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Tension, kidnapped Imo monarch freed without reporting incident to police

  There was confusion on Saturday as the the kidnapped Imo monarch, the traditional ruler of Umuezie community in Nguru, Aboh Mbaise local government area of Imo...

Kidnappers ambush Ogun hunters on rescue mission, burn two vehicles, nine motorcycles

  A search party comprising 26 hunters organised to rescue a kidnapped medical doctor and a nurse was ambused by gunmen suspected to be Fulani elements in the...

CP dismantles road blocks on Lagos-Badagry expressway

  The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, CP Hakeem Odumosu, on Saturday ordered the dismantling of all illegal police road blocks on Lagos-Badagry expressway....

Police nab Ogun cleric over abduction of teenager for ritual

  The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 36-year-old Islamic cleric, Amodu Jamiu, for allegedly abducting a 15-year-old girl to use her for ritual. The state...

Acting IGP appoints Inuwa force secretary, other principal officers

  The acting  Inspector-General of Police,Usman  Baba, has approved the posting of AIG Hafiz Inuwa, as the Force Secretary and a member of the Force Management...

Three arrested for beating robber to death

  Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested three community leaders in the Ikotun area of the state for lynching a suspected burglar. The community...

Police rescue two Chinese miners kidnapped in Osun

  The Police Command in Osun on Thursday said two Chinese miners kidnapped at a gold mining site at Okepa/Itikan Village, Ifewara, Atakunmosa-West Local Government...

Drama of ex-IG Adamu’s removal

  Former Inspector-General of Police Mohammed Adamu’s removal from office was announced shortly after he returned to his desk at the Force Headquarters in Abuja...

Police begin search for missing Olu of Warri crowns

  The Zone 5 headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Asaba, Delta State has taken over the search for two historical crowns said to have disappeared from the...

Police arrest vigilantes, pregnant woman over alleged illegal activities

  A vigilante group in Port Harcourt, the Diobu Security Services, said operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Rivers State Police Command arrested eight of...

Police nab suspected murderer of vigilante member

  The Police Command in Delta says it has apprehended a middle-aged man over alleged murder of a member of a vigilante group in the state. The Police Public...

BREAKING: Osinbajo decorates new IGP

  The Vice President Professor Yemi Osinbajo SAN has decorated the new acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, with his new rank in the State House,...

How Buhari fired Adamu as IGP while in Imo

  The sacking of Mohammed Adamu as the Inspector-General of Police on Tuesday came as a shock to many Nigerians as he was fired in a circumstance rare as hen’s...

2 soldiers missing, as gunmen kill 2 mobile policemen

  Two mobile police officers were shot dead by some gunmen, Monday night, while on duty at a checkpoint in Dogongawa, along KatsinaAla-Takum road in Takum Local...

BREAKING: Again, gunmen raze police station in Imo

  Again, gunmen on Tuesday have razed the Divisional Police Headquarters, in Ehime Mbano Local Government Area in Imo State.   This is coming on the heels of...

8 things to know about new IGP Usman Alkali Baba

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday announced DIG Usman Alkali Baba as acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP). According to the Minister of Police Affairs,...

BREAKING: Buhari appoints Usman Alkali Baba as new IGP

  PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Deputy Inspector-General, DIG, Usman Alkali Baba as the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP....

Man arrested for killing 57-year-old suspected of having affairs with wife

  THE Adamawa State Police Command has apprehended a 30-year-old man for stabbing a 57-year-old man to death at his residence over suspicion that the victim was...

Two arrested in Kogi with ‘Buhari-Must-Go’ posters

  The Kogi State Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Edeh, has confirmed the arrest of two persons for embarking on a smear campaign against the President, Major General...

Police rescue two-year-old twins locked up for three days without food

  The police in Ekiti State, on Monday, rescued a set of two-year-old twins, whose mother, Joy, locked in a room for about three days without food at Igbara Odo in...