Security

Efforts on to recruit additional personnel – IGP

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By Iyabo Adebisi Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun says efforts to recruit additional personnel into the Nigeria Police Force are ongoing to address the shortage of manpower within the force. He disclosed this at a 3-day retreat organized by the Police Service Commission Continue Reading

Crime

Police Parade Auxiliary Boys for Alleged Planned Mayhem

Web News 30 May 2023 704 0

By Rasheedah Makinde Nigeria Police Force, Oyo State Command has foiled an attempt by members of the recently dissolved park management system, PMS, to cause mayhem in the state. In the process, seventy eight suspects were arrested and paraded while cache of firearms, charms and over Three million naira were recovered from the arrested suspects.  […]Continue Reading

Agriculture

Strange Horse Found in Osun Community

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The Nigeria Police Force, Ejigbo Division has alerted the public that a wandering horse has been brought to the custody of the police.  The Divisional Police officer, Ejigbo Police Division, Mr Taye Awodi while speaking with Radio Nigeria said the horse was seen unguarded in Ijimoba area four days and was brought to police custody […]Continue Reading

Security

Law Enforcement Agencies Team Up Against Insecurity

Web News 25 November 2022 435 0

As part of steps to ensure a safe society, security agencies in Oyo state have synergized to wage war against insecurity. General Officer Commanding, 2 division, Nigerian Army, Ibadan, Major General Aminu Chinade, made this known during a joint security route match by the Nigerian Army and other security agencies in Oyo state. The General Officer […]Continue Reading

Security

VIDEO: Drunk Policeman Roams Street

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Security

Police Constabularies Lament Nonpayment of Salaries

Web News 7 September 2022 397 0

Youths recruited as constabularies into the Nigeria Police Force to complement the police in maintaining Security in Osun State on Wednesday staged a protest in Osogbo, the state capital over the nonpayment of 18 months’ salary. The special constables in their hundreds had stormed Oke-Fia from where they moved to the popular Olaiya Flyover, Osogbo […]Continue Reading

Politics

Police Assure Adequate Security Ahead of Osun Gov. Primary

Web News 7 March 2022 375 0

Ahead of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP Governorship primary in Osun State on Tuesday 8th March, 2022, the Police have assured the people of adequate security. In a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Osun State Command, Mrs Yemisi Opalola, the force explains that adequate measures have been put in place to ensure […]Continue Reading

Security

Police Women Dress Code: Adopted, Approved In Line With International Best Practices

Web News 4 March 2022 529 0

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, psc, NPM, fdc, has approved a new and improved dress code for women officers which permits them to wear stud earrings, and headscarf under their berets or peak caps as the case may be while in uniform. The dress code was unveiled at the IGP’s meeting with […]Continue Reading

Security

Woman Arrested For Brutalizing Minor Over Meat Theft

Web News 7 February 2022 618 0

A woman has been arrested by the Police in Ondo state for inflicting injuries on a house boy for stealing meat from the pot. It was gathered that over 10 different injuries were inflicted on the boy by the woman. Her arrest followed a trending video on Twitter The incident happened in Adebowale area of […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Arrest Two Suspected Members of Kidnap Syndicate in Ogun

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Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two members of a kidnap syndicate terrorizing Ijebu-Ode and it’s environ. The suspects, Samuel Oke Abiodun and Denis Blessing were arrested after a technical and intelligence-based investigation. The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed the arrest of the suspects in a statement in Abeokuta. Mr Continue Reading

Crime

Police Arrest Suspected Cultists in Ogun

Web News 21 November 2021 792 0

Ogun State police command has arrested two suspected members of Eiye cult group for forcefully initiating a student into their group.  According to a statement by the command spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi the suspects, Owoseni Gbemisola and Ogunsola Ayo were arrested following a report by a 21 years old student of Olabisi onabanjo university reported […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Arrest Woman in Possession of Illegal Arms in Delta

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The Delta State Police Command has arrested one Blessing Oghule allegedly found in possession of a fabricated berretta pistol with five rounds of live ammunition and illicit drugs. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, October 25, said that Oghule was arrested alongside three other suspects during […]Continue Reading

Crime

NPF Dismisses Officer Who Killed Lagos Teenager

Web News 24 September 2021 499 0

The Nigerian Police Force has dismissed Sergeant Samuel Philipps from its service, having found him guilty of shooting a teenager in Ijeshatedo Area of Lagos few days ago. A release signed by the Lagos State Police Public Relation Officer, Adekunle Ajisebutu says the sergeant shot the female teenager Monsurat Ojuade at close range which led […]Continue Reading

