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An unidentified policemen, Monday, sustained gunshot injuries during a gun battle between some herdsmen and a team of policemen from the Ughelli Area Command, Delta State. The incident, it was gathered, occurred at Bridge 4, along the Ohoror axis of the East-West Road in Ughelli North Local...

The Plateau State police command said it has intercepted two trucks carrying 145 children from Bauchi, Gombe and Jigawa states. According, a statement issued by the public relations officer, Terna Tyopev, the driver, conductor and all accomplices will be charged to court. The statement said...

The Nigerian Police has stated why the force cannot arrest operators of Ponzi scheme MMM. Police said it does not have any directive from the government to arrest operators or participants of the MMM. It also explained that it would not go after operators or participants in the scheme...

Nigeria Police has explained why it released suspects reportedly arrested over the killing of an Abuja-based pastor, Eunice Elisha. Spokesperson of the Abuja police command, Manzah Anjuguri, said that the suspects, whose identities were not revelaed were released because police investigation...

The chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC), Mr Mike Okiro, has dismissed the rumour that the recent recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force was hijacked by some high ranking police officers. Okiro, the former Inspector-General of Police, dispelled the rumour on Thursday in Port Harcourt...

Governor Nyesom Wike led Rivers State government has described as saddened the decision of the Nigeria Police to dismiss six police officers In a press statement signed by the Commissioner for Information, Dr. Austin Tam-George, and issued on Friday night, the government claimed that the police...

The Vanguard is reporting that a Maitama mansion, believed to be owned by ex First Lady Patience Jonathan was on Wednesday raided by policemen. The policemen, numbering around 20, forcefully gained entry into the house after overpowering the lone security man there. The house is located on...

The police says there is little they can do to effectively enforce the ban on the use of fireworks and ‘knockouts’ without public support. The Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Don Awunah, said this when the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) contacted him to get an update on enforcement of the...

The Nigeria Police force has released a statement concerning the training program for the successful 2016 recruits. TRAINING PROGRAMME OF SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES OF THE 2016 RECRUITMENT EXERCISE INTO THE NIGERIA POLICE FORCE The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, NPM, mni has...

A yet-to-be identified policeman in the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, is in the eye of the storm after he was caught on camera fighting with a truck driver and his friends in the community. The policeman was seen in the video struggling with the three men during which his rifle fell...

The Nigerian police force have arrested a member of the gang that killed Deputy Superintendent of Police, Mohammed Alkali, and his driver in Uju Forest, Omoku area of Rivers State, with the late officer's LG phone. Top police sources told SaharaReporters that Christian Chukwuemela Ekikeme, 22...

The Gombe State Police Command has arrested three persons suspected to have conspired, forcefully confined, and tortured two teenage girls wrongly accused of witchcraft. One of the girls died due to the torture they were subjected to for two weeks. According to a statement signed by the...

Following the release of names of 10,000 successful applicants for the Nigeria police recruitment scheme by the Police Service Commission (PSC), on Monday, it has been discovered that the North got the lion’s share, The Sun says. PSC Head Spokesman, Mr. Ikechukwu Ani, said the new recruits...

Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command on Monday said it would withdraw police orderlies attached to politicians in the state during the December 10 reruns. The operatives, who spoke during a meeting with stakeholders in Port Harcourt, also said it would not allow any police officer to...

A serving Commissioner of Police, Victor Onofiok, has been arrested by the EFCC for allegedly perpetrating a N1.9bn fraud. He is currently being grilled by operatives of the EFCC, The Nation says. “Onofiok, who is the CP Works at the Force Headquarters, was detained on November 30 after he...

Four policemen suspected to have caused the death of a villager in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State, have been arrested. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Musa Kimo, said in Yola on Thursday that the suspects, who were operatives of the state Anti Robbery Squad, are currently under...

In a bid to curb kidnapping and ‘human parts business’ in Ogun state, the state Commissioner of Police, CP, Ahmed Iliyasu, Thursday called on traditional medicine practitioners, herbalists, to assist the police with information. He said they could assist by regularizing their practice, carry...

Several police officers were on Tuesday paraded by authorities for aiding and abetting criminals and militants. In a press conference on Tuesday, the police said 9 of the officers were for unprofessional conduct, aiding and abetting serious crimes such as cattle rustling, robbery and...

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested 17 policemen for acts of misconduct, including taking bribes. Punch learnt that the policemen, who were arrested between October 6 and 28, 2016, were undergoing an orderly room trial. This is just as 26 armed robbery suspects and 18 suspected...

The Police Service Commission on Thursday announced the promotion of four Deputy Commissioners of Police to the next rank of Commissioners. A statement from the spokesman of the Commission Ikechukwu Ani said the new Commissioners of Police are: Posi E Ajunwa; Akinsanmi Francis Ayo; Kenneth...