Four suspected kidnappers, who specialise in extorting residents through phone numbers, have been arrested by the Kwara State police command. They are Tukur Muhammad, Yahaya Abdullahi, Umar Sanni and Dairu Isiaku. According to the command’s spokeswoman, Superintendent Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, Tukur Muhammad and Yahaya Abdullahi, have been utilizing multiple phone numbers to issue threats and extort unsuspecting individuals. She said luck …

A yet-to-be-identified truck driver has been arrested by police operatives in Lagos for causing grievous body injuries to an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority which led to the amputation of the officer in the Ojodu Berger area of the state. According to the LASTMA spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, the incident happened on Tuesday. Taofiq stressed that the officer …

The Ogun State Police Command on Monday invited and interrogated the Olorile of Orile-Ifo, Oba Abdulsemiu Ogunjobi, for assaulting a 73-year-old chief, Areola Abraham. This is just as the state government slammed a six-month suspension on the monarch. Ogunjobi had sparked outrage after a viral video surfaced showing him verbally and physically assaulting Arinola. In the two-minute clip, Arinola was …

The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has initiated legal action against activist Omoyele Sowore over comments he made on social media, referring to Egbetokun as an ‘illegal IG’. Sowore is facing three charges related to Cybercrime under the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, ETC) Act, 2015, as amended in 2024. According to the charges, filed in a suit marked FCH/ABJ/23/25, …

No fewer than 1,088 suspects linked to various financial crimes have been arrested in separate operations in 2024. The operations also led to the recovery of $11,450,000 and N142,261,254,228.80, according to a statement on Tuesday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi. Adejobi said the arrests and recoveries were part of Nigeria’s ongoing efforts to address its placement on …

Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Saturday, sparked a heated debate on X (formerly Twitter) after stating that the Nigerian law empowered police operatives to break into homes without a search warrant. The controversy began when an X user, Somto Okonkwo, shared a video showing masked policemen forcefully entering a house by scaling the fence. The video shows the …

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) is set to commence the full enforcement of Third Party Compulsory Insurance on Nigerian roads across the country by 1 February 2025. This followed a partnership deal between the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the NPF in Abuja at the weekend. The commissioner for Insurance and chief executive officer of NAICOM, Olusegun Ayo Omosehin had …

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) have intercepted a white Peugeot 15 bus with Reg. No. KMC 283 ZJ along the Abuja-Kano route with 59 children suspected to have been trafficked from Kano. The police operatives, led by deputy superintendent of police Sarki Umar, intercepted them on 6 January 2025, at about 3:30 p.m., along the Abuja-Kano route, heading …

The FCT police command has arrested 50 suspects for allegedly vandalising manholes at various streets of Abuja, the nation’s capital. Commissioner of Police (CP) Olatunji Rilwan Disu, who paraded the suspects at the command in Abuja, on Monday, said they were arrested by the operatives who conducted targeted operation, during which, he said, 25 manhole covers and three vehicles were …

Two persons were killed in a suspected bomb explosion that occurred yesterday at an Islamiyya school located at Kuchibiyu community in the Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. Two other persons who were injured were said to have been rushed to Kubwa General Hospital. The bodies of the deceased, identified as Harisu and Najibu Ibrahim, were …