Security

Threat Letter: Police Assure Deltans of Safety

Web News 15 June 2021 602 0

The Delta State Commissioner of Police CP Ari Mohammed-Ali, has urge residents of the state to ignore the threat of an attack on the government and people of state purportedly by Fulani herdsmen. CP Mohammed-Ali stated his in Asaba, while briefing newsmen on effort by the police to douse tension in the area following the […]Continue Reading

Security

Police Foil Robbery Attempt in Osun

Web News 24 May 2021 542 0

Nigeria Police Osun state command has foiled an attempted robbery along Akure/Ilesa road, at Iwara junction. A statement by the command Public Relations Officer, Mrs Yemisi Opalola said the quick intervention of men of the command, JTF & other local security outfits foiled the attempted robbery by herdsmen. The statement notes that motorists who abandoned Continue Reading

Security

Salah: IGP Orders Deployment Of Operational Assets Nationwide

Web News 12 May 2021 473 0

The acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba, has ordered a nationwide deployment of police officers and other operational assets of the force for water-tight security ahead of the Eid-el-Fitr celebration and beyond. The IGP’s order was contained in a statement signed by the force Public Relations Officer, FPRO, Mr. Frank Mba. It directed […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Apprehend Robbery Suspects In Ogun

Web News 28 February 2021 669 0

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have have arrested two robbery suspects while operating at Sagamu interchange area of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the early hours of Saturday 27th February, 2021. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi who confirmed the arrest in a statement gave the names of the suspects as Solomon […]Continue Reading

Transportation

Breaking: Tanker Crushes Rider to Death in Ibadan

Web News 17 February 2021 692 0

A loaded fuel tanker coming from the Molete lost control around liberty road beside Babcock University Hospital, crushed a motorcycle rider to death. As at the time of filling this report the corpse of the rider has been deposited at the Adeoyo hospital morgue. Omotayo AlongeContinue Reading

Security

Seven Transport Workers Kidnapped Along Ilesha/Akure Express

Web News 10 February 2021 542 0

Four Transport Union Workers have been kidnapped at Iwaraja junction along Ilesha/Akure expressway in Oriade Local Government Area, Osun State on Monday night. Radio Nigeria gathered that seven transport workers were travelling from Osun state to Akure and they were all kidnapped by suspected armed herdsmen. It was gathered that the kidnappers later freed three […]Continue Reading

Security

Security Stake Holders Meet in Ibadan Over Insecurity

Web News 7 February 2021 559 0

Participants at a one day stakeholders meeting on restoration of enduring peace in Ibadan and other hotspots in Oyo state have called for the recovery of weapons from hoodlums in the state. This was part of resolutions reached at the meeting which was organised by the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Oyo state directorate. Participants included […]Continue Reading

Security

Ogun Police Condemn Attacks on Fulani Communities

Web News 6 February 2021 606 0

Ogun State police command has cautioned against attacks on herdsmen’s’ settlements in Yewa part of the State and other areas.According to a statement issued by the command spokesman, Mr. Abimbola Oyeyemi in Abeokuta, the police authority noted with sadness the attacks on settlements inhabited by Nigerian herdsmens of Fulani extraction in which some of them […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ogun Police Arrests 2 For Motorcycle Theft

Web News 25 December 2020 609 0

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested two suspects for eloping with a motorcycle belonging to their employer’s company.The suspects, Francis Obeya, twenty-six-year-old and twenty-one-year-old Emmanuel Abah, were arrested after the operatives received a call from a Lagos-based company that a dispatch rider with the company had eloped with clients goods Continue Reading

Security

Ondo CoS’s Wife, Friend, Rescued From Kidnappers

Web News 28 November 2020 580 0

Kidnapped wife of the Chief of Staff to Ondo State governor Mr Olugbenga Ale, has regained her freedom this afternoon. Mrs Ale who was abducted on Thursday night by some suspected gunmen at Owena area, near Akure, was rescued alongside her friend who was in transit with her. Reports say security agencies initiated a manhunt […]Continue Reading

Crime

Ondo State Govt. Disturbed by Spike in Crime

Web News 14 November 2020 664 0

The Ondo state government has expressed dismay over the recent spike in crime across the state.  This was contained in a statement released to newsmen by the states Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Mr Donald Ojógo in Akure.  According to the statement, the last one week in the state has witnessed an unimaginable upsurge in […]Continue Reading

Crime

Police Apprehend Man for Allegedly Killing Girlfriend in Ogun

Web News 2 November 2020 635 0

Men of the Ogun state police command have arrested a thirty-one-year-old man, an indigene of Ebonyi state over alleged murder of his girlfriend. In a statement by the state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr Abimbola Oyeyemi said the arrest followed a report by one Adebayo Aladesuyi who is a manager of a hotel in Ibafo […]Continue Reading