EndBadGovernance Day 2: Imo relatively calm as Police advise residents not to panic
As the nationwide protest enters its second day, the Imo State Police Command have enjoined residents to continue remaining peaceful…
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Police disperse peace protesters in Berger with teargas
Operatives of the Nigeria Police on Friday morning fired teargas canisters at a group of protesters assembled around the Berger…
EndBadGovernance: Nigeria police on red alert as Day-One protest turns bloody
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Thursday night decried the dimensions of the ongoing EndBadGovernance protest in the…
Protest: Police warn against acts of violence, destruction of infrastructure in Yobe
Yobe state Command of the Nigeria Police Force has condemned the destruction of public and private property in today’s protest…
Hunger protest: Nyanya Police Division not burnt down – Police
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has refuted claims circulating on social media that the Nyanya Divisional headquarters was…
Porest: Police arrest five as suspected thugs attack, injure two lawyers in Delta
Suspected thugs have reportedly brutalised and wounded two lawyers, Barristers Omes Ogedegbe and Dafe Avwunufe, during the ongoing nationwide protest…
Police arrest 11 hoodlums as protest turns violent in Niger
The Niger State Police Command has arrested 11 hoodlums linked to the violence that erupted at Tafa area of Kagarko…
Delta: Protesters face harassment despite Police assurances
Peaceful protesters in Delta State, including members of the Take It Back Movement, are facing persistent harassment and intimidation from…
PSC approves promotion of 7194 inspectors to ASP11
The Police Service Commission has approved the promotion of 7194 Inspectors of Police to the next rank of Assistant Superintendents…
August 1 protest: Tension as police fire tear gas at protesters in Bauchi
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have disrupted the #Endbadgovernance protest in the state. DAILY POST reports that police…
BREAKING: August 1 Protest: Police fire teargas at protesters in Abuja
One protester has been reportedly injured as police fired tear gas on August 1 hardship protesters in Eagle Square, Abuja.…
August 1 protest: There’ll be no procession in Edo — Police
The Edo State Police Command said on Wednesday there would be no procession by protesters during the #Endbadgovernance nationwide protest…
Imo prison attack: Police debunk reports as false
The Imo State Police Command has debunked false stories circulating on social media that the Imo State Correctional Centre has…
BREAKING: Nationwide protest: Police deactivate explosive device in Lagos
A few hours before the commencement of the anti-government protest, the Lagos State Police Command said its anti-bomb squad had…
Police raid ESN, IPOB camps in Anambra
There was pandemonium in Isseke community and its environs in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State amid a gun…
Police give update on campaign against crime in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has given an update on recent arrests and recovery of weapons in the campaign against…
Police recover two AK47 rifles, three magazines, 58 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition in Delta
Operatives of the Dragon Patrol on stop and search duty along Asaba-Kwale road have recovered two (2) AK-47 Rifles, three…
Suspected kidnapper killed in gun duel with Delta Police
A suspected kidnapper has been killed after a gun duel with the Delta State Commissioner of Police Special Team in…
Delta Police nab four suspected armed robbers, recover two pump action guns
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command Rapid Response Squad on stop and search duty along Kwale Road have arrested…
Nigeria Police, PSC resolve conflict over successful applicants after 2024 recruitment
The Nigeria Police Force has finally agreed to the list of successful applicants for the constable recruitment exercise of 2024…
Viral video: Imo Police debunks rumoured attack on Avu Market
The Imo State Police Command has described as fake, a recent viral video on social media showing that Avu Market…
Police nab Osun blacksmith who manufactured single-barrel guns
The Osun State Police Command arrested a blacksmith and two other men for alleged unlawful possession of single-barrel guns and…
Akwa Ibom: Police urge protest organisers to submit details of activities
The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, has urged the organisers of the planned nationwide protest to provide…
Nationwide protest: Enugu police raises alarm over plots to hijack exercise, warns against violence
Ahead of the announced nationwide protest, the Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu has warned against acts…
We are ready to protect peaceful, lawful protesters – Oyo Police Command
The Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, Ayodele Sonubi, says the Command is ready to provide adequate protection for peaceful…
