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Police Nab Woman for Alleged Baby Theft

A 28-year-old woman, Adaeze Lawrence, is currently in the custody of the Abia State Police Command for allegedly stealing her friend’s one month and two days old baby boy. It was gathered that Lawrence gained the trust of the baby’s mother, Onyinyechi Owujie, and became her friend before she committed the crime. The suspect, a […]Continue Reading
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Egbetokun Takes Over as Acting AIG

The Acting Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has officially assumed office as the 22nd IG. The former IG, Usman Baba, officially handed over to Egbetokun today, Wednesday, during a Handing/Taking Over Ceremony of the Inspector-General of Police at the Louis Edet House, Force Headquarters, Abuja. it would be recalled that President Bola Tinubu appointed […]Continue Reading
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IG Lauds Passage of Police Pension Board Bill

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba has commended the National Assembly for the passage of the Police Pension Board Bill and the Nigeria Police Force College, Training School and Institution (Establishment) Bill. The Senate had on Tuesday announced that it had passed the bills. Reacting to the development during a press conference at the Force […]Continue Reading
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Ondo New CP Promises to Flush-out Criminals

By Leke Adegbite The new Commissioner of Police in Ondo State, Taiwo Jesubiyi says the command and other security agencies will come up with fresh strategies to flush out criminals from the forests in the state. He stated this at the command’s headquarters in Akure while addressing newsmen on his official assumption of office. Mr Jesubiyi who […]Continue Reading
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NPF Hammer 81 Officers over Misconducts

The Nigeria Police Force have punished 81 officers over varying misconducts out of over 431 complaints from citizens against its personnel between July and September 5, 2022.. This was contained in a document prepared by the Minister of Police Affairs, Maigari Dingyadi, while explaining the efforts of his ministry and the NPF at ensuring discipline […]Continue Reading
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Police Beef-up Security in Lagos

The Commissioner of Police in Lagos State, Abiodun Alabi, on Wednesday said that in line with the prevailing security threats in the country, policemen have been deployed to man the entry and exit points of the state to prevent crime from happening.  Alabi disclosed this in Lagos during the Lagos State Stakeholders’ Forum on Police […]Continue Reading
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Gunmen kill Motorcyclist in Imo

There was panic at Ogbaku market on Owerri- Onitsha Road in Owerri, Imo State, on Tuesday as gunmen invaded the market and shot a motorcyclist dead. This happened while the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali, was in at the Government House Owerri to inaugurate the 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers procured by the state government […]Continue Reading
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Police Station Attack Claims 1 in Akure

Hoodlums reportedly attacked a police station in Akure early Monday morning resulting in the death of a police officer. A statement from the Police Public Relations Officer, Ondo State Command, Funmi Odunlami however notes that the officers on duty who were at alert repelled the attack and prevented the miscreants from gaining entrance into the station. The […]Continue Reading
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Olofa Loses Son to Suspected Cultists

Tragedy has hit the palace of Oba Abdulahi Okunloye,the Olofa of Ofatedo, Yinusa Okunloye, as an Unidentified Cult group stormed his son residence and shot him dead.   The incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday  in Ofatedo, Egbedore Local Government area of Osun State. Radio Nigeria learnt that the unknown gunmen approached the 43-year-old […]Continue Reading
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Police Recover 3 Bodies Killed by Hoodlums

The Police Command in Anambra  on Saturday confirmed killing of two of its  operatives and one civilian car tracker by criminals at Amukabra Achalla Awka North Local Government Area  of the state. The command’s spokesman, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga in a statement on in Awka said the trio were killed after the hoodlums kidnapped them while […]Continue Reading
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Sallah Ram Theft, Police Apprehend Suspects

Operatives of Ogun state police command have apprehended the duo of Adetunji Alagbe and Opeyemi Ogunlokun for allegedly stealing a Sallah ram belonging to one Sodiq Abolore. The Suspects were arrested after the owner of the ram, Sodiq Abolore, had reported at Ogijo divisional headquarters that the ram he bought at one hundred and twenty […]Continue Reading
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Man Wanted for Maiming Teenager

The Bauchi State Police Command has launched a manhunt for one Ibrahim who allegedly removed the two eyes of a 16-year-old boy in the state. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, who stated this in a media statement made available to journalists in the state on Friday, said that the incident happened on Thursday. […]Continue Reading
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Police Arrest Trader, Gateman for Ritual Killing

A trader and his gate-man have been arrested by police operatives in Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State for allegedly killing a 4-year-old boy for rituals. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Abiodun Wasiu,  in Minna confirmed that the two suspects were arrested in connection with the incident and investigations had commenced. Abiodun Continue Reading
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Police Apprehend 2 Suspected Firearms Traffickers

The Police command in Plateau says it has arrested two suspects over alleged trafficking of firearms from Plateau to the eastern part of the country through Nasarawa State. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this during news briefing on Friday, in Abuja. Mr Adejobi said the suspects were arrested, following credible […]Continue Reading
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NPF Set To Recruit Officers

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr. Usman Alkali Baba says machinery have been put in place to commence the recruitment of about 20,000 junior police officers into the Nigeria police force. The IGP stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state at the Agodi, Secretariat, Ibadan. He stressed […]Continue Reading