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Police confirm killing of 2 in Plateau

News Desk - November 29, 2020 0

The Police Command in Plateau has confirmed the killing of two persons at Kugiya market in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area of the...

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Matawalle receives 2,550 police constabularies deployed to Zamfara

Rayyan Alhassan - November 13, 2020 0

The first set of 2550 police constabularies have been deployed to Zamfara State to assist the Police as well as Army and other security agencies in their efforts to rid the state of all forms of criminalities.

Police arrest suspects of Islamic school bombing in Pakistan

News Desk - October 28, 2020 0

Police in north western Pakistan on Wednesday arrested at least 55 suspects in a swoop after a bombing at an Islamic school that killed eight students a day earlier.

Nigerian govt dismisses 10 senior police officers, demotes 9 others

Rayyan Alhassan - October 9, 2020 0

The Police Service Commission, PSC, has approved the dismissal of 10 senior police officers and demotion of nine others over misconduct.

We don’t have operational vehicles, logistics, NSCDC cries out

Rayyan Alhassan - August 31, 2020 0

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Lagos State Command on Monday appealed to the Federal Government to provide vehicles and logistics to the command to enhance their performance.

COVID-19: Police arrest 100 partygoers for flouting lockdown directive

News Desk - July 27, 2020 0

Uganda’s Police on Sunday arrested over 100 partygoers for flouting COVID-19 lockdown restriction measures, authorities said on Monday.

Police arrest man for stabbing 3 women

News Desk - July 15, 2020 0

Norwegian police arrested a man for stabbing three women, one of whom died from her injuries, in Sarpsborg in southern Norway, police said.

TRENDING: Nigerians on social media recommend ex-Kano CP Wakili for EFCC job

Rayyan Alhassan - July 9, 2020 0

Many Nigerians on social media have advised President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint a former Kano State Commissioner of Police, Muhammad Wakili, as the new acting chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

Police arrest father for allegedly defiling 13-year-old daughter in Osun

Shittu Shola - June 26, 2020 0

The police in Osun have arrested a 50-year-old farmer for allegedly having carnal knowledge of his 13-year-old daughter.

Uphold Maryam Sanda’s death sentence, police urge appeal court

Maryam Hassan - June 1, 2020 0

Police prosecution counsel has urged the Court of Appeal to uphold the court judgement sentencing Maryam Sanda to death by hanging for killing her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.

COVID-19: We’ll prosecute travel ban violators in Sokoto – Police

Rayyan Alhassan - May 14, 2020 0

The Police Command in Sokoto State, on Thursday, said it would ensure prosecution of violators of the ban on non-essential inter-state travels.

Police apprehend 23 kidnap suspects, recover arms, ammunition in Adamawa

Maryam Hassan - May 7, 2020 0

The new Commissioner of Police deployed to Adamawa State, Olugbenga Adeyanju, has warned criminal gangs terrorising people to either surrender or leave the state.

Nigerian police launch online campaign against cultism

Maryam Hassan - May 5, 2020 0

The Police have concluded arrangement with a technology company to prepare and circulate anti-cultism and social vice messages to pupils/students nationwide through e-learning platforms.

COVID-19: 2 clerics arraigned over alleged violation religious gathering ban in Nasarawa

Rayyan Alhassan - May 4, 2020 0

The Police in Nasarawa State on Monday arraigned two Muslim Clerics for allegedly violating the ban on religious gathering in the state.

COVID-19: Police arrest 21 lockdown defaulters in Sokoto

Rayyan Alhassan - April 8, 2020 0

The Police Command in Sokoto on Wednesday arrested no fewer than 21 persons for violating the interstate movement restriction order imposed by the state.

COVID-19: Court sentences 17 residents for violating lockdown order in Lagos

Maryam Hassan - April 8, 2020 0

The police in Lagos on Wednesday arraigned additional 17 residents who flouted the stay-at-home order of the state government.

Delta govt donates 35 pick-up vans to police, others

Shittu Shola - February 24, 2020 0

Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta has donated 35 pick-up-vans to security agencies in the state to strengthen their operations.

Ilorin residents uncover kidnappers’ hideout, free 13 children held in captivity

Rayyan Alhassan - February 21, 2020 0

Ilorin residents uncover kidnappers’ hideout, free 13 children held in captivity

Angry youth attack Fulani settlement, raze down 23 houses, mosque in Plateau

News Desk - January 28, 2020 0

In what looks like a reprisal attach following the killing of 13 persons in Kwatas village of Bokkos local government area of Plateau State, some angry youths have attacked Fulani settlements, setting ablaze 23 houses and a mosque within the locality.

Police raid Gowon Estate, arrest 4 in Lagos

Rayyan Alhassan - December 16, 2019 0

The Police in Lagos, in an evening raid, arrested some hoodlums who were in the habit of smoking Indian hemp in Gowon Estate, near Egbeda area of Lagos, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Nigerian Army to introduce barrack girls sports championship

Shittu Shola - November 4, 2019 0

Maj-Gen Faruk Yahaya, the General Officer Commanding, 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, said on Sunday that the Division would introduce a sports competition solely for girls within the barrack and surrounding communities.

Nigerian troops rescue 7 Kaduna-Abuja highway kidnap victims

Ibrahim Ramalan - September 11, 2019 0

The Troops of Operation Thunder Strike on Wednesday rescued seven kidnap victims who were on transit from Offa, Kwara to Kaduna State on September 8.

Why we restrict movement at Seme border —Customs

Ibrahim Ramalan - August 22, 2019 0

Many travellers and vehicles were stranded for hours on Thursday at Seme border post following restriction of movement around the country’s frontier with Benin Republic.

Police beef up security over El-Zakzaky’s trial in Kaduna

Abdallah El-kurebe - August 4, 2019 0

The Kaduna State Police Command says it has beefed up security as the trial of the leader of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, IMN,...

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