No Responses

Ondo: FRSC, Police To Enforce Restriction Of Vehicular Movement

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has ordered operatives of the Corps deployed to cover the Ondo governorship election to ensure effective collaboration with the Nigerian Police Force in the enforcement of restrictions on vehicular movement. The Corps Marsh...

September 9, 2020 No Responses

Police Return N3.99m To Accident Victim’s Family

The Police in Kaduna State has returned N3,991,650 to the family of one Mustapha Sanusi, who died in a road accident at Unguwan Danisa, Soba Local Government Area of the state. The Soba Divisional Police Officer (DPO), SP Pam Moses, made...

August 20, 2020 No Responses

Police Deploy 5,000 Personnel For Ondo LG Election

The Commissioner of Police, Ondo State Command, Bolaji Salami, on Wednesday said the command has deployed 5,000 cops to provide security on Saturday, for the Local Government Areas election. Salami explained in a statement that the comm...

August 4, 2020 No Responses

Police Parade Imo Traditional Ruler Over Alleged Kidnapping

A traditional ruler in Awara, Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo, was on Monday paraded by the police for alleged involvement in kidnapping. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the traditional ruler was paraded along side a pastor....