Nigeria police
28 Dec 2023
The Nigerian Police on Thursday announced the schedule for the physical screening of applicants for recruitment into the Force. The Police in a post on X directed recruitment applicants to log on to https://apply.policerecruitment.gov.ng/print-screen-status to get their scheduled date and time for physical screening. The online application portal was opened for six weeks from 15th…
28 Dec 2023
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has disowned a trending video of an invitation for the screening of recruits with a request for payment of N2000. The commission urged all intending recruits to shun payments of any kind as employment into the police is free of charge. Spokesman of the commission, Ikechukwu Ani, described the publication…
22 Dec 2023
The Enugu State Police Command on Friday evening announced the arrest of seven suspected criminals including a former local government Councillor for various offences in the state. Police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement said that operatives recovered firearms, ammunition, a motor vehicle, and other exhibits from the suspects. "The Commissioner of Police Enugu State…
21 Dec 2023
The Nigeria police have dismissed two special constabularies, Jimoh Lukmon and Kareem Fatai, who were caught in a viral video trying to extort money from a Dutch tourist who was on a power bike en route to Abuja. Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Adebola Hamzat, pronounced their dismissal at the state’s Police Headquarters in Eleyele,…
21 Dec 2023
The Imo State Police Command has arrested a suspected commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Ikechukwu Uba, at his hideout in the state. Police spokesman Okoye Henry in a statement said the suspect was apprehended last Saturday, December 16 alongside three others. Henry said on interrogation, the suspect confessed to being a…
17 Dec 2023
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, on Sunday, called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, to urgently investigate the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, over alleged complicity…
15 Dec 2023
In a bid to raise the professionalism bar and enhance capacity, 31 Police Public Relations Officers and Public Relations experts at the Force Public Relations Department, Force Headquarters Abuja, were inducted into the National Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) on Thursday, December 14, 2023. The induction ceremony which was conducted by the President and Chairman…
15 Dec 2023
Amidst the persistent abuse and deconstruction of police powers and functions, President Bola Tinubu has recently directed that police personnel assigned to VIP security duties should be withdrawn.
14 Dec 2023
The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday reiterated that Nigerians can video or take pictures of officers on duty. The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, said this while reacting to a post by a user on X who asked if it is a crime to video during stop and search because he had…
14 Dec 2023
The Minna High Court presided over by the Chief Judge of Niger State, Justice Halima Ibrahim Abdulmalik, has sentenced Stephen Jiya to death by hanging for setting his biological mother ablaze which resulted in her death. The Chief Judge while delivering a judgement in a case of culpable homicide against Stephen Jiya, found him guilty…
14 Dec 2023
The Police on Thursday warned private companies and individuals against registering vehicles in Nigeria as they are not permitted to do so. The spokesperson of the Nigerian Police Force, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, issued this warning in a post on X, saying that it is a criminal and fraudulent act. "No private company or individual is permitted…
14 Dec 2023
The Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, CP Dare Ogundare, has ordered a full-scale investigation into the armed robbery incident that occurred at a bank in Ikere-Ekiti on Wednesday. The Ekiti State Police Command disclosed this in a statement following the visit of CP Ogundare to the scene of the incident for an on-the-spot assessment. The…
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The police in Zamfara have detained a 58-year-old Algerian national for alleged transborder arms trafficking. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mohammed Dalijan, made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. He said that the police recovered 16 AK47 riffles, during various raids within the last three weeks. He said that the command also…
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The Kebbi State Polytechnic, Dakingari, has decried the low enrollment of students into the institution. The Deputy Rector of the polytechnic, Mallam Sa’idu Aliyu-Dankolo, made this known on Wednesday when he led the management team and members of Government Council of the institution on a courtesy visit to the Kebbi House of Assembly in Birnin…
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A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, ordered an unemployed man, Vincent Danladi, to sweep the court premises for three weeks for stealing one carton of floor tiles and other items worth N130,000. The police had earlier charged Danladi, 30, of Ungwan Pama in Kaduna, with theft. Delivering ruling, Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, said the court…