News Category - Security
POLICE NAB EX-CONVICT ON SUSPICION OF CULTISM, POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FIREARM
The PPRO said ONAMADE KAYODE is currently cooperating with ongoing investigations to apprehend other cult members and recover weapons in their possession, after which he will be prosecuted accordingly.
Read More →LAGOS POLICE ARREST FIVE CAR SNATCHERS, ACCOMPLICE BUYER
The PPRO said following a detailed investigation of the case, detectives arrested FAVOUR SUNDAY, 25; IKOT MOSES, 28; DICKSON IGHOBUE HARRISON, 35; JOSHUA ADEDAMOLA, 27; and DANIEL JONATHAN, 26.
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RAIN OF PROMOTIONS, AS PSC ELEVATES 952 POLICE OFFICERS TO DSP, BLOCKS 179 OTHERS
PSC spokesman, IKECHUKWU ANI, disclosed in a statement that the decision of the Commission has been transmitted to the Inspector General of Police for implementation in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Commission, ONYEMUCHE NNAMANI.
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POLICE BURST LAGOS ONE-CHANCE ROBBERY GANG, ARREST KINGPIN
Following the breakthrough, the PPRO said the Command’s Special Squad 1 has taken over the case to arrest other fleeing members and dismantle the criminal network.
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PSC MOBILISES 36 STATES, FCT FOR 2025 POLICE RECRUITMENT EXERCISE
The Stakeholders Consultative Meeting with theme: “Collaborative Approach for a Transparent and Equitable Police Recruitment Process” was held at the Parry Osayande Auditorium at the PSC headquarters in Abuja.
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PSC ACQUIRES ONLINE PORTAL FOR 2025 'DECNTRALISED' POLICE RECRUITMENT EXERCISE,
The PSC spokesman, IKECHUKWU ANI, who made these known in a statement, said measures have been put in place to help prevent corruption and nepotism in the recruitment process.
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END-OF-THE-ROAD FOR IWAJOMO – POLICE NABS IKORODU-BASED ARMED ROBBERY KINGPIN
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, disclosed in a statement that items recovered from IWAJOMO include an AK-49 rifle and magazines, with twenty rounds of live ammunition.
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POLICE BURST TRANS-BORDER CHILD TRAFFICKING GANG, RESCUE 11 VICTIMS, NAB FOUR SUSPECTS
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, commends the operatives for their swift and professional action.
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IGP UPGRADES POLICE LEGAL SECTION TO DIRECTORATE, APPOINTS PIONEER DIRECTOR
The Force Directorate of Legal Services will serve as the apex legal arm of the Nigeria Police Force, with the responsibility of coordinating and delivering legal services.
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OKADA RIDER, ONE OTHER CAUGHT WITH 3 HUMAN SKULLS IN OGUN STATE
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed in a statement that the incident happened on Monday, August 11, 2025, at about 1400hrs.
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AIRPORT UNRULY BEHAVIOUR: EMMANSON REMANDED, WITH LIFE ‘NO FLY’ BAN, AVIATION MINISTER KICKS, OBI RAISES QUESTION OF BIAS
OBI – the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, questioned the speed of the arraignment and remand of Comfort Emmanson, with veiled comparison to a similar incident involved Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal.
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SUSPECTED MUSHIN KILLER GANG LEADER REMANDED IN KIRI-KIRI
This comes more than six weeks after CSP HUNDEYIN announced the arrest of forty-four-year-old AKINWANDE on June at his hideout in the Agbado area of Ogun State 20, following he called a coordinated tactical operation code-named ‘Silence, Speed and Surprise’.
Read More →6.8 MILLION WHATSAPP ACCOUNTS OPENED BY SCAMMERS DELETED
Meta noted that most of the six-point-eight million blocked Whatsapp accounts were operated from Southeast Asia.
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COURT JAILS INDIAN WOMAN FOR SMUGGLING COCAINE THROUGH KANO, PLUS OTHERS
NEETU was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano in connection with seventy-two parcels of heroin, factory-sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.
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COUPLE JAILED 22YRS PLUS FOR ILLICIT DRUG DEALINGS,AS NDLEA SECURES FINAL FORFEITURE OF LAGOS HOTEL LINKED TO DRUG CARTEL
AJAH JOHNSON UCHENNA and his wife, ROSEMARY, were first arrested in Ojo area of the state on June 13, by operatives of the Department of State Security with two hundred and seventy-seven-point-five kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
Read More →POLICE NAB 7 SUSPECTS OVER MURDER OF PORT HARCOURT LAWYER
Rivers State Police Command PPRO, SP GRACE IRINGE-KOKO said through meticulous intelligence and technical surveillance over ten days, all individuals involved in the crime were identified and apprehended.
