LAW ENFORCEMENT

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a staff of a microfinance bank, Olumide Openaike, for allegedly staging his own kidnap over N1.7 million debt in Abeokuta. Openaike was reportedly missing but was later found in Mokwa, Niger State, last week. The wife of…

The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the release of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Chairman in Lagos State, Philip Aivoj, after spending four days with his kidnappers. According to a police spokesperson in the state command, Omolola Odutola, the PDP chieftain was…

The Nigeria Police Force has declared that officers on stop-and-search duties must be in uniform with their names clearly attached. The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, stated this in a post on his X handle on Monday, while reacting to a…

The Nigeria Police Force has said the identities of three officers who stopped a motorist in Lagos to demand his tinted glass permit without their ID cards and uniforms have been known. The Force Police Public Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the development…

The Osun State Police Command has reacted to the fatal shooting incident, which occurred in Ejigbo town, leading to the death of a United States-based Prof. Richard Idowu (Ade Ori Okin), saying one person has been arrested in connection to the incident. A…

Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force have arrested a suspected kidnapper believed to be involved in the abduction and murder of Nabeeha, daughter of a Bwari lawyer. Recall that about 19 abductees were taken away by bandits from the Sagwari Estate Layout in…

An ex-beauty queen, Ms. Aderinoye Queen Christmas also known as Ms. Queen Oluwadamilola Aderinoye has been declared wanted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). She was declared wanted after escaping from her Lekki, Lagos residence when operatives raided her apartment at…

The Lagos State Police Command has initiated an investigation into the alleged extortion of a motorist by ASP Luka Bashayi from the Ogudu Area Command on Saturday. A video circulating on social media captures the officer instructing the driver to pay N10,000 promptly,…

Alimot Haruna, a 45-year-old child trafficker, has confessed to selling more than 42 children into child labor over the past five years. The suspect was arrested on Wednesday by a team of policemen from Ijora Badia Police Station of the Lagos Police Command. Reports…

The Plateau State Police Command, on Thursday, paraded 16 suspects in connection with the recent attacks on the Mangu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. A spokesman for the Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, said nine of the suspects were arrested on Wednesday…