Chairman of the Police Service Commission (PSC), Dr. Solomon Arase has pledged to ensure credibility, fairness and merit in the ongoing Police Constable recruitment. The PSC in conjunction with the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had commenced the 2023 recruitment exercise for qualified and interested Nigerians for appointment into the Force as Constables (Recruits) General duty and Specialists (artisans) (Recruits). Arase, …

The Kano State Police Command on Monday announced the arrest of  30 hoodlums for attempting to disrupt the state-sponsored mass wedding conducted on Friday for indigent residents. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the Kano State government had organised a wedding Fatiha for about 3,600 young girls and boys, widows and divorcees on Friday. The Commissioner of Police in the state, …

To forestall security breaches, the Police have assured voters of its preparation towards the 11th November governorship elections in Kogi, Imo, and Bayelsa States. Part of the security measures, to be deployed is the use of drones for proper monitoring and nipping likely violence in the bud, warning those that were planning to instigate violence to stay off the states. …

Tension enveloped the environs of Lekki, Lagos on Thursday night as police officers fired canisters at sympathisers who stormed the location to demand justice and pay tribute to late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as Mohbad. The candlelight procession organised to honour Mohbad, who tragically passed away was graced by several fans, friends, and fellow musicians, however, escalated into chaos as the …

Police authorities in Kebbi State have intercepted two vehicles conveying 7,500 live cartridges and parcels of Indian Hemp worth over N600 million. One of the trucks was coming from Ghana through Togo and Benin Republic to Nigeria, while the second vehicle took off from Benin Republic to Nigeria, beating different checkpoints. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nafiu …

Chairman of the Nigeria Police Service Commission (PSC), Solomon Arase, has attributed the inability of the police and other security agencies to dominate the security space to lack of numerical strength. Arase in an interview with journalists in Abuja yesterday during the Vigilante Group of Nigeria national conference with the theme: “Mobilising VGN Members for Improved Security in Schools, Farmlands …

The Force Headquarters, yesterday, disclosed that detectives of the Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC,), have arrested 10 suspected cyberstalking criminals, following the escalating cyber threats aimed at the banking and financial sector, as well as unsuspecting members of the public falling victim to High-yield Investment Fraud (HYIF). According to Force Headquarters, “the operation leading to the arrests of …

Police in Katsina State have rescued a 65-year-old kidnapped victim, identified as Hashim Yusuf, along with 95 rustled cows and two motorcycles after engaging bandits in a fierce gunfight at Ruwan Lafiya village, along Sheme Road in Kankara area of the state. In a statement on Saturday, the state’s Police Public Relations Officer, Assistant Superintendent Abubakar Sadiq, said the Command …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has said its Director General, Brig. Gen. Yusha’u Ahmed is working with the Nigeria Police Force, the Department of State Services, and the military brigade to secure the release of eight corps members kidnapped in Zamfara State on Saturday. The NYSC Director of Press and Public Relations, Eddy Megwa made the development known on …

The Ogun State Police Command has begun an investigation into a sexual assault allegation against a three-year-old girl (name withheld) by one 17-year-old Great Orogun and a yet-to-be-identified student. The mother of the three-year-old victim, Chidinma, who reported the incident on Friday at the Ibafo Divisional Police Headquarters, was said to have accused Orogun and his accomplice of perpetrating the …