•Bandits Armed bandits have attacked the divisional headquarters of the Nigeria Police Force in Zurmi town, the headquarters of the Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The bandits were said to have invaded the town yesterday evening, killing seven persons including a police officer, reports Channels TV. An indigene of the town, Baban...
•Anthony Sani Former Secretary General, Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF), Anthony Sani has kicked against establishment of state police as proposed by the federal government. Sani, in a statement today noted that if the State police is eventually created, State governors will abuse the police and as well use them as attacking dogs against politi...
•Solomon Arase With talks about the establishment of state police gaining momentum in the country, the Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, has warned state governors not to abuse state police. Arase, the 18th Inspector General of Police, made this known on Channels Television yesterday. On Thursday, President Bola T...
•Nigeria Senate Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Yemi Adaramodu, has said the federal lawmakers have no reservations about the agitation for state police. Senator Adaramodu clarified today while speaking with newsmen in Abuja. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the 36 state governors at an emergency meeting yesterda...
•Police trainees Chieftain of All Progressive Congress APC, Dr. Garus Gololo, has berated agitators of the establishment of the State Police Department, describing it as a move to empower State Governors to fight their political opponents. Dr. Gololo, who spoke in an exclusive interview in Abuja, advised the Tinubu-led administration to be min...
•Police recruits The Police Service Commission has said that a total of 171,956 applicants who were successful in the screening exercise for recruitment into the Nigerian Police Force are expected to take part in the computer-based tests. Noting that candidates for the aptitude tests are applicants for the general duty positions, the commissio...
•Police The federal government and governors of the 36 states of the federation have agreed to set up state police as the nation struggles to curtail insecurity. The agreement was reached during an emergency meeting between President Bola Tinubu and the governors, which took place at the presidential villa in Abuja today, reports The Nation. [...
•Rivers CP, Olatunji Disu The Rivers State Police Command has said one of its men identified as Inspector Michael Odey involved in an act of extortion has been dismissed. Similarly, it disclosed that two other operatives involved in the act had been queried and recommended for dismissal according to established procedures, reports The PUNCH. I...
•Lagos PPRO Benjamin Hundeyin The Lagos State Police Command has alerted residents of Oworonshoki, Alapere, Ogudu and Ketu areas on the return of one-chance robbers. Lagos Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, in a terse statement on his verified X handle, said the Force will increase checks in these areas which may result in some delays [&h...
The Police in Borno State have arrested two friends (male and female) having sex at the All Denominations Church, ADC, Police College in Maiduguri, the state capital. Sources said the culprits identified as Kaka Umar of Damboa Road and Khadija Adam of Ngomari area, Maiduguri were arrested on the act, yesterday, about 1140 a.m., allegedly [&hel...
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