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PSC DISOWNS ADVERTISEMENT FOR ADMISSION INTO POLICE ACADEMY
The spokesman said that the Police Service Commission would continue to resist and condemn any action by any person, body or authority that is in contravention of the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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PSC SEEKS INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATION TO CHECK FRAUD IN POLICE RECRUITMENT
The PSC also warned that it will deal decisively with anyone who engages in racketeering or fraud in the recruitment of qualified Nigerians into the Nigeria Police Force, include Cadet ASPs and Inspectors.
Read More →POLICE ARREST 5,488 SUSPECTED CRIMINALS IN 2 MONTHS, AS IGP ATTENDS CONFERENCE WITH SENIOR OFFICERS
In a statement, the Force PRO said that operatives also recovered three hundred and sixteen assorted firearms and two thousand, eight hundred and eighty-four rounds of ammunition.
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NDLEA AUCTIONS FORFEITED DRUG TRAFFICKERS’ PROPERTIES IN LAGOS, KANO, ONDO, OGUN
The auction involved eight properties across Lagos, Kano, Ondo, and Ogun. Two houses in Lekki and Ikorodu areas of Lagos were stepped down due to notices of appeal. Out of six properties eventually advertised for auction, only two were sold at over N139 million.
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NDLEA NABS CHINESE BIZMAN, 80-YEAR-OLD GRANDMA, OTHERS FOR HARD DRUGS
NDLEA Chairman, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) praised officers and men of MMIA, Apapa, Lagos, Cross River, Edo, Ondo, Nasarawa, Borno, Niger, Ogun, Gombe, Kaduna and Kogi commands, among others, for pursuing a fair balance between drug supply reduction and drug demand reduction efforts.
Read More →TWO SOLDIERS ARRESTED AMONG SUSPECTED CULTISTS IN MIDNIGHT RAID IN OGUN STATE
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, said “twenty-two (22) suspects were arrested, including two (2) soldiers, nineteen (19) male suspects, and three (3) females.”
Read More →MISSING TEENAGER FOUND DEAD WITH VITAL ORGANS MUTILATED – SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY
The suspects, identified as Salawu Omikansola and Serefusi Agemo, both male, are alleged to have conspired with others at large to murder the victim.
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OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND ISSUES CEASE AND DESIST WARNING TO UNAUTHORISED GROUPS OPERATING WITHIN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SECTOR
Any union, group, organization, or individual operating outside of the shortlisted and authorized bodies is considered illegal and will be treated as engaging in unlawful activity and posing a threat to public safety.
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OGUN STATE POLICE COMMAND ISSUES CEASE AND DISIST WARNING TO UNAUTHORISED GROUPS OPERATING WITHIN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Any union, group, organization, or individual operating outside of the shortlisted and authorized bodies is considered illegal and will be treated as engaging in unlawful activity and posing a threat to public safety.
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NDLEA ENGAGES NARTO IN WAR AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING…TO DEPLOY OFFIVERS IN GARAGES; DRUG TEST FOR DRIVERS
To achieve the success of the collaboration, Othman proposed “sensitization and training of NARTO drivers and transport operators on identifying and reporting suspicious cargo or behavior; establishment of joint intelligence-sharing mechanisms to monitor drug trafficking routes and tactics; etc.
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PSC PARTNERS NDLEA TO SUBJECT POLICE RECRUITS TO DRUG INTEGRITY TESTS
The Chairman of the PSC, HASHIMU ARGUNGU, who is a retired Deputy Inspector General of Police, made the request when he led a team on a courtesy visit to the NDLEA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, retired Brigadier General MOHAMED BUBA MARWA.
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PSC APPROVES PROMOTION OF 12 CPs, 16 DCPs, 27 ACPs, OTHERS
At the end of the exercise, the Chairman of the PSC, DIG Argungu said the promotion examination and interview have come to stay in line with global best practices and advised the Officers to sit up or be showed the way out.
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IGP BOWS TO PRESSURE TO ALLOW PRO-POLICE WELFARE NATIONWIDE PROTESTS
The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP OLUMUYIWA ADEJOBI, said IGP EGBETOKUN charged the State Commissioners of Police to ensure that the protests are not highjacked by miscreants, political actors, or those he described as non-retired agitators.
Read More →KIDNAPPERS SUCCUM TO INJURIES, AS POLICE DISMANTLE HIDEOUT, RECOVER WEAPON, CASH
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Ogunlowo Ph.D commended the swift and tactical response of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit and assured that operatives are on the trail of the remaining suspects.
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