Jude Johnson The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has in a bid to curb the growing state of insecurity across the country, approved the launch of the police-vgs mobile app. The app, according to the Nigerian Police Force (NPF), is to help tackle the menace of crimes such as
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Police confirm five killed, 12 houses burnt in fresh Plateau crisis
Jude Johnson The Nigerian Police have confirmed that no fewer than five persons were killed and 12 houses burnt on Sunday in violence that erupted in Jos, the Plateau State capital, the police said. The Plateau police spokesperson, Tyopev Terna, said the violence broke out following the discovery of the body of
Success in Nigeria’s security operations in the last four years
Nokai Origin Upon his assumption of office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari left no one in doubt of his administration’s desire to halt insecurity and insurgency in the country. He promised Nigerians that the insecurity bedevilling the country was going to be tackled head on. As soon as assumed office, the rate
Prostitution: Police transfer of Abayomi Shogunle excites twitter users
Jude Johnson The Nigeria Police Force has transferred the Head of Public Complaints Rapid Response Unit, Abayomi Shogunle, known for making controversial comments on Twitter. Shogunle, who is an Assistant Commissioner of Police, was transferred to Nkalagu, a town in Ebonyi State. The police officer stirred controversy on Twitter a few days
Kidnapped Shell oil workers in Niger Delta rescued–Police
Jude Johnson The two Royal Dutch Shell oil workers who were kidnapped in Nigeria’s southern Niger Delta region last week have been rescued. The pair were attacked in southern Rivers state last week while returning from an official trip to Bayelsa state. But the Nigerian Police and Shell Petroleum Development Company of
Two Chinese citizens kidnapped in Ebonyi
Two Chinese nationals, Sun Zhixin and Wang Quing Hu, have been kidnapped in Ebonyi State, South-east Nigeria. The two men are workers of Tongyi construction company. They were working on a road project in Ohaozara Local Government Area of Ebonyi State when they were forcefully whisked away by armed gunmen. They were taken
Kajuru Castle: Briton killed, as kidnappers demand N60m ransom
Jude Johnson The Nigerian Police and government of the United Kingdom (UK) have confirmed that aBritish national, Miss Faye Mooney, was among the victims of the attack on Kajuru castle in Kaduna last Friday by unknown gunmen who also abducted three others This is coming as the kidnappers is reported to
Police arrest four Boko Haram suspects in Edo
Jude Johnson The Nigerian Police have arrested four suspected Boko Haram members in Edo State, South-South Nigeria. This was disclosed in a statement on Saturday by the spokesman, Edo State Police, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, who said the suspects were nabbed by the the tactical teams of the command. Nwabuzor described the
IGP decries extra-judicial killings, says ‘enough is enough’
•Reads riot Acts to Lagos command officers Godsgift Onyedinefu The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has expressed worry over the recurring incidence of unprofessional handling and misuse of firearms. He also condemned other misconducts by some Policemen which have resulted in the injury and death of some, unarmed innocent citizens,
Nigerian police lacks capacity to fight crime — Ex police commissioner
Godsgift Onyedinefu A former Commissioner of Police (Legal), Force Headquarters, AIG David Igbodo (rtd) has said that the Nigerian Police Force, as a law enforcement agency lacks the capacity to effectively carry out its constitutional mandate of preventing crime in the country. He stated this at the 3rd national working