News Category - Security
Court Discharges 12 Persons Accused of Killing Police Officer in Rivers State, Awards N12m Against Police
They were accused of killing Police Inspector EREKERE at the Taaba Police Division in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, on April 24, 2024, during a stop-and-search operation, while they were traveling to Akwa Ibom for a traditional marriage.
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Nnamdi Kanu Makes U-turn on Terrorism Trial, Refuses to Open Defence
NNAMDI KANU said having gone through the case-file, he realised that there was no valid charge against him and that he was being subjected to unlawful trial.
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President Tinubu Replaces Service Chiefs Amidst Coup Speculation
Sunday Dare, the Special Adviser to the President, Media and Public Communication, announced the new appointments in a statement, saying the appointments are with immediate effect.
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Treason, Terrorism Charges: Kanu Makes U-Turn; Agrees to Open Defence, Shortlist 23 Witnesses
The list of witnesses he intends to summon before the court include former Minister of Defence, retired General THEOPHILUS DANJUMA, former Chief of Army Staff, General TUKUR BURATAI, and Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU.
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NDLEA Takes Drug Integrity Test and Visa Clearance Certification Online, Launches DITViCAS Portal
The system is part of innovations designed to streamline operations of the NDLEA, remove bottlenecks in processing of travel documents and curb the scourge of substance abuse and illicit drug trafficking in Nigeria.
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#EndSARS at Five: Why Police Reform Has Failed Nigeria - And What Must Change
Nigeria does not need another panel or rebranded tactical unit. The roadmap for genuine reform already exists. What is lacking is political will and institutional accountability.
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Fleeing Thieves Abandon 75 Mobile Gadgets, 5 Laptops in Ikeja
The Commander of the Rapid Response Squad, CSP Shola Jejeloye, stated that preliminary investigations revealed the items were stolen property hurriedly abandoned by the suspects.
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Lagos Police Smashes Vicious Car Snatching, Robbery Gang
The suspects arrested are: Taiwo Alabi “m”, 42 years; Ogedengbe Lowis “m”, 46 years; Ighodalo Enato Francis “m”, 37 years; and Osaro Eghe Abiodun “m”, 34 years.
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Human Trafficking Syndicate Uncovered, 4 Suspects Arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP GRACE IRINGE-KOKO, disclosed in a statement that the criminal gang exploit vulnerable young mothers, steal and sell their newborn for significant financial gains.
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Police Arrest 12 Suspects Over Death of Arise TV Journalist in Robbery Attack
The suspects, who are between ages twenty and thirty-one, include one SHAMSUDEEN HASSAN who is said to have fired the gunshot that killed BARNABAS DANLAMI - a security guard at the apartment.
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Free Nnamdi Kanu Mobilisation: Sowore Meets GEJ
Omoyele Sowore expressed the hope that Governors PETER MBAH of Enugu; CHARLES SOLUDO of Anambra; ALEX OTTI of Abia, FRANCIS NWIFURU of Ebonyi; and HOPE UZODINMA of Imo, among other prominent South-East politicians and leaders, would embrace the mobilization.
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Police Trust Fund Reforms: Between Hope, Legality, and the Lessons of the Past - Okey Nwanguma
The National Assembly must resist the temptation to rubber-stamp an Executive Bill that merely legalizes the status quo. The repeal and re-enactment process must be preceded by a performance audit, review of the Fund’s legal foundation, and inclusion of independent oversight mechanisms.
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POLICE QUELLS CULT CLASHES AT ISASHI, ONIREKE; ARREST 5 SUSPECTS
Efforts are being intensified to apprehend other members of the cult still at large, while the police patrol teams and tactical squads have been deployed to the affected area.
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NDLEA FOILS 6 COCAINE CONSIGNMENTS AT LAGOS AIRPORT, ARREST TAOFEEK, KOREDE, OTHERS
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said operatives uncovered one hundred and seventy-four parcels of cocaine, weighing thirteen-point-four-zero kilograms.
Read More →Police Reform in Nigeria: The Unfinished Struggle for Accountability and Justice
Unless the state takes concrete steps to institutionalize accountability, improve police welfare, ensure operational independence, and rebuild public trust, Nigerians’ dream of an effective, democratic, and humane police force will remain an elusive aspiration.
