The Nasarawa State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested one Corporal Haruna Joseph, a driver attached to the state's Special Task Force, Operation Nasara for allegedly being a member of the Ombatse Militia group that killed several security agents in the state in the early hours of Wednesday. The suspect who was arrested along with his brother is said to have survived the attack on the security ...

A security expert, Mr. Dare Ogunlana has faulted the crop of security personnel in the Nigeria Police Force, describing them as ‘armed robbers.’ While speaking on the Security Situation in the country on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise, Mr. Ogunlana said that there was no proper background check for most of the members of the Police, before they were offered employment. He also said that ...

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Deziani Allison Madueke has announced plans of collaboration with relevant security agencies in tackling issues of pipeline vandalism and oil theft in the country. Mrs. Allison, who spoke with newsmen after a meeting with the Chief of Naval Staff, the Minister of Transport, Director General of the Nigeria Maritime Safety Administration and representatives from the N ...

The Federal High Court in Abuja has reserved the 21st of March for judgement on a motion on the infringement of fundamental human rights brought against the Senate President, the National Assembly, the Inspector General Of Police (IGP) and 6 others by the embattled head of the Pension Reforms Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina. Mr. Maina is seeking N1.5 billion in compensation for psychological trauma and em ...

The Kwara State Commissioner of Police (CP); Mr Chinwe Asadu, has been killed by unknown gunmen in Enugu state. The Police boss was killed Saturday night at gunpoint in his car at Amorji Nike, near the densely populated Abakpa Nike area in Enugu East local government area within the state capital. The Orderly of the Commissioner and driver escaped the attack but they sustained gunshot wounds and  they are r ...

The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 8, Jonathan Johnson, has called on policemen living in barracks to imbibe maintenance culture and take proper care of the facilities. The police boss who oversees Ekiti, Kogi and Kwara States, while briefing journalists in the Kwara State capital, Ilorin, noted that though some of the police barracks are in good condition, he lamented the poor stat ...

Families of police officers who lost their loved ones during the Kano insurgencies have been presented with cheques of compensation by the Assistant Inspector General (AIG) in charge of zone, Mr David Omojola. While presenting the cheques to some four selected victims, the AIG said that the gesture will be a continuous exercise to all police officers affected by the Kano and other states' crisis. 15 year ol ...

The Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of F Department, Mr. Atiku Yusuf Kafur  has begun to sensitize various police offices across different states about the importance and duties of the institutions’ Department ‘F.’ The “F” department is one in charge of Audit and Inspection in the Nigeria Police Force. Kafur embarked on a sensitization tour of states to acquaint officers of the police force wit ...

Seven people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Emir of Kano Ado Bayero which led to the death of six people including three palace guards and a local government official. Addressing a news conference in Kano, the state Police Commissioner Ibrahim Idris said that eight other suspects have been declared wanted. The Commissioner disclosed that the suspects voluntarily confessed to have pa ...

The FCT Police Command have discovered and defused a suspicious package addressed to  the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in the Federal capital Territory, Abuja. The package suspected to be a bomb was found in front of the Garki Area 10 Postal Service office. The Post Master General of the Nigeria Postal Service, Mallam Ibrahim Baba told journalists that the package, which was addressed to the Min ...