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Latest Politics, Nigerian Police
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
The Inspector-General of Police, Hafiz Ringim, yesterday ordered commissioners of police (CPs) in states affected by election violence, including Bauchi, Gombe, Kaduna, Borno, Kano and Katsina to appear and give evidence before the panel of inquiry set up to investigate the crisis by the Federal Government. He mandated CPs of the affected states of the […]
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Akwa Ibom, Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Thursday, May 12th, 2011
UYO-THE police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested one of the most wanted criminals in the South-East and South-West. The suspect’s name was given as Emmanuel Nnamdi Joseph Ebulu, aka Stone. Assistant Inspector General of Police in-charge of zone 6, Mohammed Abubakar, stated this while parading the suspect alongside three others, Chidi Udochi, 30; Chukwunna […]
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Abuja (FCT), Headlines, Nigerian Police, State News
Wednesday, May 11th, 2011
Two suspected robbers were on Tuesday killed by policemen in Abuja during a gun duel, while two others escaped with bullet wounds. Two senior police officers also sustained serious injuries with one of them who was shot in the stomach still on admission at the National Hospital, Abuja. The robbers, who drove in a […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police, Osun, State News
Friday, May 6th, 2011
THE Osun State police command has advised residents of the state to be wary of kidnappers and robbers, who have deviced new method of using small children to carry out their nefarious activities. The command, in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Mr. Olugbemileke Olumide Taiwo (ASP), said that it has come across […]
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Elections 2011, Nigerian Police
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
SECURITY has been beefed up nationwide to ensure smooth conduct of today’s governorship and House of Assembly polls. In Delta, the state Police Command has assured residents of the state of what it called “water tight security.” Spokesman of the command, Charles Muoka, gave the assurance in an interview with The Guardian. He said the […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
BARELY 24 hours to the gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, as well as the postponed National Assembly elections across the country, the Lagos State police command has assured the people of the state of adequate security and protection of life and property throughout the exercise in the state. The state Police Commissioner, Mr Sulaimon […]
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Headlines, Lagos, Nigerian Police, State News
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Barely 72 after the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Alakuko, CSP Joseph Olatunmokun and two other policemen were killed by armed robbers in Lagos State,operatives of the State Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS),at the early hours of yesterday, killed a seven-man gang of robbers, who have been terrorizing residents of the state in recent times during […]
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Kaduna, Nigerian Police, State News
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
FOLLOWING the recent violence and series of bomb blast in Kaduna, the State Police Command yesterday, said it has uncovered a bomb making-factory at the Rafin Guza area of Kaduna metropolis, where already manufactured explosives and other weapons were recovered. Conducting journalists round the residential building, where a bomb exploded Friday night, killing one and injuring […]
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Elections 2011, Nigerian Police
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
Kaduna 400, Niger 136, Kano 120, Bauchi 200, Adamawa 128 Elections postponed in Kaduna, Bauchi to April 28 A total of 984 persons have been arrested across five states for the violent protests that led to breakdown of law and order in those places. The protest were in reaction to the release of the result […]
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Headlines, Nigerian Police
Friday, April 22nd, 2011
A 27-year-old suspect, Sunday Adebayo, on Wednesday told an Osogbo Magistrates’ Court that he was arrested for obstructing Special Anti-Robbery police van but was arraigned for armed robbery. Adebayo said he was arrested in Ilesa on January 9, 2010 and not Owode area of Osogbo as alleged by the police. Insisting that the allegations […]