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POLICE ACCUSED OF COMPLICITY IN DISAPPEARANCE OF 13-YRS OLD BOY
"Civil society and the media must keep this case alive in public consciousness to prevent it from being buried by delay and complicity."
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POLICE CORPORAL ARRESTED FOR CULTISM IN UNIPORT
The Rivers State PPRO said a further search of the apartment of Police Corporal ONWUKWE GODSWILL, who is said to be the cult leader, turned up additional exhibits, including a locally made pistol and two machetes.
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NDLEA RECOVER COCAIN, HEROIN, METH FOR SMUGGLING, ARREST SEVERAL SUSPECTS IN NATIONWIDE OPERATIONS
The suspects include VICTOR NWOSA and FELIX CHIKA OBIEGBU, who were arrested after operatives of the NDLEA’s Special Operations Unit raided their homes and recovered consignments of hard drugs that were being prepared for export to Europe and other parts of the world.
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NSIB REPORT INDICTS NRC OVER ABUJA-KADUNA TRAIN ACCIDENT
The Abuja-Kaduna passenger train involved in the accident on August 26, 2025, had six hundred and eighteen people onboard, with twenty-one injured, but no fatalities.
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COURT-MARTIAL: 3 SOLDIERS GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR SELLING ARMS, AMMUNITION TO INSURGENTS
The convicted soldiers who bagged the life sentence are Sergeant RAPHAEL AMEH, Sergeant EJIGA MUSA, and Lance Corporal PATRICK OCHEJE.
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POLICE DETAINS NOTORIOUS LAGOS ISLAND UNION LEADER FOR MUTLTIPLE ASSAULT, MURDER
OLADITI, also known as SHAMELON, is being detained at State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti-Yaba, for discreet investigation.
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NDLEA MOURNS CROSS RIVER COMMANDER, OGBONNA MAURICE
Narcotic Commander UZOMA slumped and died in a hotel where he had taken up temporary residence, one month he resumed duty in Calabar on August 18, 2025.
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POLICE CLEARS PASTOR ADEFARASIN OF WRONGDOING IN VIRAL STUN GUN VIDEO
This comes about three months after of the Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, with headquarters in Lekki, turned himself in at the Lagos State Police Command Headquarters, Ikeja, for interrogation over the incident in the Lekki axis of Lagos.
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LAGOS POLICE COMMAND GETS NEW SPOKESPERSON
SP ABIMBOLA ADEBISI replaces CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN who was recently elevated to the position of Force Public Relations Officer and transferred to the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
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LATE FILING HINDERS IPOB'S NNADI KANU'S MOTION FOR URGENT MEDICAL ATTENTION
Justice MUSA LIMAN of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja made the decision based on an application by KANU’s lawyer, UCHENNA NJOKU; Senior Advocate of Nigeria, as the annual vacation by judges came to an end today, September 15.
Read More →ANSARU TERRORIST COMMANDER JAILED 15 YEARS FOR ILLEGAL MINING, TERRORISM TRIAL CONTINUES
The DSS told the court that USMAN used proceeds from his illegal mining activities to acquire arms for terrorism and kidnapping purposes.
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POLICE ARREST SELF-ACCLAIMED “OBI OF LAGOS” ALONG WITH THREE ACCOMPLICES, FOIL PLANNED UNVEILING CEREMONY
"Intelligence available to the Command indicated that the group had finalized arrangements to unveil a prototype of a purported ₦1.5 billion “Palace of Obi of Lagos State” on Saturday, September 13, 2025, at Apple Hall, Amuwo Odofin."
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COURT REFUSES BAIL TO 5 'AL-SHABAB' TERRORISTS LINKED TO 2022 OWO CHURCH ATTACK
The attack on worshippers at the Saint Francis Catholic Church in Owo on June 5, 2022, claimed the lives of more than forty persons.
Read More →SOWORE GETS 7-DAY ULTIMATUM TO RETRACT MALICIOUS POST AGAINST PRESIDENT TINUBU
The DSS had in a letter dated September 7, 2025, accused SOWORE of making criminal and derogatory remarks against President TINUBU in a post on X on August 26.
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POLICE INTERVENE IN 3RD MAINLAND BRIDGE PROTEST
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, DSP BABASEYI OLUSEYI, disclosed in a statement that CP JOMOH had to order the use of minimal force to disperse the protesters, clear the barricades on the expressway and restore free flow of traffic on the bridge.
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