The Nigerian Police Force (NPF) launched the ‘No Chance 4 One Chance’ campaign today, Tuesday, January 23. The campaign is centered around citizens having easy access to contact the police when they see suspicious activities especially as it relates to kidnapping. The NPF posted the contacts people can reach when they have to report something ...
•IGP Olukayode Egbetokun The Inspector-General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, has ordered the posting of 54 Assistant Commissioners of Police to head the Force Intelligence Departments at zonal and state command levels nationwide. This development is coming following the recent surge in kidnapping and banditry across the country especially in...
•Police teargas Armed policemen, today, teargassed the 16 Peoples Democratic Party members of the Plateau State House of Assembly who were sacked by the Court of Appeal. The lawmakers had arrived at the Rayfield Old Government House in Jos this morning alongside their supporters preparatory to their resumption of plenary when the incident happ...
•The Najeebah’s sisters The Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Police Special Intervention Squad (SIS) has rescued some undisclosed kidnap victims shortly after it took over major routes in Ushafa, Bwari Area Council, used by bandits to transport their victims out of Abuja into neighboring states of Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, and Kogi. The victims...
•Gunmen in hijab A police officer has been killed and one other injured after some bandits attacked police officers at their duty post located at Saki Jiki village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Locals told our correspondent in a telephone call that the attack took place on Thursday at about 8:00 pm, […]
Uneasy calm has greeted Nasarawa following the Supreme Court judgment today that upheld the election of Governor Abdullahi Sule of the All Progressive Congress APC. Protest characterised the outcome of the judgement as some residents not satisfied with the judgement took to the streets protesting against what they claimed to be rob of democrac...
•Zainab Duke Abiola An Abuja High Court sitting at Gudu has ordered the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, to pay the sum of N50million to Prof. Zainab Duke Abiola, wife of the acclaimed winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, the late Chief MKO Abiola, for violating her fundamental rights. The court, in the judgement […]
The International Press Center IPC’s Centre for Safety and Protection of Journalists (I-CSPJ) said it is extremely dismayed and frowns at the reported police invasion of ABN TV and forced arrest of a guest during a live programme in Umuahia on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. In a press statement signed by the Press Officer, Melody […]
Policemen from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) Alagbon Lagos have busted a syndicate of pirates, who pirated two popular recently — released movies, A Tribe Called Judah by Funke Akindele and “Malaika” by Toyin Abraham. The arrested suspects included a member of staff of a new generation bank, Kehinde Iyanda, a woman and he...
•Police recruits The Police Service Commission (PSC) said today that a total of 136,177 candidates for the ongoing police recruitment exercise have already been screened just six days after the commencement of the exercise on Monday, January 8, 2024, throughout the federation. The Commission, through the Police Recruitment Board, is currently ...

