Tag: POLICE
BREAKING: Rivers police commissioner, Bolaji Odesanya, dies
The Rivers State Police Commissioner, Bolaji Odesanya, is dead.
He was said to have died on Tuesday morning at a brief illness at Sterling Hospital...
30 retired AIGs, other senior officers sue Buhari, police
Thirty senior police officers, retired in 2016, have challenged their retirement at the National Industrial Court, Abuja insisting the force was ‘influenced’ to retire...
136 Nigerian police officers honoured in Somalia
A total of 136 police officers from Nigeria were awarded medals to mark the end of their duty tour in Somalia, a statement by...
Police delaying prosecution of LASTMA official’s killers, Lagos govt alleges
The Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, has asked the police to without further delay fish out the killers of...
Why we withdrew Wike’s chief security officer – Police
The Nigeria Police Force has said it withdrew DSP Promise Nwosu, the chief security officer (CSO) of Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, because of...
Ambode raises police death insurance benefit to N10m
Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Monday announced an increment to the death insurance benefit for police officers who die in active service to...
#OndoDecides: Security agents lament unpaid allowance
Some security agents deployed for Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State slept in some police formations due to non-provision of accommodation as they claimed...
128 Nigerian policemen killed in 3 months
Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, has described as deeply worrisome the rate at which officers and men lose their lives in the...
Police deny burning of 7-year-old for stealing garri in Lagos
The Nigeria Police Force has denied online reports that a seven-year-old boy was burnt to death in the Badagry area of Lagos for allegedly...
Oyo police intensify efforts to rescue kidnapped reverend
The Oyo State Police Public Relations Officer said in Ibadan on Monday that the command was working hard to rescue kidnapped Rev Biodun Ogunbeku...