News Category - Security
FCT POLICE OFFICERS REJECT N1.5M BRIBE TO FREE KIDNAPPER
The FCT Command Police Public Relations Officer, CSP JOSEPHINE ADEH, said in a statement that one YAHAYA SALEH was arrested in connection to the attempted bribery.
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MNJTF TROOPS NEUTRALISE TERRORIST COMMANDER, OTHERS IN LAKE CHAD
The MNJTF spokesman, Lieutenant Colonel OLANIYI OSOBA, who made this known in a statement, identified the slain Boko Haram commander as AMIR DUMKEI.
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TERRORISTS ATTEMPT TO BRIBE TROOPS IN PLATEAU - DHQ
The Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General MARKUS KANGYE, said the troops had intercepted a suspicious vehicle with bullet holes, along the Jos-Sanga Road, while responding to a distress call about terrorist activities.
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ANTI-CULTISM SQUADS DEPLOYED ACROSS LAGOS, AS POLICE NABS ARMED ROBBER WITH AK-47
The police spokesman said preliminary investigations revealed that the suspect had been actively involved in armed robbery and land-grabbing activities in various parts of Lagos State.
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NIGERIA UNDER U.S. PRESSURE TO ACCEPT DEPORTED VENEZUELAN PRISONERS
Speaking on a television programme yesterday, TUGGAR said Nigeria has enough challenges of its own and it won serve as a dumping ground for Venezuelan prisoners.
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POLICE ARREST MURDER SUSPECT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SELL VICTIM'S CAR
The Police spokeswoman said preliminary investigation indicates that Ayomide Oluwadamilare unlawfully entered the residence of his former boss on Saturday, July 5, 2025, with the intent to rob him. He ended up stabbing the victim to death and fled with the deceased’s vehicle.
Read More →7/7 CULT DAY: POLICE ON ALERT IN SOUTH-WEST STATES, 53 SUSPECTED CULTISTS ARRESTED IN LAGOS
The Ogun State PPRO said security operatives would not hesitate to disperse gatherings that raise suspicion or threaten public peace, warning that anyone found in possession of would be prosecuted.
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LAGOS CP UPBEAT ABOUT PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED MUSHIN HIRED KILLER, LG ELECTION SECURITY
CP OLOHUNDARE JIMOH said that about ten families have indicated their willingness to testify in the trial of AKINWANDE over the murder of their family members.
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WDD: FIGHT AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS MUST MUST BE NATIONAL MOVEMENT - TINUBU
President Bola Tinubu commended the NDLEA Chairman and personnel of the agency on "globally acclaimed successes", with 66,085 arrested, 11.1million kg drugs seized, 12,201 convictions, and 26,393 rehabilitated drug addicts in 53 months.
Read More →POLICE COMB BENUE FOREST FOR 12 KIDNAPPED TRAVELLERS FROM OGUN STATE
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP UDEME EDET, told reporters that one of the abducted passengers, identified as PAUL TERNS, was rescued during a joint security operation.
Read More →IRAN CONFLICT: FG DISAGREES WITH U.S OVER ABUJA SECURITY WARNING
The US Mission Nigeria said its Embassy employees and their families are prohibited from non-official travels to a Nigerian military site or other government venues in Abuja.
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LAGOS POLICE ARREST MOST WANTED ASSASSIN, HEAD OF HIRED KILLERS GANG, OPERATING FROM MUSHIN
CSP Benjamin Hundeyin said Wasiu Akinwande is currently in Police custody under heavy security and will face the full weight of the law for all his crimes.
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PASTOR ADEFARASIN BROKE THE LAW BY POINTING STUN GUN AT ANOTHER PERSON - LAGOS CP
CP OLOHUNDARE said that the social media content creator whose video exposed the act by Pastor ADEFARASIN has also been invited for questioning.
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HOUSE ON THE ROCK PASTOR SURRENDERS STUN GUN TO LAGOS POLICE
The Police spokesman said Pastor PAUL ADEFARASIN was eventually granted bail after interrogation at the Command headquarters in Ikeja.
Read More →POLICE ARREST KIDNAP KINGPIN, RECOVER FIREARMS IN OGUN STATE
The suspect arrived in Ibiade community on June 13, 2025, on a mission to abduct a prominent individual at Ago Village, Abigi.
