The Katsina State Command of the Nigeria Police Force, led by AIG Zone 14 Katsina, has deployed extensive security arrangements in Daura and throughout the state to ensure a smooth and peaceful burial of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari. The command, under CP Bello Shehu, expressed deepest condolences to the government, people of Katsina,…
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have apprehended three notorious kidnapping suspects linked to a series of deadly abductions across Abuja and neighbouring states. In a statement released Thursday by the FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the suspects—27-year-old Ya’u Shittu from Kaduna State, 30-year-old Sale Usman from Niger State,…
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has asked the Federal Government to establish state police and an intervention fund following the fresh wave of killings in the North-Central State. The governor appealed on Wednesday when President Bola Tinubu visited Benue State over the recent killings in the area. According to Alia, the establishment of state…
In a series of successful sting operations coordinated through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, the Nigeria Police Force has recovered and returned several vehicles stolen in Nigeria but trafficked across borders to Ghana and Niger Republic. In a statement, the Force notes that operatives of INTERPOL NCB Abuja, in collaboration with their counterparts…
The Nigeria Police Force has rescued 12 trafficked children from an illegal orphanage operating within a residential apartment on Ikot Ekpene Road in Aba, Abia State. In a statement issued by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, the police revealed that two suspects were arrested for running an unregistered and unauthorised motherless babies’ home….
Twenty suspects have been arrested for hacking the 2025 computer-based test examinations conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) and the Nigerian Police Force have arrested several suspects in Abuja, believed to be members of a cybercrime syndicate targeting examination bodies. The syndicate, reportedly comprising…
Detectives of the Ebute-Ero division in Lagos have apprehended a suspected traffic robber and recovered stolen goods worth ₦20 million following a police response to a tip-off about a brazen highway theft on the CMS-Marina Bridge. On April 25, 2025, a criminal gang stole a large sack filled with assorted human hairs valued at approximately…
The Nigeria Police Force announced on Sunday that 10 individuals were rescued from an attempted abduction by suspected bandits along the Funtua-Gusau highway. According to the Force, the rescue was carried out by officers from the Faskari Division of the Katsina State Police Command, who responded swiftly and engaged the assailants in a gunfight. The…
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday postponed discussions on the creation of state police to its next meeting, despite ongoing violence and unrest in parts of the country. Bayelsa State Governor Douye Diri, speaking to State House Correspondents after the council’s 149th session at Aso Rock Villa, confirmed that while the topic was listed…
Police authorities have asked the organizers of a nationwide protest billed for April 7, 2025, to shelve the plan. The Take-It-Back (TIB) movement had planned a nationwide protest for Monday, April 7, 2025, citing various national concerns. However, on Sunday, Muyiwa Adejobi, the spokesman for the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), criticized the protest as poorly…
