The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Ekiti, Mr Joseph Eribo, has disclosed that the command arrested 3,490 suspects for various offences across the state in 2025. Eribo said this in Ado-Ekiti, yesterday during a news conference to review the command’s activities in 2025, while giving an outlook for improved policing in 2026. He assured residents […]
Abba Yusuf, Kano State governor, has called for the removal of the state Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Bakori, after the police chief failed to attend the 65th Independence Day celebrations in Kano. Speaking at the Sani Abacha Stadium during the anniversary parade, Yusuf expressed displeasure at Bakori’s absence and the withdrawal of police officers from […]
A 20-year-old lady, Miracle Kalu, who was arrested for selling her one-month-old baby for N130,000, to an unknown couple in Lagos, has blamed her action on hardship. She was traced to her residence in Orlu, Imo State, after the baby, who was being conveyed to his new parents in Lagos, was intercepted by policemen, who […]
A new Commissioner of Police, Hafiz Mohammed Inuwa, has taken over the leadership of Delta State Police Command from CP Adeyinka Adeleke, who is proceeding on a course at the National Institute of Policy and Strategy Studies in Jos with immediate effect. The new helmsman, who took over the mantle of leadership at exactly 1:37pm […]
The new Commissioner of Police for Kogi State, Mr. Ede Ekpeji, has assumed duty assuring the people of the state that the command under his control will fight all forms of criminality to make it a safe and peaceful society. The Commissioner of Police was deployed to the state following the retirement of Mr. Hakeem […]
Mr Shina Olukolu, the Commissioner of Police in Oyo, has urged police officers in the command to undertake their duties with the fear of God. Olukolu made the call on Friday evening during a dinner and award presentation ceremony held at the state police headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan. Two INEC staff bag 42 years for receiving […]
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Umar Bebel, pictured above, was killed in the firece gun battle between the police and protesting Shi’ites members yesterday Monday July 22nd. Umar was until his death the head of operations at the Abuja police command. The Shi’ites members engaged the police in a gun battle after attempts were made by […]
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni, has deployed 30,000 personnel, comprising the police and other law enforcement agencies for the 2019 general elections beginning with the Presidential and National Assembly election on 16/02/2019. All personnel are expected to wear INEC identification tags, and are to secure the entire electoral process. However, […]
The attention of the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State, CP Zubairu Muazu mni, has been drawn to the news making the rounds on the social media to the effect that the Command will carry out a general raid, on Thursday, February 14 and Friday, February 15, 2019. The writer went further to warn people not […]
The long arms of the law have caught up with one Olusegun Adefemi a father of three daughters, for allegedly defiling them and inflicting body injuries on them. Adefemi who is a Bricklayer/Conductor and lives at No. 6 Ipakan Street Ijede Lagos was arrested after a concerned neighbour, Adekoya Sesan who is a neighbourhood Safety […]
… as Oyo gets three more police commands The Commissioner of Police, Oyo State Command, Mr. Abiodun Odude, has adjudged the state as one of the most peaceful states in the country, just as the Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, declared that the Ibadan, the state capital, was no longer a ‘garrison command.’ He said this […]
The Commissioner of Police (CP), Cross River State Command, Inuwa Hafiz has explained the huge presence of Police in the streets of Cross River. In a phone chart with our correspondent, CP Hafiz said that at the end of every year, the command embarked on what he described as ‘Operation Velvet’. He explained that the […]
The Commissioner of Police in Plateau State Peter Ogunyanwo, has said the command has dismissed a police officer who shut and killed a citizen. “Police under my watch must be human in dealing with the public, that was why we dismissed a police corporal who killed someone. The officer was tried and convicted, after has […]
The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Mr Wilson Inalegwu on Friday said security personnel would be deployed to the 1,886 polling units in the FCT during Saturday’s election. Mr Inalegwu disclosd this when security forces involved in the election gathered for final rehearsal for deployment. Inalegwu is the chairman of the […]
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Aderanti yesterday unfolded his security plans to curtail election violence in the State. KWASU ALHAMDU and ANYIM JOY NDUDI were at the conference. Photos by TAOFEEK BABAJIDE. In preparation for the 2015 general elections, a total of 36,204 security personnel drawn from all the security and […]
Just a week after 2 Chinese men were abducted at the Zango Daji area of Kogi state, another set of three Chinese nationals have been abducted in the same locality, the police confirmed on Saturday. The Gunmen stormed the company premises where the Chinese reside, between 4:00am and 5:00am. They engaged in bullet battle […]