Tag: Police
Police free journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, after 10 hours in custody
The founder of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Mr. Fisayo Soyombo, has been released by the Nigerian Police.
Soyombo was granted bail on Monday evening...
Police detain journalist, Fisayo Soyombo, over report on contract fraud
The founder of Foundation for Investigative Journalism (FIJ), Mr. Fisayo Soyombo, has been detained by the Nigerian Police.
The journalist is being held in Abuja...
Buhari: Killers of Katsina Commissioner must be found
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged law enforcement agencies to do a thorough investigation and bring to justice those behind the assassination of the Katsina...
CJN confers SAN rank on Assistant Commissioner of Police Simon Lough
Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Simon Asamber Lough, the Head of Chambers, Legal Section of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has been conferred with...
Aggrieved youths raze pastor’s residence over butchered girl
Aggrieved youths on Tuesday razed a building belonging to a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Adebun Area of Ado-Ekiti...
Police: Two students died, 12 others injured in Lagos accident
The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that two students of Bab Fafunwa Millennium School, in Ojodu, Lagos, were killed on Tuesday when a...
10% of police personnel are quartered in decent accommodation – IGP
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Usman Baba, says the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is facing gross housing deficit as less than 10...
Police nab bandits’ kingpins, car theft syndicate, notorious criminals, arms supplier
Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force Special Tactical Squad have arrested 32 notorious suspects for their complicity in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery,...
Police rescue soldier, 15 travellers abducted by insurgents
A team of policemen patrolling Maiduguri-Damaturu road has prevented the abduction of a soldier and 15 travellers by insurgents.
The soldier, a Lance Corporal, is attached...
Eight fleeing inmates arrested after bandits attacked Jos prison
Eight of the inmates who had earlier escaped during the attack on the Jos Correctional Centre by gunmen on Sunday had been rearrested.
Gunmen said...
