•Commissioner of Police, Rivers State, Olatunji Disu The Rivers State Police Command says the state governor, Siminalayi Fubara, has redeemed the N100m bounty on the head of a notorious cult leader, Gift Okpara, aka 2Baba, who alongside his gang members killed a Divisional Police Officer, Superintendent Bako Angbashin, in the Oduemude area of ...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun Ahead of the planned nationwide protest slated to start August 1, police authorities are requesting the details of the demonstrators. While briefing journalists in Abuja today, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, specifically asked all groups planning to participate in the demonstrations to submit the...
The Nigeria Police has vowed to resist violence during the planned nationwide protest slated for August 1. A statement by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh in Abuja today, said the FCT Command has also deployed a total of 4,200 police officers to curb any form of violence that might arise during the protest. […]
The Ekiti State Police Command has been instructed to launch a crackdown on vulcanizer shops across the state, seizing all unused tyres in preparation for the upcoming nationwide protests. The protests, scheduled to begin on August 1, 2024, under the hashtag ‘#EndBadGovernanceinNigeria’, have gained significant attention on social media. A pol...
Police have arrested a 30-year-old man, Aminu Mohammed, for allegedly parading as a Nigerian Army personnel for two years at Magaji Quarters in Bauchi Local Government Area of the state. SP Ahmed Wakil, the spokesperson of the command, disclosed this to journalists today in Bauchi. He said that impersonation violates Sections 110(1) and 251 of...
•Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Tunde Disu A fresh crisis seems to be unfolding in Rivers State as supporters of Governor Siminalayi Fubara today reported harassment and intimidation in parts of the state. Over the weekend, a group of individuals loyal to Governor Fubara were reportedly harassed and chased away from a location in Omagwa,...
•Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi The Nigeria Police Force has clarified misconceptions surrounding the redevelopment of police barracks, particularly the Falomo Barracks in Lagos State. According to a statement today via X, signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the police counter what it describ...
•Uganda anti-riot policemen Ugandan police detained several demonstrators in the capital Kampala today, according to our correspondent, as scattered anti-corruption rallies began despite being banned by authorities. President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the East African country with an iron fist for almost four decades, had warned the demon...
•Wike and Governor Fubara The Speaker Martins Amaewhule-led House of Assembly in Rivers State loyal to FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has called on the police to arrest persons parading themselves as the caretaker committee chairmen of the 23 local government areas in the state. The lawmakers further asked the police to immediately withdraw their ...
•Sunday Wadzani A police sergeant by name Sunday Wadzani, has killed his father in Maiduguri, capital of Borno State. It was gathered that the incident occurred behind the State Police Command headquarters in Modugannari, yesterday evening, reports Daily Trust. The suspect is attached to the Borno State of House Assembly. According to a securi...

