The Kogi State Police Command has launched a massive rescue operation following the abduction of four persons by suspected kidnappers who attacked an examination centre located at an abandoned Government Secondary School in Olowa, Dekina Local Government Area of the state. The victims were identified as the school principal, Elder Daniel Iyana...
•Policemen The Edo State Police Command has rescued three students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, who were abducted by suspected kidnappers, following a joint security operation involving the Police, Nigerian Army, Edo State Security Corps (ESSC), and local hunters. Addressing journalists in Benin City yesterday on behalf of the Com...
•Adeniyi Adeyemi in Police net The self-acclaimed Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Investment Promotion Council, Adeniyi Adeyemi, has been arrested by the Nigeria Police Force in Osun few hours after a Federal High Court in Abuja issued a bench warrant for his arrest. In an exclusive interview with our correspondent t...
•Mathew Owoade Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the release of a kidnapped school headmaster, Mathew Owoade, after sustained security operations forced his abductors to abandon him. Owoade, a 60-year-old farmer and headmaster, was abducted on Saturday evening along the Igbojaye–Budo Aare bush road in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oy...
•Policemen The Edo State Police Command has announced a statewide restriction of movement from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. tomorrow Saturday, July 11, 2026, as part of security measures for the conduct of the local government elections. The Command said the restriction is aimed at ensuring a peaceful, orderly, and secure electoral process across t...
The Police Command in Plateau has warned its personnel against unlawfully demanding and searching citizens’ mobile phones. Mr Bassey Ewah, the Commissioner of Police in the state, gave the warning while addressing its personnel in Jos, reports NAN. Mr Alfred Alabo, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a ...
The Bayelsa State Police Command has arrested a 68-year-old man and his 36-year-old son for alleged unlawful possession of four single-barrel guns. In a statement, Musa Mohammed, a superintendent and the Bayelsa Police Command’s image maker, said operatives of the Anti-Vice Unit made the arrest on Monday, July, 2026, at about 10:30 a.m. The su...
•Adeniyi Adeyemi The father of Prince Adeyemi Adeniyi, who is facing criminal charges over alleged forgery and impersonation, has been reportedly arrested by police operatives today in Ogbomoso, Oyo State. Residents told journalists that the arrest took place at the family’s residence, where officers reportedly arrived in several vehicles befo...
•Terrorists The Borno State Police Command has said suspected fighters of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) picked all students who were in their classrooms during today’s attack on Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira-Uba Local Government Area. Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth Daso, confirmed the incide...
Security operatives from Lagos and Ogun states have launched a joint offensive against criminal networks operating along the border corridor between the two states, leading to the arrest of 88 suspects, the rescue of five kidnapped victims, the recovery of arms and ammunition, and the death of four suspected criminals during encounters with se...
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