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HOUSE ON THE ROCK PASTOR REPORTS TO POLICE OVER ALLEGED WIELDING OF SUSPECTED FIREARM IN TRAFFIC
Pastor Paul Adefarasin is being investigated in connection with an online video in which he was seen holding a gun-like object against another road user, while driving in an unregistered vehicle.
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PSC PLANS EXPOSURE OF POLICE PERSONNEL TO FORENSIC AND DNA STUDIES
This is based on the Commission’s assessment that crimes and criminality have gone scientific and operate across national boundaries
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LAGOS CP ORDERS INVESTIGATION OF OKOKO TACTICAL SQUAD COMMADER
DCP, State CID will work with other senior officers, including the OC Legal, in the investigation of the allegations against the Okokomaiko Tactical Squad commander and submit their findings within a week.
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POPE LEO XIV CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACKS IN BENUE STATE, PRAYS FOR CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES
He expressed deep concern over the ongoing violence in Nigeria and the suffering of affected communities, and prayed for security, justice, and peace to prevail in the country.
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BUSINESSMAN CONFESSES TO NDLEA AFTER INGESTING 53 WRAPS OF COCAINE, PLUS OTHERS
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, disclosed in a statement that the suspect claimed to have gone into the criminal drug trade two years ago, moving between the West African sub-region and Iran.
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VERYDARKMAN JOINS BENUE YOUTH GROUP IN PROTEST OVER DEADLY ATTACKS IN YELWATA
The State Deputy Governor, SAM ODE, was also at the location, but the protesters refused to listen to him, insisting that they wanted to hear directly from Governor HYACINTH ALIA.
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LAGOS CP SECURES CONSENT OF DEMOCRACY DAY PROTESTERS TO CONFINE DEMONSTRATION
CP JIMOH invited the various groups to the meeting after the Take-It-Back-Movement revealed that it had sent a letter to the Lagos State Police Command to request protection for the June 12 protesters.
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LAGOS POLICE LAUNCH MANHUNT FOR ABDUCTORS OF MASTER OVIE KEHINDE
The police intervention is in response to a viral video circulating on social media in which a woman is seen is lamenting about the disappearance of her son.
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LAGOS POLICE TIGHTENS SECURITY AROUND EID PRAYING GROUNDS, OTHER FLASHPOINTS FOR SALLAH CELEBRATION
Police personnel will work together with other security and safety agencies in the state, including the military and personnel of the Lagos State-owned law enforcement establishment.
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PSC SET TO BEGIN FRESH ROUND OF POLICE CADET, CONSTABLE RECRUITMENT
PSC Chairman solicited the assistance from the Data Protection Commission to ensure that only credible Nigerians are recruited into the Nigeria Police Force.
Read More →NAF AIR STRIKES KILL 20 TERRORISTS IN ZAMFARA
Troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA encountered over thirty motorcycles carrying armed terrorists heading into the nearby forest in Mai-Galma, in Maru Local Government Area.
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LAGOS CP DEPLOYS ADDITIONAL OPERATIVES TO MUSHIN, ASSURES RESIDENTS OF OPTIMUM SECURITY
The police raided criminal hideouts and identitied black spots in Ishaga, Awolowo and Ojuwoye markets where twenty 23 omiscreants responsible for the assaults, harassment and stealing from shops and innocent people in Mushin area were arrested.
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POLICE NAB THREE NOTORIOUS CULTISTS IN IKORODU, RECOVER FIREARM
Further investigation showed that the suspects played key roles in facilitating the movement and distribution of illegal firearms across various parts of Lagos State, posing a serious threat to public safety.
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2 SOLDIERS DEAD, AS TROOPS REPEL ATTACKS BY INSURGENTS IN NORTHEAST
Troops also recovered one Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Device, which was abandoned by the terrorists, just as they destroyed several motorcycles by precision air strikes.
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NDLEA, UK-HOIO SIGN M.O.U. ON OPERATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST ILLICIT DRUGS
The MoU is not just an agreement, it is indeed a reaffirmation of our mutual trust, cooperation, collaboration and unwavering dedication to safeguarding the lives and futures of our respective nations - Marwa
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