Amid mounting frustration over unresolved pension issues, retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme (CPS) have announced plans to stage what they describe as the “Mother of All Peaceful Protests” nationwide on July 21, 2025. The Kaduna State chapter of the Union of Retired Police Officers disclosed this in a statement issued by its…
Men of the Ondo state Police command have arrested a community head of Laaagba community, in Ondo East Local Government area of Ondo State, Ifedayo Adeniyi, over the alleged rape of a 12-year-old girl. The traditional head was arrested by the police in his residence in Ondo and was subsequently transferred to State Police Headquarters…
A Police Inspector has reportedly took his own life in the early hours of Wednesday while on special duty in Sarkin-Pawa, Munya Local Government Area of Niger state A reliable source told Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency reporter that the incident occurred at about 1:50 a.m., involving Inspector Bassey Asuquo, with a member of the…
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, said no fewer than 53 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent wave of deadly attacks in Benue and Plateau States that claimed dozens of lives and left several others injured or displaced. Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday, the IGP described the June 13 massacre…
The Nigeria Police Force, Enugu State Command attached to the Nsukka Urban Division, have arrested three male suspects in connection with the physical assault of members of the public by the Oriokpa Masquerade group on June 22, 2025, in Nsukka, as seen in a viral video. Confirming their arrest to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, SP…
The Edo state police command has arrested a suspect, Joshua Osaigbovo, over the death of Osato Festus Edogiaweria, his girlfriend. In a statement on Monday, Moses Yamu, police spokesperson in Edo, said the investigation began when the deceased’s mother filed a missing person report at Aduwawa police division on April 25. According to Yamu, the…
The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has refuted claims that security agencies manipulate election outcomes in Nigeria, insisting such allegations are baseless and unfair. Speaking at the third National Democracy Stakeholders Summit in Abuja on Monday, Egbetokun stated that the police remain impartial actors during electoral exercises, with no role in determining or influencing vote…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Wasiu Akinwande, popularly known as Olori Eso, and described as the “most wanted vicious and notorious hired killer” in Lagos in recent years. The 44-year-old man was apprehended during a coordinated tactical operation code-named ‘Silence, Speed and Surprise’ carried out by the Command’s Tactical Squad in his hideout…
The Kaduna State Police Command has said that the fellow who breached security protocol during the commissioning of projects at Murtala Mohammed Square by President Bola Tinubu was born with “psychiatric disorders”. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Mansir Hassan, in a statement, said the individual, Umar Mohammed, a native of Anguwan Muazu in Kaduna, The police…
The Akwa Ibom Police Command has arrested a man, Alexander Peter, for allegedly macheting his 71-year-old mother, Atiny Peter, to death in Ikot Inyang village in Oruk Anam Local Government Area. During a press briefing on Friday at the command headquarters in Ikot Akpan Abia, the state commissioner of police, Baba Azare, said Mr Peter…