Protest: Imo Police deploy officers, begins 15-day show of force
Ahead of the planned nationwide protest, the Imo State Police Command has in collaboration with other sister agencies deployed security…
Benue Police neutralize six bandits, begins intense clampdown on hoodlums
The Benue State Police Command has reiterated its commitment to clamping down on criminal activities across the state, following the…
Benin airport attack: PDP accuses Police of selective justice, says 22 party members under surveillance
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has accused the State Command of the Nigeria Police Force…
August 1: Kaduna Police Command cautions residents, ask protesters to provide details
The Kaduna State Police Command says it is closely monitoring developments surrounding the planned protest scheduled from 1st August to…
‘It may get out of hand’ – Adamawa Police Command warns against planned protest
The Adamawa State Police Command has once again cautioned members of the public to shun the planned nationwide protest, noting…
Protest: Shehu Sani reveals only way organisers will submit details to police
Former Nigerian Senator and activist, Shehu Sani has said the organisers of the planned August 1-10 hardship protest will submit…
Brutalisation, illegal detention of Nigerians must stop – HURIWA warns police
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has issued a call for an immediate end to alleged police harassment…
Police arrest 20 youths over Oro festival crisis in Ogun
The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu, said on Saturday that no fewer than 20 youths have been arrested…
‘Submit your plans to us’ – Police tell protest organisers in Taraba
The Taraba State Commissioner of Police, David Iloyanomon, has emphasized the importance of maintaining a peaceful demonstration, free from violence…
August 1 protest: Provide security for protesters — Adegboruwa writes police, DSS
A human rights activist, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, has notified the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Director of the…
Osun police arrest man for killing Ghanian friend for money ritual
The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old Kehinde Ganiyu for the alleged murder of his Ghanian friend identified…
Protest: Security agencies embark on ‘Operation Show of Force’ in Taraba
Operatives of security agencies, on Friday, embarked on a show of force in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state. The…
Two dead as FCT police engage suspects in gun duel, recover stolen cars, weapons
The operatives of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT police command have killed at least two suspected armed robbers during an…
Planned protest: ‘Beef up security around public facilities in Edo’ – Police told
The Asue-Ogie Campaign management council has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to beef up security around…
Police arrest two thieves with 55 iPhones, 33 Androids in Delta
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested two men who specialised in the purchase of stolen phones in…
Police nab man who allegedly defiled 12-year-old girl
A 30-year-old man, Hussaini Salihu, has been nabbed by the police in Adamawa State for allegedly defiling a minor. The…
Police reaffirm ban on motorcycle, electric bikes in Borno
The Borno State Police Command has reaffirmed the ban on the use of motorcycles and electric bikes in the state.…
Police apprehend 30-year-old fake soldier in Bauchi
Operatives of the Tafawa Balewa Divisional Police Headquarters (C) of the Bauchi State Command have arrested a 30-year-old man, Aminu…
Police foil abduction of professional footballer, arrest suspect in Kaduna
The abduction of a professional footballer and automobile businessman, Mohammed Goni Jidda, has been thwarted by operatives of the Nigeria…
Kidnapper dies in gun battle with Police in Delta, gang members arrested
A suspected kidnapper has been killed in a gun battle with Police operatives at Oviri-Ogor community in Ughelli North Local…
Saraki seeks police action against Kwara govt over disputed property
Lawyers representing Asa Investment Limited and the Saraki family have asked the Kwara State Commissioner of Police to call on…
Police nab 4 suspected cultists with arms in Edo
The Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspected cultists with guns. The command’s spokesperson, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, who disclosed…
Police Inspector kills himself over financial difficulties in Adamawa
A Police Inspector, Dasu Kassa, has died by suicide in Adamawa State. Kassa was found dead at his residence in…
Senate passes Police Act amendment bill to extend IGP’s tenure
The Nigerian Senate has passed the Police Act Amendment Bill 2024, seeking to amend the Police Act of 2020. The…
Two brothers nabbed for allegedly killing man accused of witchcraft
The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two men for allegedly killing another man identified as Umaru. The two brothers,…